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Download your free Windows Server Backup

Back up the physical servers on your network through this P2V solution and benefit from fast and easy recovery should they be impacted by a disaster.

Download your physical backup freeware software

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Companies and organizations with virtualized server environments sometimes also have some physical machines and these too require data protection. Altaro Physical Server Backup is a server backup software solution created to satisfy this need, with the added bonus that it's free.

Physical Server Backup and restore

Back up and restore physical servers

Back up your physical servers and restore them to a virtual environment (as a virtual disk or a virtual machine running on a Hyper-V hypervisor).

Easy to use backup solution

Easy to use

Run the solution on the physical server you wish to back up and create your backup schedule. Manage it through a user-friendly local management console.

Backup storage deduplication

Outstanding storage savings

Enjoy industry-leading reductions in backup storage size thanks to our signature inline deduplication.

Freeware solution

Unbeatable value

Benefit from reliable, no-cost backup and recovery for the physical machines on your network.

P2V Solution for Microsoft Hyper-V

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This Windows Server backup solution – from the established developers of robust award-winning backup solutions for Hyper-V, VMware, Microsoft 365 and network endpoints – enables you to back up your physical servers to on-premise backup storage.

This is a P2V Hyper-V solution (physical to virtual) as well as a Disk2VHD solution, as the backed up physical server can be restored to a virtual Hyper-V environment as a virtual machine (VM) or as virtual disk (VHDX).

This initial release is being offered for free, with community forum support. Complete the form at the top of this page to receive your free license key.

Altaro Physical Server Backup: Features

Businesses with virtual environments that have one or more physical machines or legacy servers that have not been virtualized can use Altaro Physical Server Backup to protect these physical machines and keep them safe.

Add physical backup functionality to your virtual environment today, for free.

Complete the form at this link to receive your free license key.
The download will only work for 30 days unless you enter the Freeware key.

What operating systems (OS) does this freeware Physical Server Backup back up?

Windows Server backup – Supported OSs

All Windows Server OSs from 2008r2 until 2019, including core editions:

  • Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2019

Does not back up hypervisors (Hyper-V hosts) and client operating systems (Windows 7, 8, 10).

What is the best free online backup solution?

We believe we've done a great job with Altaro Physical Server Backup, our free backup software solution for physical servers. We're confident you'll like it and find it useful, but we'll leave it with you to decide whether it is the best free online backup solution out there! We'd welcome your feedback too.

Altaro Physical Server Backup allows you to quickly and reliably back up and restore physical Windows servers, enabling you to back up physical servers to on-premise backup storage. You can enjoy remarkable storage savings due to reduced backup storage size using Altaro's signature inline deduplication. It's easy to use and does what it says on the tin.

We also provide a free edition of Altaro VM Backup, our award-winning virtual machine backup and replication solution for Hyper-V and VMware environments. You'll enjoy free VM backup for 2 VMs per host, forever: You can download it here.

What software is there to manage server backups?

If you're seeking software to manage server backups, try Altaro Physical Server Backup, a physical to virtual (P to V) backup solution that enables customers to back up their physical Windows servers and restore them to a virtual environment. It is quick to set up and easy to use and enables you to make great storage savings through Altaro's signature inline deduplication, which results in reduced backup storage size. The added advantage is that it is free. All in all, Altaro Physical Server Backup is a worthwhile software solution to manage server backups.

(If you are a Managed Service Provider than you can manage backups for your customers' virtual machines and physical windows serves using Altaro VM Backup for MSPs.)

What is the cheapest backup solution?

If you are looking for the cheapest backup solution out there that also gives you robust data protection, then look no further: Altaro Physical Server Backup is an excellent backup solution, and it's free. That's how we can confidently say it's the cheapest backup solution out there – but that's cheap in price, not quality!

Use Altaro Physical Server Backup to back up and restore physical Windows servers. You can back them up to on-premise backup storage. Altaro's signature inline deduplication gives you outstanding storage savings too, thanks to dramatically reduced backup storage size. It's up and running in no time and characterized by ease of use.

In case you are after other 'cheapest' backup solutions, there's a free edition of our award-winning virtual machine backup and replication solution for Hyper-V and VMware environments, Altaro VM Backup: it's free VM backup for 2 VMs per host, forever: You can download it here.

How to back up everything on my Windows Server?

Use Altaro Physical Server Backup to back up everything on your Windows server. It's fast and simple to use, and you will be up and running in just minutes. It captures everything on a disk. To ensure you are fully covered, make sure you protect all the physical disks on your server. That way, you are backing up the data in its entirety.

As a physical to virtual (P to V) backup solution, Altaro Physical Server Backup allows you to back up your physical Windows servers and restore them to a virtual environment. You also benefit from reduced backup storage size Altaro's signature inline deduplication, so you save on storage. The best news is that Altaro Physical Server Backup is free, so you can back up everything on your Windows server without breaking the bank.