How to Back Up and Protect Your Microsoft Teams Data

Microsoft Teams adoption is surging, as organizationslook to keep newly remote workforces productive from anywhere. Having recentlyeclipsed the 145 million daily user mark, Teams has become a cornerstone incollaboration housing everything from communications, to files, to criticalbusiness insights. And for those leveraging Microsoft Teams, safeguarding datafrom deletion, corruption and ransomware attack is your responsibility.

It's never been more important to consider dedicatedprotection. But what should you look for in a third-party solution? Consider high-efficiency,cost-effective solutions that offer purpose-built controls for Teams (as wellas the broader set of Office 365 applications).

4 key considerations for Microsoft Teams backup

• Automation Handling the massive amounts of application data iscumbersome, and manual data backups simply aren't feasible for most companies.By having automated workflows in place, your backup operations can runseamlessly in the background with little human intervention for long-termpeace of mind.
• Performance Today's organizations need tools that make their liveseasier. From pinpointing specific datasets, to recovering data at scale, admins and IT professionals need granularcontrol to locate and restore data, while preserving site structures. Look forsolutions that offer robust search capabilities, in-place restore options andbroad coverage of Teams data types. This ensures users can get the right data,to the right location, at the right time, with little effort and improvedconfidence.
• Compliance With a virtualized global workforce, complianceregulations now span national borders and businesses must pay attention so thattheir data protection policies remain current. Seek solutions that offerlong-term retention and rapid recovery options to meet internal and externalSLA compliance.
• Coverage Exchange, OneDrive and SharePoint needprotecting too. Evaluate solutions that offer deep, comprehensive coverage ofyour entire Office 365 investment not just Microsoft Teams.

Why you should consider SaaS-delivered backup forMicrosoft Teams

SaaS-delivered backup for Teams integrates all of theserequirements, while reducing costs and IT burden. Consider SaaS-basedprotection for:

• Cost Reduction Rather than purchasing aton of expensive on-premise equipment, you can avoid ongoing maintenance andhardware repair costs with SaaS-based backup and recovery. With SaaS,application vendors centrally host their solutions and make them accessible inthe cloud, so you don't have to worry about purchasing servers, appliances orstorage arrays.
• No-Hassle Upkeep SaaS doesn't requireyou to manage installation or software updates, and maintenance is handled byyour SaaS partner. This frees up a large amount of your resources and time todevote to higher priority business tasks.
• Excellent Scalability As your businessgrows, your data storage needs can fluctuate widely, leading to potential over-or under-sized storage capacity. Flexible SaaS models can offer unlimitedstorage built into a transparent per-user subscription, so you can easily scalewhile only paying for what you need.
• Comprehensive Security SaaS doesn'tmean sacrifice. Sophisticated cloud solutions offer hardened, enterprise-gradeprotection against unwarranted access or attack from internal and externalthreats.

Consider usingMetallic Backup for your Microsoft Teams data

Metallic Backup for Office 365, from Commvault, offers award-winningdata protection with the simplicity of SaaS. Built on Microsoft Azure, Metallicoffers comprehensive protection for your entire Office 365 investment,including Microsoft Teams, and is proven to safeguard your data from deletion,corruption and ransomware attack.

Contact our team or visit CDW.ca to discover how Metallic SaaS can handle all your Microsoft Teams dataprotection needs.

1. https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/27/22406472/microsoft-teams-145-million-daily-active-users-stats.
2. The Register, IT blunder permanently erases145,000 users' personal chats in KPMG's Microsoft Teams deployment memo, Aug24, 2020.