Expert Opinion: Why is it essential to back up your cloud data?

IT Support experts, Amshire IT, share why it is essential to back up business data stored on the cloud, and how you can go about it.

Ensuring you back up your data on the cloud allows your business to have a secure archive of your important information. This means that you can restore your device quickly and seamlessly in the event of data loss.

You will have seen for yourself the increased risks posed by ransomware, but equally important is to recognise, that according to World Back Up Day, 29% of data loss cases are caused by accident.

Tools such as Synology allows businesses to control and protect corporate data stored using Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace.

An active back up for Microsoft 365 allows a business to centralise their data and ensure continuous access if unforeseen events occur, protecting critical data on:

• OneDrive for Business :Secure data and its metadata, such as last modified time and sharing permissions.
• SharePoint Online: Run continuous local backups to secure site collections, documents, libraries, and lists, and restore them easily.
• Exchange Online: Protect mailboxes along with folders and attachments. You can also back up contacts, as well as individual or group calendars.
• Microsoft Teams: Back up uploaded files, wikis, and OneNote notebooks.

A comprehensive Google Workspace back up will protect data on My Drive, and shared drives, mail, contacts, and calendar.

• Drive data protection: My Drive, shared drives and the corresponding metadata, as well as Google online applications, are all supported for backup.
• Mail protection: Gmail data, along with labels, label structures and attachments, can all be backed up
• Contacts protection: Backing up the contacts on Google Workspace helps mitigate the risk of losing such assets.
• Calendar protection: More often than not, data is deleted only for us to realize that it’s still needed. Start backing up your calendar events in Google Workspace now for when you need it