BackupAssist's Newsletter for April 2014

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v7.4.4 now available

We've just launched the latest version of BackupAssist, v7.4.4.

This newest version introduces a lot of 'under the hood' tweaks, most of which you will notice right away as soon as you run and install the latest version. With over 40 improvements in total, v7.4.4 delivers even more stability, speed and precision to your Windows Server backups.

As usual, we have drafted comprehensive release notes, so you can read all about each of the enhancements and new features.

Download v7.4.4

Rated #1 by TopTenReviews

TopTenReviews are one of the world's biggest and most respected review websites, providing recommendations and insights for people who are looking to research and purchase technology.

For 2014, TopTenReview has just rated BackupAssist as #1 software solution for Windows Server Backup Software. While undergoing extensive testing for this prestigious award, BackupAssist has outperformed competition that are many times our scale with resources many magnitudes of ours. We are very excited and very proud of that.

"BackupAssist comes with a great set of tools, and it offers add-ons to help you customize backups to your preferred specifications."
"BackupAssist is scalable and easy to use, so it's ideal for small businesses."
"It provides many of the same great features and options needed by large corporations, but it's packaged for smaller operations."

For BackupAssist, it is great to be recognized as a world leading software publisher. For you as our customer, you now have further reassurance you have made a wise decision and you are in safe hands with BackupAssist.

You can read the full review from the TopTenReviews website.

SQL 2014 now supported

We are pleased to announce that SQL Server 2014 is officially supported by BackupAssist. This expands on our existing SQL Server support for SQL 2012, SQL 2008/R2 and SQL 2005.

You can now back up and restore a complete SQL 2014 server or specific SQL 2014 databases, with BackupAssist’s fast and easy to use SQL protection solutions.

You can read about how BackupAssist continues to provide protection for SQL Server 2014.

BackupAssist and data encryption

Our support team receives lots of questions on encryption. What is encryption, how does it work, what are the options available and how can it be used to protect backups?

To help answer the most common questions on encryption and how it works with BackupAssist, we have created three new articles to walk you through what we think you need to know.

These articles provide a detailed breakdown of these questions:

What is encryption and how can it protect your backups.
How to use the built-in BackupAssist encryption options
How to protect your backups with BitLocker encrypted media

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