Some of your most valuable data can be found through your Microsoft 365 products, and Microsoft is rolling out a new tool that is set to secure it better than ever before: Microsoft 365 Backup. From SharePoint Online to OneDrive for Business to Exchange Online Data, your company likely has business information, customer details, and more stored in its Microsoft tools. Thanks to this native backup resource, businesses will now have faster and easier access to their most important data, ensuring business continuity and data resilience. Here’s what you need to know about this tool that’s rolling out mid-2024.
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What Is Microsoft 365 Backup?
Microsoft 365 Backup is Microsoft’s upcoming resource (expected mid-2024) that will make it easier than ever for you to store your company’s valuable data. It is capable of backing up and restoring emails, messages, and files from resources like SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Exchange Online Data in the event your business loses access.
While this resource is great for business continuity, data resilience, and productivity, it is not a long-term solution. M365 Backup only saves, recovers, and restores up to the past 12 months, so you’re still going to need other backup solutions to protect your data on Microsoft products and others. Think of it as a snapshot rather than a full backup of your workspace. However, this is a fantastic way to get the ball rolling when you need access to your information and quickly, especially since data recovery can sometimes take weeks or even months.
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Microsoft’s newest tool delivers a host of benefits to business owners and leaders, including:
It Brings Speed and Efficiency to Data Recovery
Data recovery can often take weeks to months. When you need to get your business up and running again, this isn’t the best news to hear. However, with M365 Backup, you’ll be able to take advantage of significantly faster data recovery times, cutting down those potential months to mere hours. Since the data resides within Microsoft’s own environment, it delivers quicker access and recovery.
It Can Be Integrated With External Applications
Thanks to Backup APIs, the backup tool isn’t restricted to just Microsoft products. It can back up and recover data from external sources, like Salesforce or AWS, underscoring a strategy of inclusiveness and flexibility that is much needed in the data management world.
It Highlights the Importance of Data Protection
First, Microsoft 365 Backup highlights the shared responsibility model. Microsoft provides the platform, but customers, the businesses, share the responsibility in actually protecting the data. It serves as a regular reminder for proactive data protection and vigilance, because storing data in the cloud does not absolve users of security and backup responsibilities.
In addition, it adds another layer to cybersecurity. Thanks to the collaborative approach and inclusivity Microsoft 365 Backup brings to the table, it is a valuable addition to a business’s existing security strategy.
It Compliments, Rather Than Replaces, Existing Backup Solutions
Microsoft 365 Backup isn’t a direct competition to existing backup services. While Microsoft’s solution will enhance recovery speeds and bring additional security to the table, it is not a replacement for full backup services. It’s only good for up to the past 12 months and it doesn’t take a full picture of your entire company’s online workspace. However, it is complimentary to back up vendors’ services, and managed IT service companies like Nortec can deliver additional backup and security features that meet those business needs that Microsoft’s solution doesn’t cover. M365 Backup simply brings more capabilities and options to the ecosystem.
Take Advantage of Microsoft 365 Backup With Managed IT Services
Thanks to our consultative approach, we work with businesses and organizations to strategize solutions. This allows us to not only delivery tailored support packages, but also to help organizations get the most from their Microsoft licenses. With Microsoft 365 Backup on the horizon, Nortec is in a position to bring even more enhanced security, business continuity, data resilience, cost savings, and other tangible outcomes to our partners.
Microsoft 365 Backup brings a forward-thinking approach to data protection and business continuity in Microsoft products. Working with a managed IT services company allows you to take full advantage of what this latest resource has to offer and ensure if something should go wrong, you have quick and easy access to the data that makes your brand tick.
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