Overview
To protect all of your data, it's important to back up all of your devices. This article shows you how to download and install the CrashPlan app for CrashPlan for Small Business on all the Windows, Mac, and Linux devices in your small business.
The CrashPlan app installers are only available from the CrashPlan for Small Business console.
Considerations
You must have a CrashPlan for Small Business account before you can download the CrashPlan app. If you don't have an account, sign up now.
Before you begin
- Ensure that two-factor authentication is set up on your CrashPlan for Small Business account.
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Create a separate account for each user before installing the CrashPlan app on those users' devices. With separate user accounts, you can:
- Manage each user individually.
- Ensure each person can download only their own backed-up files instead of having access to the files of other people in your small business.
- In some situations, you may prefer to install the CrashPlan app for multiple users on the same computer, instead of following the installation instructions below.
- With CrashPlan for Small Business, you are billed each month for the number of active devices in your organization, regardless of the number of users you have.
- Most CrashPlan for Small Business administrators prepare to install the CrashPlan app using one of these methods:
- Download the CrashPlan app installer once, then copy the installer to multiple devices.
- On each device, download the CrashPlan app installer from the CrashPlan for Small Business CrashPlan console.
Step 1: Download the CrashPlan app installer
- Sign in to your CrashPlan for Small Business console with your CrashPlan for Small Business username and password.
- Go to Downloads.
- Click the appropriate Download icon
for your device's operating system.
Most Windows devices will use the Windows (64-bit) installer.
Direct download links
Each user installs and signs in to the CrashPlan app using their own username and password.
By default, the CrashPlan app requires you to enter your account password each time it is opened.
Next steps
For next steps, including completing setup and starting your backup, see Set up CrashPlan for Small Business.