Will we be able to continue our local centralized backups when the subscriptions expite?
If not, what's Microsoft's recommendation?
When your subscription expires One Care backup will no longer work. You can use this tool to restore files made with One Care Backup - http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/onecarebackupandrestore/thread/e5d686c8-762b-4b22-bc08-bfb93f911e57 Depending on your version of Windows you may be able to use Windows Backup or you can use a third party program such as Acronis True Image - http://www.acronis.com/promo/ATIH2010/short/?source=msn&ad=norton&c={creative}&k=acronis%20true%20image&promo=msn This is my personal recommendation, not a recommendation from Microsoft.
Jim