Microsoft Windows Server applications are at the very core of business operations in a wide range of industries, powering everything from messaging and collaboration to manufacturing, customer operations, financial transactions, and healthcare records.

In many cases, these applications are essential to the functioning of the business or organization they support. Any application downtime or data loss can be extremely costly to the business – and potentially hazardous for customers, employees or stakeholders.

Unfortunately, many businesses struggle to guarantee application and data availability for Windows applications.

This white paper discusses five steps for protecting Windows Server applications from downtime, offering established best practices to reduce potential single points of failure and ensure rapid recovery or continued operations in the event of failure.