Microsoft SharePoint Online is one of the most widely used content management platforms. Unfortunately, Proofpoint recently discovered that threat actors can abuse a feature in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business to encrypt all of your files and hold them …
Active Directory disasters come in many forms. Microsoft does provide a native backup and recovery utility, but it falls short of providing complete protection against AD disasters. This blog will look at some shortcomings of the native tools and the …
Use of Azure AD and Microsoft 365 has steadily increased over the past few years, and the adoption rate has skyrocketed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While Microsoft focuses on providing users with nearly 100% uptime, the shared responsibility …
Ransomware has been a growing threat in recent years, and experts now estimate the cost of these attacks at $7.5 billion in the USA alone in 2019. The affected institutions include 966 government agencies, educational establishments, and healthcare providers. Since …
Microsoft does not provide backup and recovery tools for its Office 365 services and has no plans to include them in the future. Some organizations use litigation holds as a substitute for email data protection, but this method doesn’t meet …
Microsoft Exchange Online allows users to communicate and work from anywhere at anytime without having to dedicate resources to maintain an on-premises Exchange environment. While Microsoft focuses on maintaining continual uptime, organizations are still responsible for backing up their Exchange …
The architecture of a virtual machine differs vastly from traditional on-premises environments, and requires different data backup techniques and pre-backup operations. This post will explain some of the things administrators have to keep in mind before backing up their …
