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AvePoint Ships Cloud Backup Express

• By David Ramel
• 08/02/2024

Data management/governance specialist AvePoint announced the general availability of Cloud Backup Express, designed to use the new Microsoft 365 Backup Storage service recently made available for third-party integrations.

The Cloud Backup Express for Microsoft 365 site says the new offering is powered by that new Microsoft service in order to efficiently and quickly safeguard and secure Microsoft 365 data.

Microsoft 365 Backup Storage provides third-party developers with APIs to hook the service into their wares with the aim of providing the same benefits of the native Microsoft 365 Backup solution through their own integrated application. It was announced this week along with Microsoft 365 Backup for recovery of OneDrive, SharePoint and Exchange data.

"Data protection is crucial in the age of AI, with 71 percent of respondents in our AI and Information Management Survey stating that data privacy and security are top concerns when considering AI implementation," said John Peluso, the company's CTO, in a July 31 news release. "Organizations must ensure their data is not only protected and easily recoverable, but also classified and governed according to their policies and regulations. With Cloud Backup Express, AvePoint now offers our customers a comprehensive solution that combines speed, security, and compliance, keeping their businesses resilient and secure."

AvePoint said its new Multi-Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering helps organizations achieve these data protection levels:

• Exceptional Speed and Performance: With Microsoft 365 Backup Storage, AvePoint provides data backup and recovery twenty times faster than traditional cloud backup, ensuring minimal disruption and swift restoration of your critical data.
• Advanced In-Product Integrations: As a Microsoft launch partner for Microsoft 365 Backup Storage, AvePoint is among the first companies to feature advanced in-product integrations with Microsoft 365 Backup Storage, providing seamless protection and management within the trusted Microsoft security boundary.
• Comprehensive Security and Compliance: In an era of rising ransomware attacks and security threats, AvePoint offers robust security measures and compliance features -- including granular app-aware recovery from secure data copies both inside and outside of the Microsoft ecosystem -- to ensure data remains safe and meets regulatory requirements.
• Multi-Cloud Security Framework: With 89 percent of organizations adopting a multi-cloud approach, Gartner recommends selecting one technology provider that can protect all enterprise workloads and systems. Cloud Backup Express is integrated in the AvePoint Confidence Platform, enabling organizations to protect and optimize all enterprise data when using multi-cloud sources such as Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Salesforce, and others, enabling secure and efficient collaboration across their entire digital workplace environment.

"AvePoint's integration marks a substantial progression in assisting our mutual customers with rapid operational recovery following cyberattacks. We're pleased to extend our relationship and enhance the resilience of customer data," the company quoted Zach Rosenfield, partner director of product management, Collaborative Apps and Platforms at Microsoft, as saying.

Since Redmond unveiled Microsoft 365 Backup Storage third-party integrations, multiple partners of the company have announced wares leveraging the new service, including Veeam.

"Microsoft 365 Backup Storage is our preferred platform for backing up and restoring Microsoft 365 data at scale," Microsoft said in its July 31 announcement. "In addition to powering our native Microsoft 365 Backup offering, the platform enables independent software vendors (ISVs) to build applications using the Microsoft 365 Backup Storage APIs to backup and recover a healthy state of end customer data to restore business continuity as quickly as possible after an attack. Users of these solutions can therefore gain all the benefits of Microsoft 365 Backup plus additional value from vendor-delivered applications that leverage the Microsoft 365 Backup Storage platform."