10 things to know before enabling Microsoft 365 Backup
Microsoft 365 Backup is a platform designed to enhance an organization's data recovery capabilities for Exchange Online, SharePoint, and OneDrive. It offers built-in resiliency and compliance, ensuring backup data remains within the Microsoft 365 trust boundary and adheres to the same regulations as live content. The service boasts fast restore speeds, capable of recovering up to 1-3 TB per hour, making it ideal for rapid restoration after incidents. It's specifically built for bulk recovery scenarios, such as ransomware attacks, allowing for mass rollback of affected content. Users can choose between daily fast restore points for quick recovery or granular restore points available every 10 minutes for specific point-in-time needs. Configuration can be done at scale using dynamic rules based on groups or CSV uploads for up to 50,000 entries. Pricing is a straightforward pay-as-you-go model at $0.15 per GB per month of protected content, billed through Azure. A 90-day safety net period is provided if backup is disabled, during which existing backups remain restorable. Microsoft actively communicates roadmap and feature updates, and comprehensive support channels are available through existing Microsoft 365 support. To get started, users need specific admin roles and a pay-as-you-go billing policy connected to an Azure subscription, with no agents or additional software required.