Michael Noel is an internationally recognized technology expert, bestselling author, and well known public speaker on a broad range of IT topics. He has authored several major best-selling industry books that have been translated into over a dozen languages. Significant titles include SharePoint 2007 Unleashed, Teach Yourself SharePoint 2007 in 10 Minutes, Windows Server 2008 Unleashed, ISA Server 2006 Unleashed, Exchange Server 2007 Unleashed, and many more. Currently a partner at Convergent Computing in the San Francisco Bay Area, Michael's writings and extensive public speaking experience across six continents leverage his real-world expertise helping organizations realize business value from Information Technology infrastructure.

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Backup and Restore for SharePoint 2010: Protecting Mission Critical SharePoint Data with New Tools and Technologies

As more and more organizations use SharePoint to store documents and other critical data, it becomes imperative to provide for backup and restore specific for SharePoint.  While some integrated tools exist to provide for disaster recovery, document level restore capabilities are often needed in a SharePoint environment.  This session covers some of those technologies, and focuses specifically on how the new Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010 product can be used to provide for SharePoint-specific backup and item-level restore.