Microsoft SharePoint server backup and recovery options

What is SharePoint server?

Microsoft SharePoint server is a web application platform which is closely incorporated by Microsoft office. Authorized users can quickly discover and construct sites with SharePoint, whether they have prior information or not. These sites can be used to handle web applications tool such as web portals, documents libraries, social networking sites, business intelligent, discussion boards, shared calendars and task catalog, survey and blogs. SharePoint provide the users to secure the web application tool by giving the permission to adjust authorization on content so that it can be public and as well as should be protected to the user. Though the content can be placed in uncategorized area of web or content storage, but through search utility users can find the respective documents. Each and every file which is getting stored is saved with a file extension as MDF file.

SharePoint backup and recovery scenario

Microsoft SharePoint server backup and restoring data hold many business scenarios. Below mentioned are some of the scenarios which is basic and comes across to the user of SharePoint users:

• Restoring of deleted contents which is deleted unintentionally and even it is not secured by the recycle bin

• Moving contents between installations while your system software or hardware improve or upgrade

• Restoring from unexpected breakdown

Backup and recovery options

Presume that you have just posted your latest information to various documents libraries on your member site, and at this stage you want to backup the site. Then at this scenario you can use Microsoft SharePoint to generate backup copy of your site or sub-site and then you can re-generate that site to another server or on the same server. Backing up and restoring the site, you really need to carry out three separate stages. First backing up the site to one file, after that you have to generate a new vacant site as a destination and at last you recover the backup site to that particular destination.

Recovery option is used when your SharePoint server gets corrupted due to above mentioned scenario or by any other reasons at such cases you have been left with no options other than repairing and restoring SharePoint by using any professional third party tool. You can use SharePoint server repair tool which allows you to retrieve share point database like contents, tables, documents, labels, keyword, etc from inaccessible MDF files. It restores and save the recovered MDF file in different location on your system.