
We have seen a tremendous uptake of Office 365 in the region as more and more organizations aim to accommodate and sustain a remote workforce. Providing the purpose-built Teams application feature in Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 v5 will be fully embraced by our Middle Eastern customers.

The premise to drive businesses virtually has pushed organizations to leverage this new way of enhanced collaboration. “It’s astonishing how quickly the four walls of the traditional data center have burst open during this pandemic.

Veeam is meeting this critical business need with our new version of Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365.” In addition, the Teams configurations, which include settings, members and team structure, are vital components to ensure Teams data is fully protected and easily recoverable. Teams is not a self-contained application, as the data is scattered throughout Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business. “Although Microsoft Teams data has its own basic retention, it doesn’t fully protect against accidental deletion or security threats that lead to data loss, nor does it enable long-term retention for compliance or regulatory purposes - a significant concern for many companies. But protecting data in Microsoft Teams has been a challenge historically,” said Danny Allan, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Product Strategy at Veeam. “For many, Microsoft Teams has become the center of our productivity universe and holds valuable intellectual property.

With 85% product growth year-over-year (YoY) in Q3’20, Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 has exceeded 133,000 downloads across tens of thousands of organizations, which are relying on Veeam to protect their Office 365 data, including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and now backup and recovery specifically built for Microsoft Teams.

Protecting this data is more critical than ever, as the shift to remote working has created an explosion in Microsoft Teams adoption over the past year, with 115 million daily active users last month, up 475% from 20 million daily active users almost 12 months ago. Version 5 adds purpose-built backup and recovery for Microsoft Teams, making it easier than ever for users to quickly find and restore Teams data, including entire groups, specific channels and settings. Veeam Software, the leader in Backup solutions that deliver Cloud Data Management, today announced the general availability of the latest version of the company’s fastest growing product - Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365.
