Windows Server 2008, shadow copies

Question

I feel stupid for asking but I was always under the impression there was a way to make shadow copies of a file each time its saved. I have been looking around and can't find anything beyond scheduled times for shadow copies. A new client has a mess of a network, their old IT didn't set many things up properly and its been a major headache. The users have a tendency to save over files instead of save as. The issue is there is never a shadow copy of these files unless its older than a day.

Yep, sounds like a prime use case for SharePoint. – Ryan Ries Mar 17 '14 at 22:42 — Ryan Ries, Mar 17 '14 at 22:42

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 17 '14 at 22:11

Shadow copy is a point in time snapshot of the volume. It is not a file versioning tool. You can increase the frequency of your VSS snapshots, but you will never get one-snapshot per file write.

As for tools built-into Windows that permit file versioning. You can get this to a certain degree with the Windows Sharepoint Services.

Windows Server 2008, shadow copies

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