Do you need to backup Microsoft Office 365?

If you are using Microsoft in the cloud, you might assume that your data is protected by Microsoft. Many IT pros believe that it’s Microsoft’s responsibility to protect their Office 365 data, but this is not true. Microsoft provides a wide array of powerful services within Office 365 — but a comprehensive backup of your Office 365 data is not one of them.

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

Now with their latest release, Veeam Backup for Office 365 v4, backup is even more affordable since they have introduced cloud object storage as a destination, and Wasabi has been validated interoperable with this new offering.

Veeam Backup for Office 365 v4 combined with object storage offers improved cost benefits over other options. Object storage services like Wasabi allow you to only pay for the storage you use, and at Wasabi’s prices users can expect savings of up to 80% over Amazon S3. The ability to store more data for less is crucial in a business ecosystem that values data more than ever before. Additionally, a lightened load on a business’ storage budget frees up time and capital for other, more important things.

Using Wasabi allows for an enterprise to scale their backups infinitely. With traditional on-premises storage systems, users would have to guess at what their storage needs were going to be in the future. These devices fill up quickly, leaving organizations in a constant state of upgrading. Wasabi offers a bottomless vault for data, ensuring that companies never need to worry about running out of space.

The accumulation of data is something that any working professional can attest to. This is especially true when it comes to Microsoft Office files like PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, and Excel spreadsheets, not to mention email. Each year, companies produce more and more data, and the question of how to handle it all inevitably arises.

With Office 365, it’s your data — you control it — and it is your responsibility to protect it.

At Wasabi, we believe storage should be a commodity like electricity: fast, reliable, and inexpensive. Choosing Wasabi as your object storage destination for Veeam Backup for Office 365 offers your business improved price and performance, as well as the peace of mind of knowing you’ll never run out of space.