Microsoft 365 Backup Comparison
Organizations that Need Microsoft 365® Backup:
- Want to maintain ownership of the organization’s data stored in Microsoft 365
- Are concerned with accidental deletion and recoverability of essential data, and want the ability to recover files and folders with search functionality
- Want to keep employee files and emails accessible and protected during and after employee departure
- Understand the risk of external threats from malware, viruses, hackers, and ransomware
- Must meet compliance requirements for data retention and recoverability
- Want easy, cost-effective, per-user pricing for a managed service so they can stay focused on the mission of the organization

Benefits of Backing Up Microsoft Entra ID through Sky Data Vault
Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) is the identity fabric for your Salesforce, Azure, and other apps, as well as for access. If identity is lost, corrupted, and/or misconfigured, users lose access, apps fail, and security collapses. This leaves organizations open to a wide range of security and compliance risks.
While some believe the native “recycle bin” or soft delete in Entra ID provides adequate recovery, it actually offers only approximately 30 days of Benefits of Backing Up Microsoft Entra ID through Sky Data Vault retention and limited ability to restore complex objects (roles, app registrations, conditional access policies).
Organizations are looking for options to provide granular restore capabilities (users, groups, apps, service principals), long-term retention, audit trails, ransomware/insider threat protection, and business continuity for identity.
SDV Microsoft Entra ID Backup Provides
- Automation: Automates scheduled frequent backups of Entra ID tenants, including users, groups, service principals, application registrations, conditional access policies, audit & sign-in logs.
- Recovery: Enables granular recovery of specific objects (or attributes) rather than fulltenant rollback, making data restoration quick and efficient.
- Compliance: Unified Solution Supports long-term retention beyond native recycle bin windows, enabling compliance (GDPR, HIPAA, etc.) and operational readiness.
- Protection: Protects against insider threats, large-scale identity compromise, accidental deletion, and policy misconfiguration.
- Unified Solution: Supports long-term retention beyond native recycle bin windows, enabling compliance (GDPR, HIPAA, etc.) and operational readiness. Combined with SDV’ s Salesforce backup, you get a unified solution: both your data and identity are protected, which means fewer gaps.
- US-Based Support: SDV’ s 24x7x365 US-based support for the monitoring, managing, and maintaining of the services, along with recovery support.
Your identity platform deserves the same level of protection as the data it secures. Connect with us today to see how easy it is to close your Entra ID recovery gaps.