Microsoft Releases Microsoft 365 Backup and Microsoft 365 Backup Storage to General Availability
Microsoft has announced the general availability of new backup and security tools to address the growing threat of ransomware attacks and the underlying data they impact.
Microsoft 365 Backup enables businesses to store critical active data that can be used in the event of a cyberattack or other disruption to ensure business continuity much faster than with migration-based backups.
Microsoft 365 Backup Storage provides developers a way to implement the same Microsoft 365 Backup benefits in their own offsite backup environments. backup solution using an integrated application.
Fast business backup
Backups are kept out of reach of attackers by keeping them within the Microsoft 365 boundary, while also providing frequent recovery points, fast backups, and low average recovery times, even at large scale across Microsoft 365 data sources.
Unlike traditional methods of high-volume backup and recovery, such as migration-based backups, customers can expect a mass restore to be 20x faster, according to Microsoft research. The backup solution is offered as a fixed pay-as-you-go service with no additional licensing requirements.
As for 365 Backup Storage, Microsoft offers this service to independent software vendors (ISVs) for use in building third-party backup applications. This gives them the physical redundancy, data compliance, and recovery point versioning that are part of the Microsoft 365 Backup Storage solution.