What is NAKIVO Backup for Microsoft 365?
NAKIVO Backup for Microsoft 365 is a subscription-based solution for protecting Exchange Online, OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online, and Microsoft Teams data. You can purchase a separate Microsoft 365 backup license or combine it with any other NAKIVO Backup & Replication subscription or perpetual license.
Key Benefits of NAKIVO Backup for Microsoft 365
Avoid vendor lock-in and ensure data redundancy
NAKIVO backup for M365 provides flexible storage options, allowing you to store backups and backup copies locally, offsite and in the cloud. By separating primary and backup data, you can implement the 3-2-1-1 backup rule, reducing reliance on Microsoft’s infrastructure and minimizing the risk of a single point of failure.Enhance cyber resilience
Your Microsoft 365 backups can be made immutable so that nobody can change or remove data within the specified period. In addition, the Microsoft 365 backup solution from NAKIVO supports at-source backup encryption, along with encryption in transit and at rest, preventing unauthorized access and data breaches. For maximum cyber security, you can:- Encrypt backup data before sending it over the network
- Enable immutability on encrypted backups
- Store backup copies offline or on air-gapped tape storage where cybercriminals can’t reach them.
Multi-layered security
Microsoft 365 backup from NAKIVO supports MFA-enabled accounts for added login protection and delivers powerful security features to protect the backup solution itself. You can enable two-factor authentication and configure role-based access controls to the NAKIVO solution, enforcing the principle of least privilege.Recover anything, any time
With an intuitive, centralized view of all NAKIVO M365 backups, you can easily locate necessary files and items. Use keyword search or the navigation panel to find and recover entire accounts or specific items like mailboxes, folders, emails, Microsoft Teams messages and posts to the original or a new location.How Does NAKIVO’s Backup for Microsoft 365 Work?
1. Add your Microsoft 365 account
Before you can run your first backup job, you need to add the Microsoft 365 account to the inventory in NAKIVO Backup & Replication. You can automatically register a new application in the Azure AD portal or manually add an existing application by providing the required credentials. To save time, you can also specify to grant the necessary API permissions in Azure AD automatically.2. Connect your storage
Connect your storage to create a repository for your backup data. You can create multiple repositories and choose different storage destinations for each backup job when creating a backup. NAKIVO Backup for Office 365 supports the following storage types:- Local folders
- SMB/NFS files shares
- Amazon EC2 instances
- Amazon S3 object storage
- Azure Blob object storage
- Wasabi object storage
- Backblaze B2 object storage
- S3-compatible cloud platforms
- Deduplication appliances
3. Run the backup
NAKIVO Microsoft 365 backup supports the following items:- Exchange Online mailboxes (user, group and shared) and in-place archives, including individual emails, calendar events, contacts and attachments
- OneDrives and individual files and folders
- SharePoint Online sites with document libraries, files and lists
- Microsoft Teams, including channels, posts, tabs and attached files
Why Choose NAKIVO for Microsoft 365 Backup?
Fast, affordable, top-rated
NAKIVO Backup & Replication delivers up to 2 times faster backups due to change tracking technologies, performance optimization and NAS deployment options. With affordable pricing, discounts for partners and MSPs, a trade-in program and flexible licensing options, the NAKIVO solution helps businesses to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) by up to 50% on average. Recognized for its reliability, the solution holds an average rating of 4.8 across review platforms and was mentioned twice in the Gartner Magic Quadrant.Centralized management, multi-platform support
Along with NAKIVO Office 365 backup, the solution also supports multi-platform and hybrid IT environments. You can back up virtual machines (VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV and Proxmox VE), cloud (Amazon EC2), physical machines (Windows and Linux), and SMB/NFS file shares. You can manage all data protection activities from anywhere via a centralized, web-based dashboard.Designed for MSPs and multi-tenant environments
You can deploy NAKIVO Backup & Replication in multi-tenant mode and create up to 100 isolated tenant environments. Each tenant can manage their own data protection tasks independently through the Self-Service Portal. Powerful multi-tenancy and centralized MSP console that provides a comprehensive view of all tenant activities make the solution ideal for managed service providers (MSPs) and large, multi-branch enterprises.