Since Microsoft is removing the Backup utility from Windows 8.1, I have been exploring alternatives to that very useful utility. I know there are third party utilities that will work fine, but I would rather stay with a native version, if possible.
It seems the utility WBADMIN is capable of...
administrative
backupbackup process
efi partition
file deletion
hidden system folder
image restore
installation media
nativebackup
recovery partition
remote procedure call
system partition
system volume
third-party tools
upgrade
wbadmin
windows 8
windows 8.1
windowsimagebackup