The Case for Office 365 Backup
Uncovering critical reasons why organizations need to backup Office 365 data
The big Office 365 misconception
The misunderstanding falls between Microsoft’s perceived responsibility and the user’s actual responsibility of protection and long-term retention of their Office 365 data. The backup and recoverability that Microsoft provides and what users assume they are getting are often different. Meaning, aside from the standard precautions Office 365 has in place, you may need to re-assess the level of control you have of your data and how much access you truly have to it. Microsoft Office 365 offers geo redundancy, which is often mistaken for backup. Backup takes place when a historical copy of data is made and then stored in several locations, so if data is lost, accidentally deleted or maliciously attacked, or example — there will be an easily accessible copy elsewhere. Geo redundancy, on the other hand, protects against site or hardware failure, so if there is some type of infrastructure crash or outage, your users will remain Always-On and oblivious to these underlying issues.
The Case for Office 365 Backup 6 reasons why backing up Office 365 is critical
As a robust and highly capable Software as a Service (SaaS) platform, Microsoft Office 365 fits the needs
of many organizations perfectly. Office 365 provides application Availability and up-time to ensure your users never skip a beat, but an Office 365 backup can protect you against many other common use cases.
By talking with hundreds of IT professionals across the globe who have migrated to Office 365, six pitfalls in data protection remain: Accidental deletion, retention policy gaps and confusion, internal security threats, external security threats, legal and compliance requirements and managing hybrid email deployments and migrations to Office 365.
As a commercial or enterprise-sized business, you need to make sure your IT team is in control and never loses access to your business-critical data.
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