<s>
Microsoft	B-General_Concept
Tape	I-General_Concept
Format	I-General_Concept
(	O
MTF	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
tape	B-Architecture
format	O
used	O
by	O
several	O
backup	O
tools	O
for	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notable	O
examples	O
include	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
NTBackup	O
program	O
,	O
Backup	B-Application
Exec	I-Application
and	O
the	O
backup	O
utilities	O
included	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
utilities	O
have	O
been	O
written	O
to	O
read	O
MTF	O
on	O
non-Windows	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
