You might presume that data stored in the cloud is secure and backed-up – and although Microsoft do protect your data, it’s important to consider additional steps to prevent data loss.
Here’s just three top reasons on why backing up your Office 365 information is essential for any business:
Protect against accidental deletion: From single Word files and emails, through to OneDrive folders and SharePoint websites, backing up ensures your critical data can be swiftly recovered. Likewise, backing up data prevents malicious deletion by employees, and whilst unlikely, it’s always a possibility – and backing up ensures your data remains safe and accessible.
Guard against ransomware and viruses: With cyber-attacks on the up, malicious hackers are encrypting whole folders and files, and blocking user-accounts. This locks you out of business data – meaning files cannot be recovered without paying a ransom. Having a reliable backup ensures you have a copy before the hackers encrypted it – allowing swift and easy recovery and minimising downtime.
Gain control over data retention policies: You may have legal or regulatory requirements to hold certain types of information for a certain length of time (i.e. HR files, or medical records). Our backup solutions allow granular control over retention periods – allowing files to be retained for the exact length required.
Interested in learning more? We offer data backup in UK-based, GDPR compliant dat centres as part of our all-inclusive IT Support packages (including on pay-as-you-go). For more details, get in contact with our Halifax IT Services team. Not using Office 365? Our software can back-up servers, computers & laptops – protecting all data, regardless of how it’s stored.
✓ Automatic daily backups with unlimited storage
✓ UK-based, GDPR-compliant data centres
✓ Covers all data: Office 365 email mailboxes, Teams, OneDrive files & SharePoint sites
✓Restore back to a certain time
✓ Quickly search and find the data you need – from e-mails through to Excel files and SharePoint sites