The Shared ASP.Net environment is a Windows Server 2016 system running IIS 10. It supports all versions of ASP.Net Core through 10*, all versions of ASP.Net Framework through the final v4.8 release, ...

The difference is that the former copies your data to a location you choose, such as an external hard drive. The latter securely sends your data to the backup company's servers for off-site storage.

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