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What is afi.ai?

Afi Google Workspace (Formerly G Suite) and Microsoft 365 Backup offers data protection boasting a clean & responsive UI and SLA-based protection settings. Afi is powered by modern cloud architecture based on micro-services and leverages AI technology and machine learning to reduce manual administrative tasks and provide better resiliency.

- Protect all Google Workspace data, including (team) Drives, Gmail, Calendars, Contacts and Sites with preserved user rights & permissions
- Protect all Microsoft 365 data, including SharePoint, Exchange Online, OndeDrive, Calendars, Contacts, Groups, and Teams with preserved user rights & permissions
- SLA-based protection settings that make configuration fast & easy, without the need to configure & manually assign backup plans
- Dashboards & analytics providing visibility into protection status & data usage
- Point-in-time restore and in-app files/messages/contacts preview for faster recovery of the right versions
- AI-based layer of protection, triggering backups based on 20+ risk factors (Microsoft & Google DC availability, network connectivity, etc)
- Unlimited retention, backup storage locations in US, EU, UK, Canada and Australia or custom customer-owned cloud storage
- Time, version and content creation date retention policies
- Automatic archiving
- Bring your own key encryption
- OKTA integration
- Granular access control, including self-service for end users

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Perfect next-gen backup system

Verified User
Director in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use afi to backup Exchange Online, SharePoint sites and Teams data (chats and documents) for all employees with a 3 years retention policy. We also archive data of employees who left the company for 5 years for compliance reasons. The service provides self-service capability allowing our end-user to handle basic restore and data download operations themself.

Pros

  • Support for all data types in M365
  • Ease of use
  • Reliability
  • Self-service for end-users
  • Security and ransomware detection

Cons

  • Documentation could be improved
  • Support for MS Planner is not there yet

Most Important Features

  • Secure backup and recovery
  • Security
  • Self-service

Return on Investment

  • Data backed up and protected
  • Compliance
  • Reduced load on our helpdesk team

Alternatives Considered

Datto Backupify

Other Software Used

Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365), Sumo Logic, Azure Cognitive Speech Services

Perfect for SharePoint protection

Verified User
Director in Information Technology (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • SharePoint sites backup and recovery
  • Anti-ransomware feature
  • Reporting in MS Teams is neat

Cons

  • It would be handy to have SharePoint file versions comparisons in the UI
  • Email alerts on settings changes would be good to have too.

Most Important Features

  • SPO backup and recovery
  • Anti-ransomware feature

Return on Investment

  • Now we have a simple way to recover lost and deleted files.

Other Software Used

Microsoft Teams, VMware vSAN

Great option for large organisation

Verified User
Director in Information Technology (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • Security
  • Ransomware protection
  • Data recovery
  • Monitoring integrations

Cons

  • Documentation
  • Multi-region data storage

Most Important Features

  • Backup and recovery reliability
  • Security ( BYOK, OKTA)
  • Ransomware protecction

Return on Investment

  • Savings on local HW and ops.
  • Compliance and archiving is automatic

Alternatives Considered

Veritas NetBackup and Veeam Backup & Replication

Other Software Used

Hyper-V, Veritas NetBackup, Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365)

Excellent data protection for Microsoft 365

Verified User
Director in Information Technology (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • Backup and recovery is very fast
  • Reliable recovery
  • Easy to use
  • Ransomware detection

Cons

  • Documentation could be better

Most Important Features

  • Reliable backup and recovery
  • Ransomware protection

Return on Investment

  • afi.ai saved our asses many times when data was lost in Microsoft 365
  • Self service reduces cost of support significantly

Alternatives Considered

Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365

Other Software Used

Slack, VMware vCenter Server, CircleCI

Good Microsoft 365 backup and archiving option

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering (501-1000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Archiving of deleted Microsoft 365 users.
  • Backup of SharePoint lists and OneNote books.
  • Fast offline export of a mailbox and SharePoint items.

Cons

  • We'd like to use Onelogin as SSO.

Return on Investment

  • Minimized data loss in Microsoft 365.

Alternatives Considered

Spanning Backup for Office 365

Usability

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