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To backup or not to backup 365
Hi Jesper,
You are correct you can use the in-built legal hold and data retention settings in Office 365 to cover most of your recovery needs, however this might not tick all the boxes for your company's backup policies as it is still contained within the same system. There are some good options for 3rd party backups like SkyKick, Backupify & Avepoint, however they mostly will backup to Microsoft Azure and have unlimited retention with multiple backups a day, one item to note is that the data will still be stored with Microsoft (as it is in Azure) if that is a problem or not.
We have used this with a quite a few customers in the past and while it works we have never needed to resort to using it due to the in-build retention in office 365.
Hello Jesper,
CodeTwo Backup for Office 365: https://www.codetwo.com/backup-for-office-365/?sts=6652 can help you here.
The application allows you to create full or granular backups of Office 365 mailboxes and store them on your local drives for as long as you need (your business data is not stored on any third party servers). And when it is needed, you can easily browse, preview and restore entire mailboxes, folders or even single items to Office 365 mailboxes.
If you would like to give it a try, here you can download a free trial version of CodeTwo Backup for Office 365: https://www.codetwo.com/backup-for-office-365/download?sts=6652.
If you have any questions, feel free to send me a message.
Best,
Adam