Microsoft 365 Protection You Can Rely On

  • Direct backup to cloud
  • Immutability and encryption
  • Fast backup, recovery and search
  • One interface for all workloads
Microsoft 365 Protection You Can Rely On
Brands

Why You Need Third-Party
Backup for Microsoft 365

Microsoft isn’t responsible for your data

Microsoft isn’t
responsible for your data

According to Microsoft’s shared responsibility model, organizations are responsible for ensuring the safety of their data and accounts, ideally through backup and recovery.
The cost of non-compliance

The cost of
non-compliance

Regulations hold you fully accountable for data protection and retention. Only a dedicated third-party backup solution can offer the functionalities required to comply with regulations and standards like GDPR, NIS2 and NIST.
Permanent data loss risks

Permanent
data loss risks

Native backup tools offer limited backup and recovery capabilities that can lead to retention policy gaps, vendor lock-in, single point of failure and insufficient cyber resilience which can cause permanent data loss.
Limited workflow management

Limited workflow
management

Native data protection tools might make administration challenging because they do not usually include a centralized management dashboard, automation capabilities or advanced cybersecurity features.

Choose NAKIVO’s Fast, Incremental Backup
for Microsoft 365 Apps and Services

EXCHANGE ONLINE
Exchange
Online
ONEDRIVE FOR BUSINESS
OneDrive
for business
SHAREPOINT ONLINE
Sharepoint
Online
MICROSOFT TEAMS
Microsoft
Teams
Video

Want to See It in Action?

Try NAKIVO Backup for Microsoft 365 for free for 15 days. Enable the free trial right from your instance of NAKIVO Backup & Replication:

1. Go to Settings > Licensing.

2. Click the Try All Features button.

3. Click Start Free Trial.

What You Get with NAKIVO
Backup for Microsoft 365

Avoid a single point of failure

Avoid a single point of failure

With NAKIVO, your data is no longer locked into Microsoft infrastructure. Get complete control over your backup storage and easily meet the 3-2-1-1 backup rule by having multiple backup copies onsite, offsite, in the cloud and offline.

Store backups and backup copies anywhere, including:

  • local folders
  • SMB/NFS file shares
  • public clouds
  • S3-compatible storage platforms
  • deduplication appliances
  • tape

Level up your cyber resilience

NAKIVO Backup & Replication allows you to encrypt backups before transferring them over the network. Store encrypted backups in offsite storage with immutability support for additional protection against ransomware encryption and modification. Or send backup copies to tape and make them air-gapped.

The solution also supports MFA-enabled Microsoft 365 accounts and allows you to restrict access to backup activities with role-based control.

Level up your cyber resilience
Recover anything, any time

Recover anything, any time

Roll back full accounts or individual files and apps to a specific date with a few clicks. With NAKIVO, you get near-instant point-in-time recovery of Microsoft 365 items, including mailbox folders, emails, contacts, Teams chats and channels, files, sites and more to the same or a different account.

Stay compliant with confidence

Meet data protection best practices and store data copies in specific geographical locations, meeting regulatory and cyber law requirements. Quickly locate anything you need for e-discovery requests using advanced search and customizable retention policies.

Stay compliant with confidence
One backup solution for everything, 24/7 support included

One backup solution for everything,
24/7 support included

Centralized management and ease of use with only one instance of NAKIVO Backup & Replication to protect Microsoft 365 data as well as your other workloads, including VMs, physical machines, file shares, cloud instances, etc.
Enjoy full visibility and simplicity with a single interface, plus free 24/7 support via live chat, email, or phone to swiftly address any issues.

Resources

Microsoft 365 Cloud Backup: Overcoming Native Data Protection Limitations
Microsoft 365 Cloud Backup: Overcoming Native Data Protection Limitations
WATCH FREE
pdf
NAKIVO Backup for Microsoft 365 solution brief
Download
pdf
Why Choose NAKIVO Backup for Microsoft 365
Download

FAQ

How does NAKIVO Backup for Microsoft 365 work?

  • Backup data is stored in any storage of your choice: locally, offsite or in the cloud. NAKIVO’s solution uses proprietary change tracking technology to identify changed data and run fast incremental backups after the initial or scheduled full backups.
  • The solution can be set to run backups automatically whenever you need, be it once a day or even every hour.
  • When it’s time to recover, you can have up to 10,000 recovery points for data recovery to the original or a different location.
  • Use advanced search capabilities to find whatever you need for compliance and e-discovery.

What counts as a user with a subscription license for Backup for Microsoft 365?

Each of the following counts as a Microsoft 365 user in NAKIVO Backup & Replication:

  • One user mailbox for Exchange Online
  • One user for OneDrive for Business
  • A personal site or a user with access to a SharePoint Online site with “Edit” or “Full Control” permissions
  • One user with access to a team for Microsoft Teams

You do not need to count the same user more than once across multiple Microsoft 365 services. In addition, shared mailboxes, group mailboxes, group sites and guest accounts do not require a license.

Can I deliver Backup for Microsoft 365 as a service?

Yes. Managed service providers (MSPs) can use NAKIVO Backup & Replication to deliver Backup for Microsoft 365 as a service. All the solution’s advanced data protection features are available to MSPs in the MSP Enterprise Essentials, MSP Enterprise and MSP Enterprise Plus editions. You can provide your MSP clients with backup for their Microsoft Teams, Exchange Online, OneDrive for Business and SharePoint Online data.

How many Microsoft 365 users can I protect with one instance?

You can protect thousands of users in a single deployment of NAKIVO Backup & Replication. You can purchase additional Microsoft 365 subscription licenses to protect more users when you scale out or up, or remove users if you scale down. Keep in mind that you must purchase at least 10 licensed units (that is, user accounts).

What are the requirements for using Backup for Microsoft 365 in NAKIVO Backup & Replication?

  • If you already have NAKIVO Backup & Replication installed, check that your solution instance meets the deployment requirements for Backup for Microsoft 365 on this Help Center page.
  • Depending on how you want to discover your Microsoft 365 account, you may need to provide the required API permissions to the NAKIVO solution.
  • Note that you need to disable or exclude your Microsoft 365 account from the Conditional Access in Azure portal.
  • Your Microsoft 365 account should be accessible over the network.