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CodeTwo Backup

Score10 out of 10

9 Reviews and Ratings

What is CodeTwo Backup?

CodeTwo’s backup solution for Microsoft 365 & Office 365 lets users create secure copies of Exchange Online mailboxes, SharePoint Online sites, and OneDrive for Business data. The granular recovery feature aims to help users quickly find and restore individual items at any time.

Categories & Use Cases

Media

the GUI used to create, manage and monitor backup jobs.
the interface to create separate jobs for data backup, recovery and archive tasks.
backed-up data or search for items to preview or restore.
where to control the size of backup storages by archiving the oldest data or applying a retention policy.

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Top Performing Features

  • Management dashboard

    Web-based dashboard allowing configuration and monitoring of all backups

    Category average: 8.4

  • Encryption

    Data encryption to ensure that data is safe while being backed-up

    Category average: 8.6

  • Multiple Data Restoration Options

    Multiple options for recovering all of your stored data or individual objects

    Category average: 8.3

Areas for Improvement

  • SaaS Product Integration

    Integration with and backup capabilities for one or more SaaS products

    Category average: 8.9

  • Data Auditing and Search

    eDiscovery capabilities for searching and managing stored data

    Category average: 7.7

  • Data Storage in the Cloud or On-Premises

    Backed up data may be stored on-premises or in the cloud

    Category average: 8.4

Best Office 365 and On Premise Backup Solution for Exchange and Sharepoint Data!!

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have an exchange hybrid environment and have been looking for a product to be able to backup our Mails and Data on Sharepoint / OneDrive. After trying some products we decided to opt for CodeTwo Backup because the product is very easy to set up and the user interface is straightforward. Setting up the back up jobs was no problem at all. The business problems the product addresses and also the scope of our use case are the possibility to be able backup up the above mentioned data and being able to recover them without any hassle when need be. Not forgetting how fast we can perform these actions. That was not passible with the solution we used before we started using CodeTwo Backup.

Pros

  • Backup all the information in Microsoft Exchange mail accounts on premise and also Microsoft 365.
  • Backup all the information in Microsoft Sharepoint / OneDrive accounts on premise and also Microsoft 365.
  • Restoring all the data in Microsoft Sharepoint / OneDrive accounts on premise and also Microsoft 365 without any complications.
  • Restoring all the data in Microsoft Exchange mail accounts on premise and also Microsoft 365 without any complications.

Cons

  • The possibility to create a support case without having to log in to the portal.
  • Overview of the backup mailboxes or Sharepoint / OneDrive data and their sizes so that one can see how big the mail accounts are
  • The possibility to generate reports of the created backups
  • Possibility to set up mail notifications like alerts, etc.

Return on Investment

  • With this tool, we have the option of storing our most important data securely, which we can easily access from anywhere.
  • CodeTwo Backup significantly optimises our concept for how long we store or archive data.
  • The ability to choose whether to store the data on premise or in the cloud has been worth it. That makes it easy to keep an eye on costs.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

Other Software Used

Veeam Data Platform, CodeTwo Email Signatures 365, Cisco Secure Endpoint

Does the job with no learning curve

Pros

  • Back up SharePoint online
  • Restore SharePoint online
  • Lists with attachments
  • Will create new list from backup
  • Can combine two lists into one

Cons

  • None offhand
  • This is really a solid product

Most Important Features

  • Migrate lists and libraries
  • Migrate lists with attachments

Return on Investment

  • Great ROI - only needed 10 licenses to do migrations
  • No negative impact

Alternatives Considered

ShareGate and AvePoint SharePoint & Microsoft 365 Migration

Other Software Used

PowerApps, Microsoft Teams, MS SharePoint

Good solution for Mail Backups on premises

Pros

  • reliable
  • Easy to set up
  • Application is lightweight

Cons

  • requires local storage
  • notifications
  • need to be able to store in cloud

Most Important Features

  • reliable backups
  • long retention
  • archiving

Return on Investment

  • Requires physical storage space
  • Does not require much for the app to run
  • Doesn't need a lot of maintenance

Alternatives Considered

Azure Backup, N-able Backup (formerly Solarwinds Backup), MSP360 Backup (formerly CloudBerry Backup) and Datto Backupify

Other Software Used

N-able Backup (formerly Solarwinds Backup), N-able N-central (formerly Solarwinds N-Central), N-able Passportal, N-able Mail Assure (formerly Solarwinds Mail Assure), Azure Windows Virtual Desktop, MSP360 Backup (formerly CloudBerry Backup)

CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 is well worth it...both for your companies data and your job's survivability.

Pros

  • Takes the unneeded extra technical knowhow out of restoring for lower level IT employees.
  • Like other CodeTwo products, it is very easy to setup and confirm it is working.
  • Allows the ability to restore mail from one users folder to another. A great feature most products like this do not have.
  • Licensing and pricing is very friendly for cost strapped businesses.
  • Has throttling capability to avoid throwing a red flag with your tenant's settings.

Cons

  • The reporting is very simplistic and not up to par with how good the rest of the product is.
  • As far as I know, there is no cloud/SaaS option so you must designate a local workstation or machine to host it.
  • Archive mailboxes cannot be backed up. That is actually a fairly large issue.
  • Support online is a bit lacking since it is not used by a larger userbase at this point.

Most Important Features

  • Brick level/single email, OneDrive or SharePoint file restores.
  • A very easy to use GUI which simplifies the day day use of restore procedures.
  • Ability to PST users mailboxes.
  • Scheduling/automation of backup jobs.

Return on Investment

  • It allows us the ability to maintain some lower level IT employees and lower the load on level 3 support...lessening our overhead salaries.
  • The ease to use interfaces speeds up the ability to restore data which in turn gives our users a heads up on doing what they need to do without having to wait for fixes/restores.
  • The cost of a lost file(s) is almost immeasurable. Having this extra layer of protection is such a benefit, we often mention it to our customers as a benefit of working with us.

Alternatives Considered

Veeam Backup & Replication

Other Software Used

Veeam Backup & Replication, Acumatica, Hyper-V, Windows Server Failover Clustering, Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Citrix Virtual Apps (formerly XenApp)