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A blog about web | data | cloud

Website or web application?
Website or web application?

Most people are familiar with the idea of a website. It's not always clear what a web application is. And what is the difference and when might you need one over the other?

Make your webpages shareable
Make your webpages shareable

Making your webpages shareable is all about getting your work noticed and shared by people. SEO is generally about making your content discoverable by robots.

When is cloud backup not cloud backup?
When is cloud backup not cloud backup?

There is no universally recognised definition of what constitutes 'cloud backup'. So if you've been sold cloud backup, that could mean any number of things. It could even mean that your cloud data isn't actually being backed up at all.

A silver lining: Built-in Microsoft 365 protections
A silver lining: Built-in Microsoft 365 protections

Microsoft offers several means to protect your data, including file versioning, data retention policies and archiving. None of these should be considered a substitute for backup.

Cloud cuckoo land: Microsoft 365 backup myth three
Cloud cuckoo land: Microsoft 365 backup myth three

Like the familiar Recycle Bin on Windows, Office 365 maintains a Recycle Bin in the cloud as well. However, Microsoft imposes rules on Recycle Bin – which is why you shouldn’t rely on it as a backup tool!

Partly cloudy: Microsoft 365 backup myth two
Partly cloudy: Microsoft 365 backup myth two

Microsoft does back up everything, for their own purposes. And you shouldn't rely on that fact: it's your data, your responsibility!

Clouding over: Microsoft 365 backup myth one
Clouding over: Microsoft 365 backup myth one

Data synchronised from your computer to the cloud synchronises not just your good data, but also your errors and accidental deletions. So are you protecting your cloud data from... yourself?