Policy

Disallow network as backup target

This policy setting allows you to manage whether backups of a machine can run to a network share or not. If you enable this policy setting, machine administrator/backup operator cannot use Windows Server Backup to run backups to a network share. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, there is no restriction on network share being backup target.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Windows
CategoryServer
Policy ID3c30b8056240
Internal nameDisallowNetworkAsBackupTarget

Registry

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HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Backup\Server\NoBackupToNetwork (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Backup\Server\NoBackupToNetwork (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to manage whether backups of a machine can run to a network share or not. If you enable this policy setting, machine administrator/backup operator cannot use Windows Server Backup to run backups to a network share. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, there is no restriction on network share being backup target.

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