Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers v12.0 13122426 Data Sheet

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Data Sheet: Backup and Recovery
Symantec Backup Exec™ 12 for Windows® Servers
The gold standard in Windows data protection
Overview
Symantec Backup Exec™ 12 delivers efficient, easy-to-
manage backup and recovery protection from server 
to desktop, providing optimized data protection for 
Windows based environments, now supporting Microsoft® 
Windows Server 2008. With granular recovery features 
and continuous data protection for critical Microsoft 
applications, Symantec Backup Exec helps ensure that 
business-critical data is efficiently protected and can 
be quickly recovered—down to an individual email or 
document. 
Symantec Backup Exec 12 also introduces innovative 
multi-product integration to simplify and enhance a 
company’s ability to secure, back up, and archive critical 
data. The new integrated data protection features with 
Symantec™ Endpoint Protection, Symantec Backup Exec™ 
System Recovery, Symantec Enterprise Vault™, and the new 
Symantec™ Online Storage prove Symantec Backup Exec 12 
is the gold standard in Windows data protection. 
Key benefits
Delivers market-leading Windows data protection with 
more than 1.5 million customers globally
•  Provides new optimized backup and recovery for 
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 
•  Offers unmatched data protection of leading Microsoft 
applications, including Exchange 2007
•  Provides scalable data protection for non-Microsoft 
servers through high-powered remote agents
Recovers critical data in seconds with patent-pending 
Granular Recovery Technology
•  Restores individual Exchange messages, folders, and 
mailboxes (eliminating mailbox backups)
•  Restores Active Directory users, user attributes, and 
properties without multiple reboots
•  Restores individual SharePoint Server documents in 
seconds
Offers new integration with market-leading Symantec 
products to secure, back up, and archive critical data
•  New Agent for Enterprise Vault provides fast, efficient 
backup and recovery for critical archives
•  New Symantec Endpoint Protection integration delivers 
up-to-the-minute security warnings and proactive 
ThreatCon backup protection
•  Enhanced Backup Exec System Recovery Option delivers 
advanced disaster recovery protection—and now 
supports Microsoft Server 2008
•  New Symantec Online Storage integration provides a 
secure, easy-to-manage offsite storage option
Complete data and system protection 
Symantec Backup Exec 12 offers a comprehensive data 
protection and recovery solution in one product suite, which 
reduces the complexity of dealing with the backup and 
recovery of your company’s most valuable asset—its data. 
Whether that data resides on a Windows file server; on a 
desktop or laptop; or on a critical application server like 
Exchange, SQL, or SharePoint, Symantec Backup Exec 12 
has the capability and compatibility to offer full protection 
and recovery for both data and systems.