Backup & Recovery

Microsoft 365
Backup &
Granular Recovery.

Most businesses assume Microsoft backs up their emails and files. They don't — not in the way you need. If something is deleted, overwritten, or encrypted by ransomware, Microsoft's native tools often can't get it back. Ours can.

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What Microsoft actually does with your data — and the gap you need to fill.

Microsoft's own documentation makes it clear: they're responsible for the platform being available. You're responsible for your data being recoverable. Delete a mailbox beyond the retention period — it's gone. Ransomware encrypts your OneDrive files — potentially gone. A staff member leaves without a data hold being set — gone.

We keep an independent copy of your data — completely separate from Microsoft's systems. Even if ransomware encrypts your cloud files, even if an admin makes a mistake, your data is safe and recoverable. Fast.

What Microsoft's native retention actually does: Microsoft 365 native retention is designed for compliance, not data protection. Default retention periods are short (often 30 to 93 days), restorations are clunky, and the same admin account that suffers a compromise can also purge the recovery copies.

How It Works

Everything that's backed up — and how quickly you can get it back

Every part of your Microsoft 365 environment. Backed up every day. Recoverable right down to a single email or file — not just as a whole-system restore.

Exchange Online

Every mailbox backed up multiple times a day — including archives, contacts, and calendars.

OneDrive for Business

Every user's OneDrive backed up, with versions preserved. Restore any version of any file — even if it was changed a year ago.

SharePoint Online

SharePoint sites, document libraries, and lists — backed up and recoverable to a specific point in time.

Microsoft Teams

Teams conversations, channel files, and configurations — protected and recoverable.

Point-in-Time Recovery

Restore to any point in time — hours, days, or years back — without affecting anything else. A single email, a single file, or an entire mailbox.

Immutable Storage

Backup copies stored completely separately from your Microsoft 365 environment. Can't be touched by ransomware. Can't be deleted by a compromised admin account.

Why every Microsoft 365 business needs this

Three things happen regularly that Microsoft's native tools can't recover from. Staff leave and their data isn't held. Ransomware encrypts OneDrive and SharePoint files before anyone notices. An admin makes a mistake and purges data. All three are recoverable with an independent backup. None of them are with Microsoft's defaults.

These aren't edge cases. They happen to businesses regularly. An independent backup is the only way to protect against all three — and recover quickly when any of them happens.

  • Long-term retention Years of history available for recovery, not weeks. Critical for legal hold, compliance and historical evidence.
  • Ransomware protection Encrypted copies in OneDrive and SharePoint can be rolled back to the last clean version — even if the source files are gone.
  • Departed-staff data Mailbox and OneDrive content of former employees stays recoverable long after their licence is removed.
  • Audit-ready exports Searchable, filterable backup archives suitable for discovery requests, FOI responses and internal investigations.
  • Essential Eight aligned Regular, tested backups are one of the eight controls — and one of the most frequently failed in initial assessments.
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Don't gamble on Microsoft's default retention.

Get independent, immutable backup for every Microsoft 365 workload — with the recovery tooling you'll actually want when you need it.

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