This document discusses the capabilities of Data Protection Manager (DPM) including frequent backups up to every 15 minutes, disaster recovery with offsite replication and tape backups, and centralized management. It highlights how DPM 2012 introduces a single centralized management console that allows for remote management of DPM servers, role-based access control, consolidated alerts, and other features to reduce management costs and time to resolve issues. The document also notes performance improvements and new capabilities in DPM for Windows Server 2012 including parallel backups, live migration support, and efficient backup of deduplicated file systems.