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NinjaOne SaaS Backup: Backing up Microsoft Office and Google Workspace

Topic

This article discusses general product information regarding NinjaOne SaaS Backup. 

Environment

Ninja One SaaS Backup

Description

NinjaOne SaaS Backup is a cloud backup platform that helps you securely back up, manage, recover, and protect your business information. The automated incremental backups simplify the backup, recovery, and compliance process. NinjaOne SaaS Backup works with Microsoft 365 (Hosted Exchange, Groups, Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive), Gmail (including Calendars, Contacts, and Tasks), and other IMAP email servers. We also offer plans that include Microsoft Entra ID Backup. For more information about backing up Entra ID, refer to NinjaOne SaaS Backup: Entra Backup Configuration.

NinjaOne uses 256-bit (AES) encryption at rest and in transit and fully supports multi-factor authentication (MFA).

NinjaOne SaaS Backup does not support the IPF.IMAP folder type for backup., IPF.IMAP represents folders created or managed via IMAP synchronization. These folders are typically generated by email clients like Outlook when connecting with IMAP credentials.

Index

The following sections describe the various options available in each NinjaOne SaaS Backup plan. Click the section links below for more information.

Backup Frequency

Backup Only ProductArchiver Product
Emails12x dayRealtime (Via Journaling)
Contacts1x day
Calendars1x day
Tasks1x day
OneDrive and Google Drive1x day
SharePoint and Shared Drive3x day
Groups and Teams3x day
Private ChatN/A1x day

The registered Active Directory (AD) Group's Members are validated every 12 hours (Schedule Time, 2 A.M. and 2 P.M. UTC Daily). NinjaOne SaaS Backup configures this same time across all Regions so that all Organizations will follow the same scheduled time. You cannot customize these settings.

With shared drive backups, if the scan shows an empty drive, it will not check again for one week. If a scan finds new items, it will proceed with a regular schedule.

If, during a scan, NinjaOne SaaS Backup detects that a user mailbox, drive, or team is empty, NinjaOne SaaS Backup will check back periodically to see if any data has been added and will proceed with backups only once you or another user has added data. The frequency of these checks varies by data type and can be between 3 days and 7 days. If you or another user adds data to a previously empty user, it might take up to a week before NinjaOne SaaS Backup detects that new data and starts backing it up. However, once the backups have begun, the backup will follow the standard schedule.

Backup Scheduling

NinjaOne SaaS Backup automatically schedules subsequent backups based on the completion time of the previous backup.

If NiinjaOne SaaS Backup completed a SharePoint Site Backup at 8 A.M., it will schedule the next backup for 4 P.M. This scheduling allows for the required number of backups per day and is not adjustable.

Billing Options

Monthly Billing

The invoice is generated based on the highest number of purchased seats in a subscription for the entire month.

Prorated Billing

The invoice is generated based on the number of seats on each day of the month.

Example: a customer has 10 seats between the 1st and 10th day of a month, 5 seats between the 11th and 20th day, and 15 seats between the 21st and 30th day. In this scenario, the invoice is 10 seats for 10 days, 5 seats for 10 days, and 15 seats for 10 days.

Backup Only

Backup Only is the most preferred solution for small and medium-sized business users. Pricing is based on the number of mailboxes and includes unlimited storage and retention. Features include user access control management, file/attachment manager, advanced search, and advanced reporting via insights. Insights and relationships give a summary report of all emails in and out of an organization. Restore, download, or migrate the entire mailbox or just one email with the click of a button. Use 20+ criteria in our advanced search to find the correct email you need and restore it within a minute.

Email Backup also includes Microsoft 365 backup, a simple and robust solution that automatically protects your most important Microsoft 365 data in the cloud and restores any file on demand. SaaS backs up SharePoint, OneDrive, Contacts/Calendars/Tasks, Groups and Teams, Shared Mailboxes, and Public Folders.

Backup Plus Archiving

Backup Plus Archiving is the perfect agentless archiving solution for businesses that must comply with regulatory requirements. Emails are archived using envelope journaling, which NinjaOne SaaS Backup employs to archive emails without fail. Features include advanced eDiscovery (with the option to filter using 17 attributes), legal hold, customizable retention periods, audit trail, audit review capabilities, tags, and role-based access, in addition to granular user access control, file/attachment manager, and advanced reporting via insights.

Business organizations need to be able to retrieve any relevant email message in the event of legal discovery, audits, and business or personnel investigations. NinjaOne SaaS Backup's archiving plan systematically stores evidentiary-quality records in a central repository with security to guard against tampering.

The archiving solutions are in addition to our email backup, providing a robust set of business continuity and compliance tools, all in an easy-to-use, integrated interface.

Product Comparison

FeatureBackup + ArchivingBackup Only
StorageUnlimited StorageUnlimited Storage
SeatsLimitedLimited
Pricing based onPer SeatSeat
Basic SearchYesYes
Delete backup mailboxNoYes
Contacts, calendar, tasks YesYes
Private Chat BackupYesNo
SharePoint and OneDrive Backup for M365 onlyYesYes
Google Workspace / M365 mailYesYes
Google Drive and shared driveYesYes
IMAP based emailsNoYes
HEX EmailYesYes
Advanced SearchYesYes
Business InsightsYesYes
Multiple User roles and accessYesYes
JournalingYesNo
ComplianceYesNo
eDiscoveryYesNo
AlertsYesNo
Retention PolicyCustomizableUnlimited
Legal HoldYesNo
Audit LogYesNo
Review ProcessYesNo
TAGsYesNo
Download emailsYesYes
Restore EmailsYesYes
Migrate EmailsYesYes
Transfer OwnershipYesYes
Retain Folder structureYesYes
Deactivate backup and Archive mailboxYesYes

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