Can online backup be set so that users can not see it or have the ablity to stop it?

It's possible to set up one Backup&Recovery Advanced (Agent Core and Agent only, not using license server), connect remotely using Management Console, set up backup plan and user won't be able to stop it (unless he downloads and runs the Console himself), and won't be able to figure you why there is a sudden spike of traffic or HDD actvity. Onine backup (if you mean backup to Acronis cloud storage) like any other backup task over network, can't be paused and resumed - it will start over if network disappears for a long time. Unless you implement some conditions to run it only on select range of IP adresses, it will run when they are on mobile internet

All of these users are moble and never connected to our corp network so traditional backup solutions will not work.

Will you be able to set them up once?

Thanks for the reply, yes I was looking at setting up new users and doing the intial image at the corp office before issuing the laptop. Then they would only be doing the incremental.

For the existing users I would have to figure out how to get my hands on the laptop unless there is a way to send an app to install that is configured with everything so they don't have to do anything to configure it.

Is there a way to test any of this with a trial version?

There is a 60-day trial - http://www.acronis.com/backup-recovery/online/gettrial.html

Thanks, I do have a tial version installed now on my own PC. How do I test connecting to the remote client, just install the 2 agents and they show up automaticly in the managment console on my PC?

They won't show up automatically. After agent is installed, you can connect to it remotely - clicking connect to a remote machine in the management console, and , if you set up a management server, add it to the management server, and perform centralized operations on it and other agents. Just a note - management console works like a browser - whatever shows up there depends on where it is connected to.

Thanks,

I must have installed the wrong version of the trial, there is no connect to remote machine in this console. I'm guessing it's the stand alone version.

Looks like I will have to remove it and start over.