The Microsoft 365 Data Protection Gap
This webinar addresses a critical misconception about Microsoft 365 data protection: while Microsoft ensures infrastructure availability and uptime through data center replication, customers retain full responsibility for their actual data. Research shows that 53% of organizations experienced SaaS data loss in the past 12 months, yet only 25% could fully restore lost data. This gap creates significant risk from accidental deletion, malicious insiders, ransomware attacks, and compliance requirements. Veeam positions backup as essential even though Microsoft itself now offers a native backup service (currently in preview), with Veeam serving as a launch partner for integration with Microsoft's solution.
Eight Benefits of Backup-as-a-Service
The presentation systematically covers eight advantages of adopting backup-as-a-service over self-managed software: simplified data protection by abstracting infrastructure complexity, rapid setup enabling backup jobs within minutes, time and cost savings by freeing IT teams from maintenance tasks, all-inclusive pricing covering servers/storage/management in a single fee, unlimited storage capacity eliminating capacity planning concerns, automated maintenance including security patching, compliance readiness with certifications meeting regulatory requirements, and Microsoft 365-specific optimization leveraging Veeam's market-leading technology. The shift toward cloud and managed services is quantified, with predictions that service-based approaches will become twice as common as self-managed solutions by 2026.
Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 Demonstration
The session includes an extensive product demonstration of Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365, showing the complete onboarding process from initial signup through first backup job creation in approximately five steps. Key capabilities demonstrated include granular search across entire tenants, flexible restore options (original location, alternate location, or local download), support for all Microsoft 365 workloads (Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams), point-in-time recovery, multi-mailbox simultaneous restore for disaster scenarios, and detailed role-based access control (RBAC) for self-service delegation. The interface emphasizes simplicity while providing enterprise-grade features like retention policies from 1 to 25 years (or unlimited), regional data residency options including Japan, and integration with Veeam's support ticketing system.
