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Dynamics 365 Backup definition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dynamic 365 Backup is simple. It is data backup for Microsoft Dynamics 365, which offers comprehensive coverage for CRM data stored within the platform, such as files, customer records, transactions, behaviors and preferences, as well as order information, inventory and shipping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft Dynamics 365<\/a> is a cloud-based business applications system that offers different components of customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP). It is a critical platform to help organizations of all sizes drive operational excellence across their entire business.
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What is Dynamics 365 Backup?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Third-party Dynamics 365 Backup solutions are dedicated to helping companies keep production and sandbox environments safe. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Backup provides total coverage for Dynamics 365 users, with full and incremental backups of entities, records, forms, and field attributes.

Cloud backup services also can preserve metadata, properties, data structures, and more. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Backup establishes flexible control for user data, giving a company the ability to granularly find and recover data, directly restore data to original or new locations, or roll-back records to specific versions and points-in-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SaaS-delivered Microsoft Dynamics 365 Backup data protection can also safeguard these environments in a light-weight, cost-effective model \u2013 free from hardware expenses, routine maintenance, and large upfront capital investments.

It works to meet internal and external SLA compliance. This means having all-inclusive data protection with unlimited storage, unlimited retention, and rapid recovery options to meet RPO and RTO standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why is Dynamics 365 Backup important?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

SaaS applications, such as Microsoft Dynamics 365, follow what is known as the \u2018shared-responsibility\u2019 model. In this model, the vendor is solely responsible for the application infrastructure, availability, and features\/functionalities. 

The customer, on the other hand, is responsible for protecting their own data flowing through the application.  And while Microsoft provides baseline data replication services, today\u2019s organizations need purpose-built protection from data loss threat, such as accidental deletion\/human error, data corruption from outages or third-party integrations, malicious insiders and bad actors, as well as cyberattacks (such as ransomware).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How does Dynamics 365 Backup work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When considering Dynamics 365 Backup solutions, take your company\u2019s unique priorities and data context into account. This can include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Backup location<\/strong> \u2013 Your backup shouldn\u2019t be stored in the same environment as your CRM data. While this can be convenient, it can make it incredibly difficult to overcome human error, cyberattacks, or natural disasters\u2013 as data backup copies are not separate from the source environment.  Any significant crisis will render both your database and data backup copies unusable. Expert suggests best practices of isolating data backups off-site (via the cloud), to enable recovery, should source data or environments become impaired, deleted, or compromised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Backup schedule \u2013 <\/strong>Backups should always be automated and regularly scheduled to minimize data loss. This may be once or multiple times a day, depending on your data usage and activity. Backups can be performed without any user intervention, with no bearing on end user access frequency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Backup capacities \u2013 <\/strong>Businesses need flexibility and performance \u2013 and should look for solutions which offer complete and incremental backups. Complete backups capture 100%  of all data files in your environment. This allows for a full snapshot of all your data at once \u2013 and can provide a baseline for backup and recovery functions.  Incremental backups capture changes and alterations made over time. They supplement the complete backups by capturing clusters of data that have been changed, updated, added, or deleted.  The combination of both complete and incremental backups allow for more optimized backup performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emergency planning <\/strong>\u2013 While we hope there is never a need to recover from a network failure or database loss, the reality is, no one is immune.  When implementing a backup solution for your CRM database, there should be an emergency recovery plan in place to see the recovery process through as flawlessly as possible. SaaS-delivered Dynamics 365 Backup solutions are hosted in the cloud, and help ensure your data recovery utilities are available and accessible in the case of emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Backup and recovery testing \u2013 <\/strong>A backup and recovery plan will only be as good if it performs as needed under emergency situations. After a data backup solution is implemented, there should be regular testing to ensure the solution can promptly recover data. And while every business may follow a unique approach and strategy depending on database size, data growth rates, scalability needs, and budget, Dynamics 365 backup should always provide flexible and rapid options for data recovery, to help restore data in mass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Benefits of Commvault Dynamics 365 Backup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With Dynamics 365 Backup, businesses of all sizes enjoy SaaS-delivered backup, built on Microsoft Azure<\/a>. Companies get enterprise-grade protection for their Dynamics 365 production and sandbox environments \u2013 with the simplicity of SaaS. Benefits include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n