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 ===== General Backup Strategy =====
-We generally implement two backup strategies.
+We generally implement two backup strategies:
 ==== Nightly Disaster Recovery (Image) Backups ====
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 ==== Nightly Online Backups ====
-This is our primary backup mechanism.  It backs up modified files every night and provides a 90-day restore window (as currently configured).  It will back up open files, but users should sign out at the end of the day if they care about the consistency of restored files.
+This is our primary backup mechanism.  It backs up modified files every night and provides a 90-day restore window (as commonly configured).  It will back up open files, but users should sign out at the end of the day, saving all open files, to insure complete backups.
-Workstation Backups
+===== Workstation Backups =====
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-Not currently implemented.  Backing up workstations is hard...hard to manage and hard to verify and hard to pay for.  Also, workstations 'fall down' all the time, frequently with unrecoverable disk drive errors.  We have already seen it happen this week...
+**We do not generally implement workstation backups.**
-Our basic backup plan is for all users to save all files of any value on the server where they are backed up nightly, and to skip workstation backups entirely (unless there are special circumstances).
+Backing up workstations is hard...hard to manage, hard to verify and hard to pay for.  Also, workstations 'fall down' all the time, frequently with unrecoverable disk drive errors.  We have already seen it happen **this week**...
-File History Feature
+Our basic backup plan is for all users to **save all files, of any value on the server where they are backed up nightly**, and to skip workstation backups entirely (unless there are special circumstances).
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-Windows Workstations, Particularly Windows 10
+===== File History Feature =====
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-Microsoft calls the new 'File History' feature 'backup'...and it is, in a workstation-sort-of-way.  However, this is not a replacement for a comprehensive backup plan (already in place).  It is primarily a convenience feature where users can restore files themselves without IT Support intervention.  It is very convenient and can be a valuable part of a backup strategy...mostly for mobile PCs.
+==== Windows Workstations (Windows 10) ====
-The new 'File History' feature uses an external (USB) hard drive as the backup destination.
+Microsoft calls the new 'File History' feature 'backup'...and it is, in a workstation-sort-of-way.  However, this is not a replacement for a comprehensive backup plan.  It is primarily a convenience feature where users can restore files themselves without IT Support intervention.  It **is** very convenient and can be a valuable part of a backup strategy...mostly for mobile PCs.
-Restoring files is very easy using the 'Previous Versions' tab of the file properties window.
+The new **File History** feature **uses an external (USB) hard drive** as the backup destination.
-Previous Versions Feature
+Restoring files is very easy using the ''Previous Versions'' tab of the **file properties** window.
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-This is the older feature introduced with Windows 7.  It is appropriate for Windows Servers and is easy to configure, as long as you have enough free disk space.
+===== Previous Versions Feature =====
-Previous Versions Settings Options
+This is the older feature introduced with Windows 7, based on VSS (snapshot) technology.  It is appropriate for Windows Servers and is easy to configure, **as long as you have enough free disk space**.
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-Enabled or Disabled
+==== Settings Options ====
-Amount of Disk Space to Use
-Schedule of Snapshots
+  * Enabled or Disabled
+  * Amount of Disk Space to Use
+  * Schedule of Snapshots
+==== Images for Windows Server 2016 Standard File Server ====
+{{:computing:windows:file_server_file_history_1.png?285 |Right-Click a Drive Icon}} {{:computing:windows:file_server_file_history_2.png?285 |Select Which Drive to Protect}} {{:computing:windows:file_server_file_history_3.png?285 |Specify How Much Storage to Commit}}
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+{{:computing:windows:file_server_file_history_4.png?285 |Set the Schedule}} {{:computing:windows:file_server_file_history_5.png?285 |...and the Advanced Schedule Options}}

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