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Back-up tools for Office 365
Thanks for all your answers. Guess the best solution has yet to be created. Allthough the question stays active, my customers seem to be a lot more relaxed about backups then they should be. The customers I had in mind when asking you about this where doing manual "backups" by copying synced document libraries to a external harddrive. Now, I know this isn't the best way, but I assumed they would at least copy the files to a folder named with the backup date and this creating several weeks/months of backups. Apparently, they just copied it to the same folder, overwriting the files... :smileylol:
My biggest fear are crypto virusses, encrypting thousandths of files. As far as I know that would create a situation where you would have to use version history to set back the files manually one by one. There is no possibility to do this in one action for all files...
I am also looking for a backup tool for my organization, and found this tool that have most of the features we are looking for. Not implemented yet still looking for "the One" all inclusive tool, that do not exist.
Keep it will backup your files and mails. Easy to use for ex support staff.
We cover all of your user generated Office 365 data within:
- Exchange Online (mails, calendar, In-Place Archive, etc.)
- Sites (SharePoint)
- OneDrive
Not a complete backup of office365 in all corners as discussed in this. But i covers the restoring of mailbox, sharepoint, onedrive.
If any find this "Backup Office365 all inclusive tool" i would also like to get notified Thanks.
Hi Nicolai,
I recommend Druva. They backup up all O365 documents, Exchange Online, OneDrive, SharePoint sites, and system/application settings.
If it's still relevant to you, send me a message and I can share more info.
Does Druva support Planner and Teams?
Their white paper about Office 365 backup talks about their advantages and contains some inaccuracies. For instance:
Office 365 doesn’t index all file types, so search results will not be inclusive of all criteria across non-Microsoft file types. [What file types are their worried about? Does Druva index all Office 365 data?]
Due to the lack of eDiscovery workflow, the review process can often be arduous. Search results are copied to an eDiscovery mailbox, which effectively looks and behaves like an online PST. This makes the review process time consuming and reduces accuracy [This is so outdated that I'm surprised that anyone could put this in a document. It's a description of Exchange on-premises eDiscovery and not Office 365 eDiscovery.]
Once I see inaccurate or misleading assertions in company documents, I start to worry about their technical capabilities.
- Hi Tony,
Good points here. Druva supports Teams but not Planner.
In regards to the inconsistencies, Druva updates their product so frequently ambiguous/outdated whitepapers still float around... definitely a DevOps focused company.
Here's the update to the above:
Office 365 legal hold workflows:
"Search results for Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and OneDrive must be exported from Office 365 to facilitate the review process; the Exchange content as one or more PST files, and the SharePoint and OneDrive content as individual files (with an option for all versions). There are multiple problems with the Office 365 approach: it creates a duplicate set of content outside of Office 365 which must be protected, there is no reporting on actions taken on the exported content in the eDiscovery case in Office 365 because Office 365 is blind to post-export actions, if the search is run again in Office 365 then a subsequent export is required along with integration of multiple sets of data, and there is no connection between what was collected and the coding decisions made to that content in order to inform future cases and reduce the volume of potentially responsive content in Office 365. The need to export content to Azure – with the time delays that are introduced from Office 365 to Azure and then Azure to a local computer – creates unhelpful delays in an urgent process for compliance officers. With GDPR in effect, the potential existence of personal data in additional locations will raise significant data governance concerns."
I know that's long winded, but if you want to get more in the weeds, send me a dm.
