How often should I backup my M365 environment? #M365AMA

In this episode, the #M365AMA panel discusses the following community question:

“Does anyone backup their 365 environment? If so, how often are you backing up?”

Check out the discussion here:

 

Participating in this discussion were:

• Christian Buckley @buckleyplanet 
• Shari Oswald  @shortcutshari
• Mike Nelson  @mikenelsonIO
• Joy Apple  @JoyOfSharePoint
• Sharon Weaver  @sharoneweaver
• Hal Hostetler  @tvwizard

Some relevant notes/links shared by the team:

• Great post by Steve Goodman over on Practical365: Microsoft 365 Backups – Do you need them? [https://practical365.com/microsoft-365-backups-do-you-need-them-part-one/]
• The latest from Microsoft: Introducing Microsoft 365 Backup and Microsoft 365 Archive [https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-syntex-blog/welcome-to-microsoft-inspire-2023-introducing-microsoft-365/ba-p/3874887]
• There are numerous 3rd party backup solutions out there. Here are 3 leading solutions to check out:
  • Veeam (by far the largest backup provider out there) [https://www.veeam.com/]
  • KeepIT [https://www.keepit.com/]
  • Barracuda [https://www.barracuda.com/]