There is no undo button when it comes to your data
1. Microsoft Share Responsibility Model
It’s in the cloud, why backup?
It’s in the cloud, why backup?
It’s a common question we get asked. 81% of Organizations believe that Microsoft will back up their data and that it is recoverable. Yes, Microsoft does save your data but there are caveats to this process around what exactly is backed up and how easy it is to recover.
Shared Responsibility
Azure DevOps is hosted entirely on Microsoft Azure and is subject to the Microsoft Azure Shared Responsibility model.
Microsoft themselves stipulate “for all cloud deployment types, you own your data and identities. You are responsible for protecting the security of your data and identities”.
“Whatever your approach, you should consider all data potentially “at risk”, no matter where it is or how it is being used. This is true for both data in the cloud as well as data stored in a private datacenter.”
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/shared-responsibility
2. Microsoft Recommendation
Not only do Microsoft operate the Shared Responsibility model, but they also recommend 3rd party backup.
Microsoft’s terms of use:
We strive to keep the Services up and running; however, all online services suffer occasional disruptions and outages, and Microsoft is not liable for any disruption or loss you may suffer as a result. In the event of an outage, you may not be able to retrieve Your Content or Data that you’ve stored. We recommend that you regularly backup Your Content and Data that you store on the Services or store using Third-Party Apps and Services.
3. No “per item” Backup”
Microsoft are a brilliant organisation. Azure Devops is the best in class. As with anything however, mistakes occur… as evidenced by this paying Azure DevOps user.
4. Human Error
Can’t recover that Azure DevOps Project?
Microsoft’s 28-day backup policy requires you to restore your entire organization meaning your entire organization (including all existing projects) need to be restored to an older point in time. And that’s if you realize in the first 28 days… can your business afford to have just a 28-day backup?
5. Ransomware
Ryan Smith checks his email at 630am every morning. This morning he finds an email from Microsoft… Azure DevOps is offline until further notice.
Sound far fetched? Not in 2019 for Microsoft themselves. Or in 2021 for thousands of their customers
In fact, in 2021, ransomware attacks against businesses will occur every 11 seconds. If it happened to Microsoft themselves, what makes your business different?
2,866,909 – 2024 Estimated Ransomware attacks
6. Malicious Employees
Not everyone leaves your company on happy terms. Some of the most common customer stories we hear are the work of an insider.
Noticing a missing repository when you have hundreds of untracked client repositories is no easy task.
Backrightup backs up your data for up to 7 years. Your choice entirely. Don’t let a sour ending become a nightmare.
Hard to protect against without backup
“A former IT contractor has been sentenced to two years in prison after hacking into a company’s server and deleting the majority of its employees’ Microsoft Office 365 (O365) accounts. The incident resulted in the company completely shutting down for two days.”
7. Compliance
8. Account Hijack
All your accounts deleted:
No access to your Azure DevOps. Every last account has had their access removed
A ransom is demanded, and data removed:
Negotiations with hackers begin. The ransom is paid but…
The data is NOT restored:
What makes a hacker keep up their side of the bargain? Restoring from a reliable Backrightup backup, including your users and their permissions is the only way to protect against the Account Hijack attack.
9. Cost of Recovery
Without an on-demand backup, the costs of the post-disaster recovery are often longer than you think.
A 2021 cloud backup provider survey* showed that “Fewer than 50% were able to recover their data in less than six hours. Many took days, even weeks.”
For many developers working on your products, this cost can run into the tens of thousands.
*Source: https://www.ownbackup.com/blog/2021-state-of-saas-data-protection/
10. Provider Outages
Microsoft is a brilliant organization. Azure DevOps is the best in class. As with anything however, mistakes occur… as evidenced by this paying Azure DevOps user.
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