Veeam Office 365 Backup is a must have product.
December 20, 2019

Veeam Office 365 Backup is a must have product.

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Overall Satisfaction with Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365

Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 is being used across the organization to backup Office 365 email
/ OneDrive and the company SharePoint online portal. It solves the retention issue for Office 365 mailboxes as well as protects OneDrive and SharePoint files. When employees leave we can remove their Office 365 accounts right away knowing that we have an on premise backup of their files.

Pros

  • Indefinite retention of Office 365 data
  • Extremely quick on premise restores

Cons

  • Can require a great deal of on premise storage for all backups
  • Backups sometimes don't finish quickly or stall out
  • It has saved us from data loss on more than one occasion
  • Does not take much IT overhead to keep running
When we started migrating users to Office 365 and using SharePoint Online, there were people in the company that were uneasy with not having a copy of data on premise. This solution put everyone's mind at ease. It brought our cloud data into the same retention policy as our on premise data, which significantly reduces our risk of data loss.
Like all Veeam products that I have used, the installation is simple and straight forward. The initial configuration is intuitive and so the solution is quick and easy to implement. Restores and ongoing operations are just as simple. We've been using it for a few years and its been working great.
Office 365 only keeps mailboxes for 30 days after a license is removed. When an employee leaves it sometimes takes months before its noticed that they purged important emails prior to leaving. We have used Veeam on several occasions to export mail from an ex-employee mailbox for a manager or human resources. Also with the amount of data people keep in mailboxes a deleted folder can sometimes take months to discover. Veeam protects users from themselves.
The flexible options make it easy to move data around between mailboxes or in a hybrid environment like our between on premise exchange and O365. The Veeam explorer view is also a quick and easy way to find missing emails from any point in time.
The PST export is one of my favorites its great for exports and moving data between mailboxes. The simplicity of the setup and exploration of backups makes my job a lot easier.
We used Veeam for years before this product was released. We started with the early trial of the product during our O365 migration and never looked back. It was one of the only products on the market and one of the first to backup sharepoint which we looked for from many vendors.
For the few times we have had a problem, Veeam has been ready to help get it resolved quickly.

Do you think Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365's feature set?

Yes

Did Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 again?

Yes

For small to midsize businesses it's a fantastic way to make sure you have complete control of your data. For large enterprises with thousands of O365 users I am not sure how well it would scale. It can also be used to export mailbox data out of 365 more efficiently than built-in tools.

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