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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.

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!

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

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?

While most people and companies would never take risks with data stored on premises, there appears t