“One of the most commonly requested features we get from customers regarding Barracuda Essentials for Office 365 has been the ability to backup and restore files in Microsoft SharePoint Online,” said Rod Mathews, general manager and senior vice president, Data Protection Business, at Barracuda. “In many ways, SharePoint Online simplifies deployment and management of the solution; however, there’s always a risk of losing files for various reasons. With the new SharePoint Online backup capability in Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup and Barracuda Essentials for Office 365, we’re giving businesses added control and peace of mind knowing that regardless of the data-loss scenario, their files are saved and available only a few clicks away.”
Fast and Efficient Granular Restores Enhance SharePoint Online
While migrating to SharePoint Online eliminates servers, storage, and the overhead that comes with on-premises management, corruption or deletion at the individual file level requires full-site recovery, which takes time and resources and depends on Microsoft to perform the recovery. Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup allows protection of a complete SharePoint site in the event of accidental or malicious data loss by ransomware or other threats, giving control back to IT to provide granular recovery services and meet recovery time objectives. Restoring individual files can now be done with Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup and accessed directly from the Barracuda Essentials for Office 365 user interface. Additionally, using Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup allows IT to preserve SharePoint data beyond the default 14-day retention window without eating into storage quotas. The new SharePoint Online backup functionality offers businesses a critical piece of a ransomware protection strategy.
“A comprehensive security and data protection plan is key to a successful IT strategy, and that is truer today than ever before,” said Eric Bouvier, director of information technology (IT), at Auburn Public Schools. “It’s rare to read the news and there not be an article about a company hit with a ransomware attack – and unfortunately the headlines came true for us. Fortunately, keeping regular backups with Barracuda is a part of our overall strategy. We were able to work with Barracuda to restore our data quickly and avoided paying a ransom, which certainly minimised the impact to our organisation, students and staff. We are excited that Barracuda is adding features like SharePoint Online backup. As we consider various cloud migrations, with Barracuda we know we’ll be protected no matter where our data resides.”
Gartner estimates that by 2022 more than 70 percent of enterprises will be using cloud office tools. In fact, Microsoft Office 365 is quickly gaining momentum in the modern workplace, and according to Windows Central, Microsoft Corp. is now reporting 70 million active Office 365 users per month. Many of these businesses are leveraging SharePoint Online as a secure place to store, organise, share, and access team information from just about anywhere. Barracuda Essentials for Office 365 gives businesses added control of their cloud environments, with multi-layered security and data protection for Office 365.
“Barracuda is a great example of the type of partner we like to work with – the team has a keen understanding of the cloud and reputable brand with customers,” said Steve Guggenheimer, CVP, Developer Experience (DX), at Microsoft. “Barracuda Essentials leverages Microsoft Office 365 as the common language, which helps customers deploy faster and confidently, while empowering partners with the same secure infrastructure where they can quickly roll out new services. It’s a great tool that’s helping customers and partners get the most out of Office 365.”
