Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 Version 2

Veeam Software, Inc. released its Backup for Microsoft Office 365 Version 2.

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This release protects Microsoft OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online, and SharePoint on-premises installations, in addition to Exchange Online and Exchange on-premises.

This version of Backup for Microsoft Office 365 follows one of the company’s successful product launches, Backup for Microsoft Office v1 and v1.5. To date, more than 35,000 organizations, representing 4.1 million Microsoft Office 365 mailboxes, have downloaded Backup for Microsoft Office 365. Downloads during 1H18 increased by 151% compared to 2H17, and product bookings increased 135% during this same period.

Now with more than 50 enhancements, it is easier to set up, manage, and maintain protection, visibility and compliance across all Office 365 data, while ensuring the hyper-availability of critical Office 365 applications for organizations of all sizes.

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Backup for Microsoft Office 365 v2 protects data inside the Office 365 infrastructure, enhancing the automatic data replication Microsoft provides across its data centers. The combination of the company’s software and Microsoft solutions enable enterprises to have control of their data and helps ensure availability to users across Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business.

With the company, IT can securely backup Office 365 to on-premises or to the cloud with Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, IBM Cloud, and over 18,000 service providers to:

• Enhance Protection of Office 365 data from accidental deletion, security threats and retention policy gaps;

• Quickly restore individual Office 365 items and files with recovery flexibility; and

• Meet legal and compliance requirements with efficient eDiscovery of Office 365 backup archives.

“With our latest release, Veeam extends our long-term commitment to provide additional security controls and backup of Microsoft Office 365 data,” said Danny Allan, VP, product strategy, Veeam. “No company with Office 365 should be without Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 v2. With Veeam, the enterprise remains in complete control and data remains available and protected.“

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Backup for Microsoft Office 365 includes:

• Data protection for OneDrive for Business. Provides fast backup of Office 365 OneDrive for Business accounts with the ability to restore and export files and folders with the Veeam Explorer for Microsoft OneDrive.

• Data protection for SharePoint. Enables IT to backup SharePoint Online and SharePoint on premises. Provides reliable and flexible recovery options to restore SharePoint sites, documents, libraries and lists with the already-familiar Veeam Explorer for SharePoint.

• Ease-of-use and backup flexibility improvements: A redesigned job wizard provides more flexible selection of Exchange Online, OneDrive for Business and SharePoint Online objects. It’s now easier than ever to set-up, search and maintain visibility into Office 365 data. IT can granularly search, scale and perform management of backup jobs for tens of thousands of Office 365 users, saving time and valuable resources

Free community edition
In its long-standing tradition to give back to the IT community, the company is also releasing Backup for Microsoft Office 365 Community Edition. This edition provides access and control of Office 365 data for free, with functionality identical to that of the paid version, but limited to ten users and 1TB of protected SharePoint data.

Enables Veeam Cloud and Service Providers
to tap into the $2.5 billion Office 365 backup market
The rapid adoption and growth of Office 365 has created an opportunity for service providers, opening the door to create new revenue opportunities in a $2.5 billion market. With Backup for Microsoft Office 365, Veeam Cloud and Service Providers (VCSPs) can securely backup customers’ Office 365 Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business data; quickly restore individual Exchange items, SharePoint objects and OneDrive files; and efficiently automate and scale an Office 365 backup revenue stream.

Availability and pricing
Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 v2 is available in one to five-year annual subscriptions, with the ability to be billed annually or up-front. The company recommends a three-year subscription, billed annually at a MSRP of $1.28 per user, per month.

“Only 38% of SaaS users are familiar with all the data protection/recovery SLAs associated with the services they use. This means compliance and data recoverability risks that can negatively impact any organization, in particular with regards to email and collaboration tools. The newest version of Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 simply solves this problem and puts users back in control of their data protection process.” said Christophe Bertrand, senior analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group.

“With SharePoint being the back-end file storage for almost all Office 365 services such as Office 365 Groups and Microsoft Teams, having a product such as Veeam, which can backup both Exchange, SharePoint and OneDrive, is a must-have solution for companies that want to protect their Office 365 investment.” said Vlad Catinescu, top sharePoint market influencer and MVP, Microsoft Corp.

“Microsoft Office 365 is an absolutely vital application for us. With Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365, it’s been easy to ensure that our Office 365 data is protected. Any time we need to restore an email, I can rest easy knowing that we can get the data back in a matter ofs or minutes in just a few clicks. I’m looking forward to having a similar experience with SharePoint and OneDrive,” said Alex Hobler, manager, IT, Americas, Septodont.

“Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 v2 has the familiar look and feel of our other well-known Veeam products. It works intuitively, exactly as expected,” said Jorg Deelen, technical sales consultant, Openline B.V.

“Data today is expected to be hyper-available, intelligent, and compliant – simply without risk, and we are again delivering that critical BC with our Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 expansion to SharePoint and OneDrive, a platform that most users take for granted as being protected,” said Matt Chesterton, CEO, OffsiteDataSync, a Platinum Veeam cloud and service provider partner.

“We recently tested out the Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 v2 beta and we’re really pleased. Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 v2 brings the familiar Veeam backup and recovery technology to SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business. It provides efficient and easy backup handling of our Office 365 customers,” said Mikael Norman, IT systems management, ITS Nordic, a Gold Veeam cloud and service provider partner.