Backing up Microsoft 365 and Office 365 requires you to sign into Office 365 and authorize access for BackupAssist 365. Many first-time users make the mistake of using a human user admin account. Instead, we strongly recommend creating a dedicated, unlicensed user login – and here we explain why!
Due to the recent Exchange Server vulnerabilities, we were keen to decommission our on-premise Exchange Server and move to Office 365 in a hurry. That enabled us to perfect a migration method that worked smoothly and met all of our business objectives. We think it’s certainly worth sharing!
Does BackupAssist support BackBlaze B2 as a cloud storage destination? Yes, absolutely. It’s easy to set up, and the two technologies make for a compelling combination for secure, fast, reliable and cost effective business-grade backups.
If you’re backing up your Microsoft 365 or Office 365 tenant for the first time with BackupAssist 365, you probably have a lot of questions.
How long will it take? Will I be throttled? Are there security considerations to think about? These and many other questions will be answered here!
Spam emails are a major way that ransomware spreads – so we don’t want to backup such malware! Yet, we estimate over 50% of companies have mailboxes that contain messages with virus or malware attachments. Fortunately, BackupAssist 365 has a safety feature that keeps your backups clean.
It’s common to shop around for a better deal – better health cover, a cheaper mortgage rate – and the same is true for cloud storage. What might have been the ideal solution for your business twelve months ago may now not be today. So what if you want to switch where you store your cloud backups?
Moving a virtual machine from a VirtualBox host over to a VMware host should be easy, right? But following VMware’s instructions failed. Copying the virtual hard disk also failed. Luckily I found a free solution that worked!
Many businesses, small and large, now use Office 365 (Microsoft 365) and SharePoint Online as a file share in the cloud. We look at two free and one inexpensive way to back up those Document Libraries, protecting yourself from data corruption and deletion. Best of all, all three methods are fast and easy… and as a bonus, they can also be used to back up files in Microsoft Teams.
We often hear from clients that the feature set of BackupAssist ER makes it a cost-effective alternative to DRaaS solutions – with key features being able to cut downtime to just a few minutes by virtualizing the recovery on-premise, and to be able to fully recover from the cloud copy of the backup.
Using the D2D2C capability of BackupAssist ER is a great way to get your full system backups into the cloud. If you’re seeking the ultimate performance for backup or recovery, it’s worth noting that the speed of the CPU on the client machine can make a difference in high performance network environments. Here’s some pointers on how to get the most out of BackupAssist ER.
Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage integrates seamlessly with BackupAssist Classic and BackupAssist ER for an up to 80% less expensive and faster solution than large first-gen cloud providers
If you read our WiFi hacking introduction last month, you’ll know that WiFi has vulnerabilities that can be easily exploited and that it is difficult to know if you’re being attacked.
So what can you do to protect yourself?
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