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Michiel van den Broek's avatar
Michiel van den Broek
Iron Contributor
Jul 22, 2016

Back-up tools for Office 365

Started this question a while back on Yammer. What tools do you use to back-up mail and files stored in Office 365?   The fact that your files are back-upped inside and outside the datacenters of...
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tim borremans's avatar
tim borremans
Copper Contributor
Oct 04, 2018

Hi, someone already used de veeam tool V2 that just came out for making a backup of the whole Office 365 suite(sharepoint,exchange,onedrive,..)? I'm looking for a good solution, Cloud or on prem, but for on prem we should probably use Veeam. 

 What about the speed of recovering a whole mailbox with Skykick? 

 

regards!

TonyRedmond's avatar
TonyRedmond
MVP
Oct 04, 2018

Veeam doesn't do the whole of the Office 365 suite. It just does the basic workloads (Exchange, SharePoint, Online).

 

Veeam® Backup for Microsoft Office 365 eliminates the risk of losing access and control over your Office 365 data including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business – so that your data is always Hyper-Availableand protected.

https://go.veeam.com/backup-office-365

 

I remain patiently waiting for a backup vendor that can truly process the entire spectrum of Office 365...

  • tim borremans's avatar
    tim borremans
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 04, 2018

    So Skykick isn't the whole solution also..? for starting a backup of Exchange/onedrive/sharepoint/teams would be a good startpoint. 

    • TonyRedmond's avatar
      TonyRedmond
      MVP
      Oct 04, 2018

      The basic workloads are a good start, but remember that you're unlikely to change your backup solution once you choose one.

       

      And Skykick does basically the same: https://www.skykick.com/product-descriptions/backup-1607/

      Set Up:

      • Cloud Backup discovers all current Office 365 data available for backup
        • Exchange Online mailboxes and public folders
        • SharePoint Online sites
        • OneDrive for Business accounts

      They mention Teams and Office 365 Groups, but that is just the group mailbox and files.

       

      Office 365 Groups and Microsoft Teams      
      Deleted item retention 30 days Unlimited Unlimited
      Mailbox Storage Capacity (Conversations & Calendar) 50 GB Unlimited Backup 50 GB + Unlimited Backup
      Data Storage Capacity (Files & Notebook) 1 TB Unlimited Backup 1 TB + Unlimited Backup
      Backup and restore Conversations, Calendar, Files, and Notebook  
      • Robse's avatar
        Robse
        MVP
        Oct 04, 2018

        Just to share another vendor: AvePoint.
        Attached are the currently supported content sources.

        The mentioned scope is one thing. Other things to consider:

        - is geo-replication supported?

        - what backup storage types are supported (Azure, AWS, SFTP, etc.)?
        - does your vendor support release rings (for testing)?

        - is access to backup data audited and security trimmed?
        - how can end users restore their content, e.g. with a Teams-Bot
        - Is your vendor ISO 27001 certified?
        - does your vendor provide "Right to be forgotten" capabilities in regards to GDPR?

        Just some points, AvePoint also supports.

         

        These are just some questions you should ask yourself and your SaaS Vendor, when deciding for an Office 365 backup solution.