IBM Spectrum Protect Plus for Microsoft Office 365

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Emails, documents, calendars, contacts, and shared folders in Microsoft Office 365 applications form the backbone of communication and Key IBM Benefits: collaboration for many organizations. Increasing • Back up Microsoft Exchange the data contained in these applications is under mailboxes, calendars and contacts attack. Almost nine out of ten organizations have experienced an email-based cyber-attack within the • Back up Microsoft OneDrive folders last year, according to ESG.1 • Leverage SLA-based policies for data compliance The vulnerability of this data, either from malicious • Near-instant data recovery attacks or inadvertent deletion, is concerning to companies as most believe they have custody of • Cost-effective and secure data their SaaS-based data. According to ESG, 61% of retention organizations believe they are either solely or partially responsible for protecting their organization’s SaaS-resident application data.2

As result, more and more companies are turning to data protection solutions for SaaS-based data backup and recovery. According to ESG, data loss prevention is the #1 capability missing from the native security controls provided by their email service provider and when using third party offerings.

Modern data protection solutions can provide an ideal platform for SaaS-based data because these solutions are designed to support the full data protection lifecycle including data backup, recovery, and long-term data retention. Therefore, modern data protection solutions provide an easy path for applying these capabilities to data contained in SaaS applications such as Microsoft Office 365 mailboxes, calendars, contacts, and shared folders.

1 ESG Master Survey Results: Application and Email Security Trends, 2019 1 2 ESG Master Survey Results: Data Protection Cloud Strategies, June 2019 IBM Storage SOLUTION BRIEF

Unified Platform for Modern Data Protection

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus for Microsoft Office 365 provides backup and recovery for Microsoft Exchange Online and Microsoft OneDrive. It drives operational efficiency and helps ensure compliance by managing and retaining Microsoft Office 365 mailboxes, calendars, contacts, and shared folders as part of an overall data protection solution.

Efficient data backup and rapid data recovery

Incremental forever technology provides space-efficient backup of Microsoft Exchange Online and OneDrive. Data is stored in native format for rapid data recovery to the original account or another account.

Corporate governance and compliance

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus end-to-end policies provide an easy way to apply governance and SLAs to email data and shared folders. This capability helps organizations meet their recovery objectives and data retention needs.

Cyber resiliency support

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus provides the ability to store Microsoft Office 365 data in repositories managed by IBM Spectrum Protect Plus including immutable IBM Cloud Object storage or IBM tape via IBM Spectrum Protect.

Compliance with HIPPA, GDPR, and other regulations

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus data offload supports archiving Office 365 data to comply with HIPPA, GDPR, and other regulations, which often require firms to keep records of email, attachments, files and related information for many years. 2 IBM Storage SOLUTION BRIEF

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