does anyone know if Sharepoint designer 2007 has a feature that allows a scheduled backup of the Sp site ????Steven J Einhorn

It does not. If you want a scheduled backup, you need to use central admin or use a windows scheduled job in conjunctions with stsadm. Or, use a 3rd party tool like data protection manager.--Paul Galvin, Computer Generated Solutions (CGS) Microsoft MVP - SharePoint Blogging @ http://feeds.feedburner.com/PaulGalvinsSharePointSpace Twitter @ http://www.twitter.com/pagalvin

i looked all over central admin and dont see anywhere that says schedule a backup...only perform a back up....is it hidden somewhere ?????Steven J Einhorn

Steven, Using the below script try to create .bat file then create a new Scheduled Task in Start > Settings > Control Panel > Scheduled Task Then right click the newly created Scheduled Task, under Task tab in Run text box provide the newly created .bat file location Under Schedule tab you can select the Schedule Task (Daily, Weekly etc.,) If you click on Advanced button you will get an option of repeating the task for every 10, 20, 30 minutes etc. @echo off cls @set PATH=%ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN;%PATH% echo --- Started back up of Sharepoint site @stsadm -o backup -url http://Sharepointsiteurl -filename c:\<backup directory>\filename_%TIME%.bak Best Regards, G Vijai Kumar | My Sharepoint Blog

Thx VijaiSteven J Einhorn