365 Total Backup
Microsoft 365 stores critical business conversations and files across mailboxes, Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint. This fact sheet from Proofpoint outlines how automated backups and flexible recovery help protect and restore Microsoft 365 data when it matters most. Download the fact sheet to see how centralized backup management helps keep your organization protected.
What Microsoft 365 data does Hornetsecurity 365 Total Backup protect?
Hornetsecurity 365 Total Backup is designed to protect a broad range of Microsoft 365 workloads so you can keep your collaboration and communication data safe in one place.
You can automatically back up and restore:
- Microsoft 365 mailboxes (user and group)
- In-Place Archive mailboxes
- OneDrive for Business accounts
- SharePoint document libraries
- Microsoft Teams Chats (including shared files and meeting recordings)
- OneNote notebooks
- Microsoft Planner group plans
Mailbox backups include all emails, attachments, calendars, and contacts. Any version of a file, conversation, mailbox, or plan that exists in the backup can be restored at any time. This helps you quickly recover from accidental deletion, user errors, or other data loss scenarios across your Microsoft 365 environment.
How does the backup, storage, and recovery process work?
365 Total Backup is built around an automated, “set it and forget it” approach, while still giving you control over storage and recovery.
Backup and storage:
- Automated backups run several times per day, so new and changed data is captured regularly.
- New Microsoft 365 users can be auto-provisioned into the backup list as soon as they are created.
- You choose the region where your backup data is stored, supporting data sovereignty requirements.
- Backup data is encrypted with an individual AES 256-bit key.
- Backups are immutable and cannot be deleted or altered by external parties. Deletion of backup data is only possible via administrative accounts within 365 Total Backup.
- Custom retention periods let you align with internal policies and frameworks such as ISO 27001 and GDPR.
Recovery options:
- You can restore Microsoft 365 mailboxes, In-Place Archive mailboxes, Teams Chats, OneNote, Planner, OneDrive, and SharePoint data.
- Data can be restored to the original account, to a new account for the same user, downloaded as a ZIP archive, or exported as a PST file.
- Granular recovery is supported: you can search and restore individual files, emails, or items using the advanced search function.
- End users can independently recover their own mailbox, In-Place Archive, OneNote, and OneDrive data via the Hornetsecurity User Panel, reducing IT workload.
How is 365 Total Backup managed and how does it support security and compliance?
365 Total Backup is designed to simplify administration while strengthening security and compliance around your Microsoft 365 backups.
Management and visibility:
- A centralized, multi-tenant online management console lets you manage and monitor backups for multiple organizations from one place.
- You can configure individual settings per organization.
- A backup dashboard gives you an overview of backup and restore activities, including backup status and the history of the last restore.
- Email notifications can be configured for backup status updates.
Security and compliance:
- Backup data is encrypted with an individual AES 256-bit key.
- Backups are immutable, helping protect against unauthorized changes and certain attack scenarios.
- A four-eye approval process adds an extra layer of control: sensitive actions such as data deletion or changes to company settings require approval from a designated approving administrator.
- An audit log lets you review actions such as enabling or disabling backups for mailboxes, Teams, OneNote, Planner, OneDrive, and SharePoint, as well as data browsing and restore requests. Audit data can be exported if needed.
- Custom retention periods help you align with internal policies and support adherence to frameworks and regulations such as ISO 27001 and GDPR.
All of this is included under a single license fee with unlimited storage, so you can plan costs more predictably without hidden charges.