To explain my situation I have a exchange 2007 server and I have recently upgraded to SP2 so that I can use windows server backup to take an "exchange aware" backup of the server.

Is there an easy way of restoring this data onto a second server to which I have pre-installed server 2008 / exchange 2007 without upsetting my current exchange server set-up.

Also is there a better way to do this, such as running one as a fall over should the primary exchange server develop a fault.

I am still new to all this so please excuse any stupidity in my questions.

Thanks in advance for any help and assistance