Prince Alfred College must secure Microsoft 365 data and ensure its easy recovery in case of accidental

Working in the educational sector, Prince Alfred College ventured to find a secure backup and recovery solution that could answer their long data retention needs. As a leading day and boarding school for boys located in Adelaide, South Australia, Prince Alfred College must secure Microsoft 365 data and ensure its easy recovery in case of accidental deletion or cyberattack. Keepit was able to provide a cost-effective, consistent solution that would bring peace of mind. Consistent protection against data loss or corruption Keepit’s backup and recovery for Microsoft 365 is a surefire way to protect critical data as it’s increasingly moved to the cloud. Prince Alfred College’s primary data protection need was to restore data quickly in the event of accidental deletion, and to restore data in bulk in the event of a breach. As an educational institution in Australia, data retention was also an important factor when selecting a backup and recovery partner: “The Education sector in South Australia needs to keep student records for 10 years after the students’ last association with the school. This can mean student information needs to be kept for as long as 22 years,” explains Chris Downing, Systems Engineer at Prince Alfred College. Keepit provides unlimited always-hot data storage, ingress/egress, and retention, ensuring the college can always rely on meeting data retention needs. Keepit offered a budget-friendly solution In 2022, Prince Alfred College started their search for a cost-effective backup and recovery solution for Microsoft 365. “We needed to back upour Microsoft 365 hosted data and were looking for the most effective way to do that. We looked at free or low-cost cloud-to-on-prem solutions but Keepit’s low management overhead and simplicity to configure and use made it a much better solution and worth the cost,” says Chris Downing. “Cost for an education institution is always a key factor. Any backup system we chose had to be reliable and the ease of use we discovered with Keepit made the decision easy.” - Chris Downing, Systems Engineer, Prince Alfred College