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title: "How do I enable the auto backup feature in BUSY Accounting Software?"
description: "How do I enable the auto backup feature in BUSY Accounting Software?"
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# How do I enable the auto backup feature in BUSY Accounting Software?

To enable the auto backup feature in BUSY [Accounting Software](https://busy.in/accounting-software/), follow below steps:
Step 1: Open BUSY and go to company manu and select submenu download BUSY agent and click on ok to download the setup
Step 2: After successfully downloading, setup will displayed on the destop and extract the setup from winrar or winzip
Step 3: Then double click on the setup and install it in the same drive where BUSY already installed
Step 4: Now Open the BUSYagent application Afterwards click on general configuration
Step 5: Select database type such as ms access or sql as required
Step 6: In case of ms access specify the data directory and in case of sql specify server name ,username and password specifically and save the changes
Step 7: Then click on backup configuration (local) and select the create backup on local drive option as Y
Step 8: Now specify the path where you want to take a backup on local drive Afterwards schedule as per your requirement and press on save
Step 9: Then click on backup configuration (google drive) and enabble create backup on google drive option as Y
Step 10: Afterwards specify the E-mail id for a backup and authorise specify schedule and then save the configuration

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