Arctera™ Backup Exec for Microsoft 365

Built-in data protection for your Microsoft 365 users.

Why backup Microsoft 365 data?

While Microsoft provides a robust infrastructure, it operates under a shared responsibility model, which means data protection and recovery are still partly your responsibility. Built-in retention policies are not sufficient for complete data recovery needs in various real-world scenarios.

Safeguard your organization’s data with a fully integrated solution.

Arctera Backup Exec is trusted by more than 45,000 businesses worldwide.

Microsoft 365 Protection

Backup Exec offers protection and recovery of critical Microsoft 365 resources including Exchange data elements (mailboxes, folders, emails, and calendar items), OneDrive elements (folders and files), SharePoint elements (User Site, Group Site, Communication Site, Classic Site), and Teams elements (Settings and Channel Tabs, Post/Conversations, and Teams Sites).

Unified Experience

By integrating Microsoft 365 support directly into Backup Exec, the user experience remains simple and easy to use through a single pane of glass. Customers avoid the costs and complexity that come with managing multiple products.

Data Storage Control

Unlike other Microsoft 365 backup solutions, Backup Exec allows customers to retain sovereignty over where their Microsoft 365 backup data is stored. Backup Exec can store these backups to the cloud or to any supported local storage device.

Benefits of Backup Exec

With Backup Exec you ensure:

Safeguarding against accidental deletions
Quick recovery of deleted emails, documents, or entire sites.

Protection from cyber threats
Strong backup defenses that allow you to restore data after a ransomware or malware attack.

Compliance and long-term retention
Simplify meeting industry regulations with customizable retention policies.

Secure offsite storage
Cloud, hybrid, or on-premises storage options for added flexibility and peace of mind.

Key Features of Backup Exec for Microsoft 365

Comprehensive Coverage: Protect Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Microsoft Teams data.
Easy-to-Use Interface: A single management console to oversee all backup and restore processes, reducing administrative overhead.
Customizable Retention Policies: Tailor retention and archival periods to fit your organization’s specific compliance and recovery objectives.
Advanced Security: End-to-end data encryption ensures that all backups are protected, both in transit and at rest.
Fast Recovery Options: Restore full mailboxes, individual emails, files, or complete SharePoint sites with just a few clicks.

Market Leadership

Backup Exec ranks among the best business software solutions based on user reviews. Our customers love using our product and we think you will, too.

Read Our Data Protection Blogs

February 7, 2025Data Protection

Democratizing Data Protection: The Death of the Backup Admin

In today’s evolving IT landscape, the role of a dedicated backup administrator is becoming less centralized as many organizations shift to modern technology stacks like cloud and SaaS, which are increasingly managed by IT generalists. This trend aligns with findings in Deloitte’s 2023 Global Technology Leadership Study, which highlights a growing preference for versatile IT roles to better support cross-functional needs and adaptability across multiple areas of IT. Additionally, Microsoft’s 2023 report on the "New Future of Work" supports this shift, showing how AI and automation enable generalists to work across domains without deep specialization.

Simon Jelley

VP & GM of Data Protection

February 3, 2025Data Protection

Driving Product Evolution: Three Core Themes Behind Our Latest Backup Exec Release

As product managers, we are constantly striving to enhance the value we provide to our customers. The most recent updates to Backup Exec reflect a deep commitment to solving the evolving needs of businesses, ensuring greater security and control, extending support for a wider range of platforms, and portable recovery. Here’s a closer look at the motivation behind these developments and how they benefit our users.

Jason von Eberstein

Product Manager, Data Protection

January 13, 2025Data Protection

Cyber-attack is inevitable. Data loss need not be.

As a Product Director at Arctera, I’m especially excited about the transformative impact of Backup Exec in helping organizations combat critical data threats, with ransomware standing out as one of the most pervasive challenges. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in particular often face challenges such as limited resources and growing complexity, making it difficult to safeguard critical information. This is where Backup Exec comes in - offering a reliable, simple, and cost-effective solution to protect against data loss resulting from ransomware, malware and insider attacks, irrespective of where that data lives – on-premises in physical and virtual infrastructures, in cloud data platforms or in Microsoft 365.

Barnaby Wood

Director of Product Management, Backup Exec, Arctera