Head in the clouds: Microsoft 365 backup myths

Head in the clouds: Microsoft 365 backup myths

• Daishik
• 2 Aug 2020
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Preamble

While most people and companies would never take risks with data stored on premises, there appears to be a 'debate' around whether one needs to back up data saved to the cloud.

Office 365 is an excellent service that gives you access to your data from virtually any place at any time — and across many devices. As a software-as-a-service (SaaS) built on the industry-leading Azure public cloud, Office 365 offers users high reliability, geographic redundancy, and secure connectivity.

Whilst Microsoft doesn’t provide users with a comprehensive backup system for their underlying data, they do go a long way to safeguarding users against data loss. In this post I hope to clarify some of the misunderstandings and misconceptions about data storage in the cloud, and Office 365 in particular.

I hope to demonstrate that not only is backup highly prudent, it is recommended by none other than Microsoft themselves.

This blog series will tackle some of the common misconceptions about Microsoft Office 365.  Click through to the articles - which will be published in sequence a few days apart.

1. Clouding over: Microsoft 365 backup myth one

   The cloud IS my backup! Why would I need another backup?

2. Partly cloudy: Microsoft 365 backup myth two

   Microsoft already backs everything up, so I don't have to!

3. Cloud cuckoo land: Microsoft 365 backup myth three

   Recycling is the answer! I can always restore lost data from the Recycle Bin.

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

   File versioning, archiving and data retention policies

5. When is cloud backup not cloud backup?

   Just because you've been sold 'cloud backup' don't assume your cloud is backed up

Don't forget to come back here over the next couple of weeks to read the articles as they are published.