<p>Anyone who relies on backup to protect their data in day-to-day operations likely to be most businesses should install Microsoft's Cumulative Update 3 for Exchange Server 2013.</p><p>According to Microsoft's Exchange team, its quarterly update fixes a bug that "may randomly prevent a backup dataset taken from Exchange Server 2013 from restoring correctly".</p><p>In its support documentation, Microsoft notes the Exchange replication service VSS Writer hits a snag that causes Exchange 2013 database backup procedures to fail whether using its own Windows Server Backup or a third-party backup product.</p><p>"Customers who rely on Backup and Recovery in their day-to-day operations are encouraged to deploy Cumulative Update 3 and initiate backups of their data to ensure that data contained in backups may be restored correctly," Microsoft's Exchange Team advised.</p><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-releases-fix-for-failed-exchange-server-2013-backups-7000023728/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/28/microsoft_squashes_exchange_server_bug/">Microsoft squashes Exchange Server bug</a> (Register)</p><p><a href="http://www.eweek.com/enterprise-apps/microsoft-issues-exchange-server-2013-update-for-buggy-backups.html">Microsoft Issues Exchange Server 2013 Update for Buggy Backups</a> (eWeek)</p><p><a href="http://www.cbronline.com/news/security/microsoft-patches-exchange-server-2013-bug-281113">Microsoft patches Exchange Server 2013 bug</a> (Computer Business Review)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dTDhxbGa1zZCW8McAghO4Th8-4mvM&ned=us">4 additional articles.</a></p>