Veeam® Software has announced the general availability of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v6, the newest edition of the company’s fastest-growing Software as a Service (SaaS) offering.
In a statement, the company explains that their #1 backup and recovery solution for Microsoft 365 allows users to securely back up to anywhere, including on-premises, in a hyperscale cloud, or with a third-party service provider. New features in v6 increase time savings for IT departments due to diminished burden for recovery requests and additional cost savings as a result of more efficient backups.
It is critical for Middle Eastern businesses to understand that Microsoft uses a Shared Responsibility Model, which separates what is their responsibility from what is the responsibility of the customer. Data loss or data vulnerabilities are caused by a variety of factors, including ransomware, inadvertent deletion, internal security threats, and others, owing to a lack of knowledge of this model. Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 eliminates the danger of losing access to and control over Microsoft 365 data — including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Microsoft Teams — ensuring that an organization’s data is always safe and accessible.
“Probably the most anticipated launch of our highly successful Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 product. Version 6 brings with it some features to streamline processes, saving time; with the new Self-Service Portal, users can navigate and recover their data quickly and without intervention from IT. Another feature that has been requested many times from the Middle East is the ability for Archiving, using Amazon and the Azure platforms. I am pleased that customers can now manage long-term archival retention with the simplicity and ease they are used to with Veeam,” said Claude Schuck, Regional Director, Middle East at Veeam.
“Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 reported 73% growth YoY, with 8.5 million users relying on Veeam to protect their Microsoft 365 data, including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business and Microsoft Teams,” said Danny Allan, CTO and SVP of Product Strategy at Veeam.
“Within all SaaS platforms, including Microsoft 365, the organization owns and controls their own data, and it’s the organization’s responsibility to protect it. The growth and momentum of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is an indication that more organizations are realizing the importance of managing and securing their data, and consistently trust Veeam with critical business assets,” Allan added.
50% of backup and SaaS admins list accidental deletions as their top motivator for protecting Microsoft 365, citing the time spent restoring user data as a pain point due to frequent accidental deletions. NEW Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v6 introduces the self-service restore portal for Microsoft 365 environments, which empowers IT administrators to securely delegate restores of emails, files and more from one centralized location. Restore scenarios, like simple user accidental deletions, will not require an IT admin’s assistance and can be done independently by users and/or delegated to a group of restore operators without the need to provide direct access to the backup server — saving time while maintaining administrative security.
Now with over 300 million commercial paid seats, Microsoft 365 data is being generated at a rapid rate, and organizations are holding onto more data as retention policies evolve. This has created a need for organizations to leverage low-cost object storage as they retain growing electronic intellectual properties. To meet this demand, Veeam has added backup copy to Amazon S3 Glacier, Glacier Deep Archive and Azure Archive for a secondary copy on low-cost, long-term object storage with options for various retention periods. This enhancement of cloud object storage integrations is in addition to AWS S3, Azure Blob, IBM Cloud, Wasabi and other S3-compatible providers that were already included in previous releases.
Veeam released the first version of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 in November 2016. The continued innovation in this latest release is designed to further accelerate Veeam’s leadership in the Microsoft 365 backup market. NEW Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v6 provides:
Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is intended for IT departments that utilise Microsoft 365, as well as Veeam Cloud & Service Provider (VCSP) partners that wish to provide Microsoft 365 backup services to their clients. Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v6 is currently available in the general public. Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 Community Edition offers FREE backup and recovery of Microsoft 365 data for up to 10 users, 10 teams, and one terabyte of SharePoint data. Please visit www.veeam.com for further details.
