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Implementing A Microsoft 365 Backup Strategy: A Critical Necessity

Written by Tadeusz Skorski | May 1, 2025 3:15:49 AM

In today's digital landscape, implementing a Microsoft 365 backup strategy is no longer optional, it’s a critical necessity for data protection, compliance, and risk mitigation. As businesses increasingly rely on cloud-based solutions, ensuring the security and recoverability of business-critical data has become paramount. Our Dicker Data team is here to help you protect your customers' IT environments by leveraging OpenText Cloud-to-Cloud Backup.

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To help you safeguard your critical M365 data, we are excited to offer a $100 gift card for every 100 M365 Users You Protect via OpenText Cloud-to-Cloud Backup. This limited time offer provides an excellent opportunity to enhance your data protection strategy while earning up to $1,000 in rewards.

Industry Insights

Industry experts emphasise the importance of robust backup strategies. Gartner warns, “Organisations that assume SaaS applications don’t require backup, or that the SaaS vendor’s data protection is sufficient, may place critical data at risk.” Forrester reinforces this, stating, “While most SaaS vendors explicitly state that data protection is the customer’s responsibility, infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders often entrust critical data to these providers without a plan for ensuring data resiliency.”

Regulated Industries and Data Compliance 

For regulated industries, data retention and recoverability are essential, and OpenText Cloud-to-Cloud Backup ensures 100% compliance and audit readiness by providing unlimited retention, assured recovery, stringent encryption, and global data centers to comply with regulations such as:

GDPR (EU): Right to access and erase data.

HIPAA (Healthcare): Secure patient record retention.

FINRA & SOX (Finance): Strict audit and data retention rules.

Potential Data Loss Scenarios

Businesses can lose their critical data due to various reasons, including:

Human Error: Mistaken deletion, critical email erased, or an overwritten shared document.

Outages: They do happen—stay productive with real-time backup for instant data access when you need it most.

Cyberattacks: Ransomware, phishing, and malware can cause massive financial loss, brand damage, and customer loss.

Synchronisation Errors: Syncing multiple SaaS apps, a common scenario, can lead to data loss and workflow disruptions.

Malicious Intent: Your SaaS data is prone to intentional overwrites and deletes by malicious insiders.

Conclusion

Gartner and Forrester's insights highlight the critical need for a comprehensive backup strategy. Implementing a Microsoft 365 backup strategy is essential for data protection, compliance, and risk mitigation. By ensuring your business-critical data is secure and recoverable, you can safeguard your organisation against potential data loss scenarios and maintain regulatory compliance. Our team is here to help you leverage this opportunity. We have the resources and expertise to seamlessly implement this security framework with your end customers. Get in touch with us today or learn more about our exclusive OpenText Cloud-to-Cloud Backup incentive here.