Do you have a backup tool for Microsoft 365? Is it necessary?

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Director of IT in Software2 years ago

Its a must as Microsoft don’t backup the office 365. Yes, you have 30 days retention or depending if its Sharepoint/one drive can go to 90 days there is nothing long term and there is no guarantee that the data can be restored.
I have been using Veeam for Office 365 to backup exchange, Sharepoint/one drive and ms teams and it does a good job.

MSP & IT Director in Services (non-Government)2 years ago

Yes , it is highly recommended to backup 365 since most people are under the impression that 365 doesn’t need backing up, when Microsoft is not backing up your data. There are several options for backing up 365 data (sharepoint and exchange) . I resell and manage this for several clients. Infinite retention at low cost is a huge piece of mind… and there’s no hardware needed etc.

CIO in Manufacturing2 years ago

Yes it is important back up cloud data as well on premisies one.
I have chosen rubrik backup for m365 becouse this solution helps to protect the back ups from cyber attacks (ransonware)

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Director of Engineering in Software2 years ago

It's always very important to take such backups

Chief Information Technology Officer in IT Services2 years ago

Veeam also have tools
For back up. Ms365 only offer retention

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