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Most of us know what Data Protection Manager (DPM) can natively protect such as Windows OS starting from Servers 2003 through 2012 including files and critical server components such as system state. I often see folks confused on how to backup Microsoft and third party application using DPM, in this article I will enumerate the application that DPM supports natively and list other resources on how to back up the most common used applications and where to get information on how to backup them up properly, read on …

Application that can be protected natively

Exchange Server

• Exchange Server 2013 (only on System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
• Exchange Server 2010.
• Exchange Server 2007 
• Protection
• Whitepaper on why and how to protect Exchange data with DPM.
• DPM2010 Storage Calculator for Exchange

SQL Server

• SQL Server 2012
• SQL Server 2008 R2
• SQL Server 2008
• Protection
  • Whitepaper on why and how to protect SQL Server data with DPM
  • DPM 2012 Sizing for SQL Backup

SharePoint :

• SharePoint Server 2013 (only on System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1) System Center 2012 – Data Protection Manager (DPM))
• SharePoint Server 2010
• Windows SharePoint Server 3.0
• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
• Protection
  • Whitepaper on why and how to protect SharePoint data with DPM
  • DPM Storage Calculator for SharePoint

Hyper-V

• Windows Server 2012 (only on SP1)
• Windows Server 2008 R2
• Windows Server 2008
• Protection
  • DPM Storage Calculator for Hyper-V
  • How to protect Microsoft Virtualization environments

Disaster recovery

• System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Data Protection Manager (DPM) (only on SP1).
• System Center 2012 System Center 2012 – Data Protection Manager (DPM)

Applications that can be protected with DPM that it does not protect natively:

Dynamics CRM

• Backing up Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server 2011

Lync:

• Backing Up Lync Server

Forefront TMG

• Backing Up Forefront TMG configuration

System Center Operations Manager

• Backing Up Operations Manager

System Center Configuration Manager

• Backing Up Configuration Manager

System Center Virtual Machine Manager

• Backing Up Virtual Machine Manager

Team Foundation Server

• Backing Up Team Foundation Server

QuickBooks Enterprise with DPM

• Backing up QuickBooks Enterprise with DPM

WordPress

Steve Buchanan wrote this blog on how to protect WordPress using System center orchestrator you can use  Orchestrator with DPM to protect your worldpress blog, after the Download WordPress Zip , you need to call a DPM activity “Create recovery Point” that backup the download location.