Release of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v8

Veeam Software, Inc. announced the release of Backup for Microsoft 365 v8, delivering flexible immutability for Microsoft 365 data.

Organizations can ensure their Microsoft 365 data is resilient employing a zero-trust, multi-layered immutable strategy, making certain backup data is safe from potential changes or deletions so that its original integrity stays intact. Currently protecting more than 21 million Microsoft 365 users, Veeam safeguards customers’ critical Microsoft 365 data to ensure that their business keeps running no matter what happens.

“Losing the critical data, files and communications housed in Microsoft 365 is a catastrophic scenario for any organization,” said John Jester, CRO, Veeam. “That’s why we’re protecting over 21 million users today, more than any vendor in market, making Veeam the #1 data resilience solution for Microsoft 365. Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v8 ensures that despite expected cyber-attacks and data disruptions, organizations have ready access to critical business information to ensure BC. Now with the most comprehensive backup immutability for Microsoft 365, this release includes new architecture designed for efficiency and scale, as well as added support which is based directly on customer requests.“

Backup for Microsoft 365 v8 combines immutable backups with existing immutable copies, delivering total defense for organizations’ backups. It provides the flexibility to store backup data on any object storage, including Azure Blob Storage, Amazon S3, IBM Cloud Object Storage, or S3-compatible storage.

In addition to enhanced immutability, Veeam enables increased enterprise scale and efficiency with Veeam Proxy Pools. This architectural update boosts backup processing speed by distributing traffic across multiple proxies. By intelligently sharing the load and staying under the radar of throttling, enterprises can achieve better backup performance and efficiently scale up large environments with tens of thousands of users.

Responding to customers, Veeam has expanded its support with several new features. Organizations have the ability to use Linux-based backup proxies, providing more choices and a lower TCO. Additionally, Backup for Microsoft 365 v8 supports private and shared Microsoft Teams channels, offering protection for this popular communication and collaboration platform.

Key features of Backup for Microsoft 365 v8 include:

• Immutability: Backup immutability for Microsoft 365
• Enterprise scale: Purpose-built architecture designed to handle the largest enterprise datasets
• Added support: Private and shared Teams channels, Linux-based backup proxies, and MFA access to the UI

“Protecting business-critical data residing in Microsoft 365 is vital to organizations of all sizes. Enterprise Strategy Group has repeatedly validated that Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 offers a comprehensive protection option across all of Microsoft 365. With each new version, Veeam has introduced extensive new security measures and version 8 is no different. Veeam enables organizations to have one data protection and recovery solution, driven by corporate governance, that covers all their critical data,” said Tony Palmer, practice director, TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group.

“We have been counting on and trusting Veeam for years. One of the main reasons for this is that Veeam is continuously evolving and leads in the market when it comes to new features. With the backup immutability delivered in Backup for Microsoft 365 v8, we see further evidence of Veeam’s dedication to enhancing security layers across Microsoft 365 data protection,” said Patrick Gebhard, system engineer data center and team lead network, FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland.

“We already felt confident with Backup for Microsoft 365, and now with v8 and the inclusion of Linux proxies, Proxy Pools, and improved Immutability, we are looking forward to implementing further resiliency and security,” said Matthew Prieto, director of infrastructure and security, California Dairies, Inc.

Learn more about the new Backup for Microsoft 365 v8 and discover how organizations of all sizes can keep their data secure, protected, and accessible during VeeamON Data Resilience Summit, taking place virtually October 1 (AMER and EMEA) and October 2 (APJ). Register for free.

Read the blog: Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v8: Comprehensive Immutability and Enterprise Scale.