diff --git a/website/blog/2023-1-4-backups-on-your-coffee-break.md b/website/blog/2023-1-4-backups-on-your-coffee-break.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b7a9cb952 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/blog/2023-1-4-backups-on-your-coffee-break.md @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +--- +slug: backups-on-your-coffee-break +title: "How to Back Up Your Microsoft 365 Data During Your Coffee Break" +description: "A quick guide to using Corso for data backups" +authors: nica +tags: [corso, microsoft 365, backups] +date: 2023-1-12 +image: ./images/coffee_break.jpg +--- + +![Filled coffee cup by Kenny Louie from Vancouver, Canada -Coffee break, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24336256](./images/coffee_break.jpg) + +It’s 10:00 in the morning, and you need coffee and a snack. +You know you’re supposed to back up the company’s Microsoft 365 instance, but it takes so long! Surely a quick +break won’t matter. + +Wrong! While you were in the break room, +your organization was hit with a malware attack that wiped out many critical files and spreadsheets in minutes. +Now your cell phone’s ringing off the hook. +Slapping your forehead with the palm of your hand, you shout, +“If only backups were faster and easier!” + + + +Regular backups are increasingly important and must be prioritized; even over your coffee break. A recent study by +[Arlington Research](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210511005132/en/An-Alarming-85-of-Organizations-Using-Microsoft-365-Have-Suffered-Email-Data-Breaches-Research-by-Egress-Reveals#:~:text=15%25%20of%20organizations%20using%20Microsoft,data%20in%20error%20via%20email.) +found that 85% of organizations using Microsoft 365 suffered email data breaches in the six months prior to May 2021. +And it’s not just malware that threatens to corrupt data; downtime can have equally devastating impacts. +[Two out of every five servers](https://www.veeam.com/blog/data-loss-2022.html) +experienced an outage over the past 12 months. +Data can also be lost or corrupted during poorly executed migrations or the cancellation of a software license +or by human error. And once it’s gone, it’s gone, unless you’ve backed it up. +Think you can just move stuff back out of the recycling bin? Think again. Ransomware will also clear your recycling bin, +even Microsoft recommends [emptying it out regularly](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescriptions/sharepoint-online-service-description/sharepoint-online-limits). +Use of other tools like 'holds' [also have their limits](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescriptions/sharepoint-online-service-description/sharepoint-online-limits#hold-limits) +(and really they're intended for e-discovery), +and are no substitutes for true backups. + +The question really is: why wouldn’t you back up your Microsoft 365 data? + +IDC estimates that [six out of every 10 organizations](https://www.dsm.net/idc-why-backup-for-office-365-is-essential) +don’t have a data protection plan for their Microsoft 365 data. +Why? Because, historically, Microsoft 365 backups have been slow, +tedious and expensive, requiring complex workflows and scripts, and constant supervision: + +- Companies often face physical limitations of their storage devices, such as servers, external hard drives, or other media. +They may have to choose what data to backup or compromise on how often they back it up. +- Backups can be time-consuming, especially without automation. +Often, someone has to monitor the process to address any issues that arise. With their to-do list growing day by day, +IT security teams must often prioritize more urgent work. +- Manual backups aren’t just slow and tedious, they’re unreliable. When work is busy, or when your employee’s stomach +is growling -it may be pushed to the bottom of the priority list. + +Considering these challenges, it’s clear to see why an IT security staffer might put backups on the back burner. + +## A Faster, Easier Way to Back up Your Data + +Fortunately, [Corso](https://corsobackup.io/), a free and open-source tool, is enabling IT administrators to backup all +their M365 data during their morning coffee break -or while their lunch is in the microwave. Here’s how: + +- Purpose-built for Microsoft 365, Corso provides comprehensive backup and restore workflows that slash backup time and overhead. +- It’s free: because Corso is 100% open-source. Flexible retention policies reduce storage costs, as well. Corso works +with any S3-compatible object storage system, including AWS, Google Cloud, Backblaze and Azure Blob. +- It’s fast! Corso doesn’t use unreliable scripts or workarounds. Instead, +its automated, high-throughput, high-tolerance backups feature end-to-end encryption, deduplication and compression. +Corso is written in Go, a modern programming language that came out of Google that has been purpose-built for systems programming. +A typical Corso backup takes just a few minutes- and you can drink your coffee while it’s running! + +How do you backup your data with Corso? It takes just a few minutes to get started. Check out the [Quick Start](https://corsobackup.io/docs/quickstart/) +guide for a step-by-step walk through: + +1. Download Corso + +1. Connect to Microsoft 365 + +1. Create a Corso repository + +1. Create your backup + +And here’s my [video](https://youtu.be/mlwfEbPqD94) showing how the steps take less than 4 minutes. + +Yep, that’s it. With these few steps, Corso protects your team’s data from accidental loss, deletion, server downtime, +security threats and ransomware. Don’t leave Microsoft 365 data protection to chance +-and use your coffee break to relax instead of +worry! + +Give [Corso](https://corsobackup.io/) a try, and then tell us what you think. Find the Corso community on [Discord](https://discord.gg/63DTTSnuhT). diff --git a/website/blog/images/coffee_break.jpg b/website/blog/images/coffee_break.jpg new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0c043227e Binary files /dev/null and b/website/blog/images/coffee_break.jpg differ