Windows Server Backup does a reasonably good job of backing up a Microsoft Server. But like any backup it’s good to have some sort of notification about the success or failure of the backup. I first started to use it with SBS Server 2011 and as part of that bundle the server emails a daily report summarizing the health of the server. When we virtualized and moved a number of SBS servers over to Hyper-V hosts the backup chore moved to the host machine. The summaries still arrived but the backup status was no longer part of it. Besides, it would be nice to be able to see in the subject of the email the status of the backup and not have to open the email if all is good.
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