{"id":17961,"date":"2021-08-16T00:58:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T00:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/?p=17961"},"modified":"2021-08-26T11:00:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T11:00:10","slug":"additional-protections-that-backupassist-365-offer-beyond-microsoft-365","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/additional-protections-that-backupassist-365-offer-beyond-microsoft-365","title":{"rendered":"What additional protections does BackupAssist 365 offer beyond Microsoft 365?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In fact, Microsoft themselves recommend 3rd party backups. Take a look at this quote from their services agreement:   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“We recommend that you regularly backup Your Content and Data that you store on the Services or store using Third-Party Apps and Services.”<\/i><\/h5>\n

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BackupAssist 365 can provide additional resilience and backup features to fill the gap left by Microsoft 365’s default options and help businesses maintain more robust and accessible backups.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Specifically, BackupAssist 365 provides these additional protections beyond Microsoft 365: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n \u203a  Complete data sovereignty  Read more<\/b><\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\n \u203a  Enhanced point-in-time recovery  Read more<\/b><\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\n \u203a  More robust data retention  Read more<\/b><\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\n \u203a  Back up data from deleted users automatically and without additional costs  Read more<\/b><\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\n \u203a  Easier recovery from ransomware and other malware  Read more<\/b><\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\n \u203a  Better protection against human error  Read more<\/b><\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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To understand what those mean \u2013 and why they matter \u2013 let\u2019s take a closer look at each of those points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Complete data sovereignty: You control your data <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With any cloud service, the vendor ultimately controls your data. It resides in their cloud. It\u2019s in a format the vendor dictates, and you can only restore it using their processes. This approach to backups can be an advantage that offloads complexity from IT in some cases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, in other cases, it limits your ability to have your data in standard file formats, store the data on physical servers you control, and drill down to find individual files. Limited control of your data can also create a variety of compliance and data sovereignty challenges.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With BackupAssist 365, data is stored (in standard file formats whenever possible<\/strong>) on-premises or in a cloud storage location you specify, giving IT the control. This decouples your business continuity and compliance from complete control by a single vendor<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, with the complete control offered by BackupAssist 365, IT can easily search for — and restore \u2013 individual files<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enhanced point-in-time recovery: Go beyond 30 days <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft 365 enables point-in-time recovery for the last 30 days for Sharepoint and Onedrive for Business<\/strong><\/a>. While this is sufficient for some organizations, an alternative solution is a must for businesses that need point-in-time recovery beyond 30 days (for compliance, resilience against malware with long dwell times, etc.).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BackupAssist 365 puts you in control of your point-in-time recovery. It enables you to automatically capture backups, retain them as long as you want, and restore using any restore point you choose<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More robust data retention: Complete control over your policies  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft allows businesses to configure and customize retention policies for compliance purposes. However, retention settings vary across apps, and some applications lack native retention settings. This limits your flexibility and makes remaining compliant more complex.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With BackupAssist 365, you’re in complete control of your data retention strategy and can develop custom retention policies based on your compliance, risk, and retention requirements<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back up data from deleted users simply and without additional costs <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft’s default data retention policies store data for deleted users for 30 days. While modifications to retention policies are possible, they add complexity to your backup workflows. With BackupAssist 365, deleted users\u2019 data is retained by default with no additional licensing costs<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Easier recovery from ransomware and other malware <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft retention policies offer some protection against ransomware and other malware. 
However, there are several major shortcomings:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n