Teams Recovery
When it comes to having the ability to restore Microsoft Teams
data, there are three main things that you need to be thinking
about – The Recovery Point Objective (RPO), the Recovery
Time Objective (RTO), and backup application support.
Recovery Point Objective (RPO) refers to the
frequency with which backups are made,
while Recovery Time Objective refers to how
long it takes to perform a restoration.
Backup Application Support
Backup application support is important because it addresses
how well the backup application supports recovery operations
for Microsoft Teams. As previously discussed, Microsoft Teams
data is scattered across a variety of locations including
Exchange, SharePoint, and OneDrive for Business. Given the
way that Microsoft 365 stores Teams data, any Microsoft 365
backup application should theoretically be able to protect the
data that is associated with Microsoft Teams.
The good news is that Microsoft has very recently released an
API for Teams! This API means that for the first time, it will be
possible for backup vendors to back up and restore Teams
natively.
To truly understand this API's significance, consider the
difference between backing up and restoring Microsoft
Exchange and Microsoft Planner. Both are Microsoft 365
applications, but most backup vendors natively support backing
up and restoring Exchange. In contrast, I don't know of any
vendor who offers native support for backing up Planner.
