http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/cc794548.aspx<\/a>
\nunder the section Backup and Restore Considerations<\/p>\nVSS backup of an Exchange guest virtual machine from within the root machine is supported when Hyper-V virtual hard disks (VHDs) are used.<\/code><\/p>\nThis means that backing up your Hyper-V guests by imaging the host machine is supported by Microsoft.<\/p>\n
Regards,<\/p>\n
Linus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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