Are you sure your Microsoft 365 data is safe? To back up your Microsoft 365 data, Veeam is offering Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 Premium, a Premium SaaS backup solution for Microsoft 365 and Entra ID.
This offer provides enterprise-grade protection at a compelling price and is designed to help organizations strengthen their Microsoft 365 data resilience.
Backing up Microsoft 365 is the Customer’s Responsibility
Microsoft operates under a shared responsibility model. While Microsoft ensures the availability and uptime of its services, it provides full backup and long-term data retention at additional cost with Microsoft 365 Backup. If data is deleted – whether accidentally, maliciously, or due to a ransomware attack – Microsoft’s native tools (like recycle bins or retention policies) offer limited recovery options and timeframes. Beyond that, recovery is the customer’s responsibility.
That is why third-party backup solutions like Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 are widely used by businesses. They provide comprehensive, long-term backup and fast recovery capabilities that go far beyond what Microsoft offers natively.
Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 Premium specifically fills this gap by offering a fully managed, secure, and scalable backup service for Exchange Online, SharePoint, OneDrive for Business, Teams, and Entra ID. It ensures that your business can recover quickly from accidental deletions, ransomware attacks, or service outages.
Why Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 Premium?
- Flexible and Scalable Storage: Organizations often face unpredictable data growth. With unlimited storage and customizable retention policies, this solution ensures you can scale without worrying about capacity or compliance. For example, legal teams can retain email archives for years, while operational data can be kept for shorter periods.
- Fast Recovery: In the event of a ransomware attack or accidental deletion, speed is critical. Veeam’s solution enables bulk restores of several terabytes per hour (up to 3-5TB/hour), allowing IT teams to recover entire departments’ data quickly and keep business running.
- Targeted Restore: Not every incident requires a full system rollback. If a manager accidentally deletes a critical file or email, granular recovery lets you restore just that item, which save time and avoids disruption.
- Security and Compliance: Data protection isn’t just about backups, but also about safeguarding sensitive information. With 256-bit encryption, multi-factor authentication, and role-based access controls, this solution helps meet GDPR, ISO 27001, and other regulatory standards.
- Identity Protection with Entra ID: Microsoft Entra ID is central to user access and authentication. This Veeam solution backs up users, groups, and related metadata. Hence, it ensures that identity configurations can be restored after misconfigurations or cyber incidents.
- Control over Data Location: Businesses operating in regulated sectors or across borders need to manage where data is stored. This solution allows you to choose the storage region, supporting data residency and sovereignty requirements.
Veeam vs. no backup tool vs. Microsoft 365 Backup
The following table compares Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 Premium to the native Microsoft 365 tools and to Microsoft’s own backup solution called Microsoft 365 Backup.
| Capability | Microsoft 365 Native Tools | Microsoft 365 Backup (new) | Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 |
| Pricing* | No additional cost | $0.15/GB/month* | $5.00/user/month* |
| Retention Period | 14–93 days (default), longer with holds | Up to 1 year (point-in-time restore) | 7 years by default, unlimited possible |
| Backup Frequency | No true backups; relies on retention | Multiple daily snapshots | Scheduled backups (daily or more frequent) |
| Granular Restore | Limited, manual, not in-app | Point-in-time restore for mailboxes, sites, files | Restore single items, mailboxes, sites, Teams |
| Coverage | Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams (limited), Entra ID (limited) | Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive (Teams, Entra ID not initially included) | All major workloads, including Teams and Entra ID |
| Ease of Use | Fragmented admin centers | All centralized in Microsoft 365 Admin Center for backup/restore | Unified web portal for backup/restore |
| Security & Compliance | No immutable backup, data in Microsoft cloud | Immutable backup copies, Microsoft-managed | Immutable, encrypted, offsite, customer region choice |
| Data Location Control | Limited to tenant region | Microsoft datacenter region | Customer chooses backup storage region |
| Scalability | Not designed for backup at scale | Built for large tenants, Microsoft-managed | Built for large-scale, multi-tenant environments |
| Recovery After Deletion | Not possible after retention/account deletion | Restore within backup retention window | Restore even after user/account is removed |
| Automation | Manual setup, no auto-inclusion | Auto-includes new users/sites | Auto-includes new users/sites, customizable |
*Prices may vary and are for educational purposes only.
How to get promotional pricing?
To take advantage of this offer, contact SCHNEIDER IT MANAGEMENT today. We will help you assess your backup needs, secure promotional pricing, and ensure your Microsoft 365 environment is fully protected.