Understanding the Microsoft 365
backup market
Microsoft 365 backup has become one of most commonly
debated topics in the IT industry. The opinions are varied, with
some IT professionals understanding why Microsoft 365 data
is critical for their business and use a third-party backup, while
others are on the fence but actively researching to discover the
facts, and of course there are those that refuse to believe that
a backup is necessary at all, believing strongly that Microsoft 365
mitigates any and all risks by itself.
Microsoft 365 backup has come a long way in the last four to
five years. In survey data between 2017 and 2019 there were
some amazing developments — people that formerly claimed
"we rely on Microsoft's native tools" was by far the majority
and "we do not backup Microsoft 365" was a small percentage.
By 2019 however they had flip flopped, "we rely on Microsoft's
native tools" was down to 20% while "we do not backup
Microsoft 365" had skyrocketed to 47%.
This shift can be explained by organizations previously thinking
that Microsoft tools protected their data but realizing later on
that native capabilities did not equate to a backup solution.
They now acknowledge there is a gap in protection, and they
are adopting a third-party backup solution to fulfill this need.
We use another third-party backup solution running as a service in the cloud
We use another third-party backup solution on-premises
We use another Software-as-a-Service backup (SaaS) solution
We use Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365
We manually copy data to another cloud
We manually copy data to on-premises data center
We do not backup Microsoft 365 data
Rely on Microsoft's internal processes to protect Microsoft 365 data
What is your organizations primary protection strategy for Microsoft 365?
(Please select one choice from the list below)
47%
6%
20%
18%
2%
1%
3%
4%
Need convincing? Read all about the Microsoft 365 Shared Responsibility Model:
https://www.veeam.com/blog/office365-shared-responsibility-model.html
