Latest Report Provides MSPs with Guidance on the Best Backup Solutions for them to Choose from Today to Protect Data Stored in Microsoft 365.
OMAHA, Neb., (Aug. 26th, 2025) – DCIG is pleased to announce the immediate availability of its 59th TOP 5 report, the 2025-26 DCIG TOP 5 Microsoft 365 SaaS Backup Solutions MSP Edition Report. This DCIG TOP 5 report provides managed service providers (MSPs) and their customers with guidance on the best backup solutions for them to choose from today to protect data stored in Microsoft 365. This report is available for purchase for $495 by contacting DCIG via email. DCIG will respond and provide instructions on how to purchase the report.
2025 officially represents the twelfth year in which organizations have had access to Microsoft 365 (formerly known as Office 365). From its humble beginnings in 2013, its accelerated adoption and growth began in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yet as more organizations embrace Microsoft 365,it provides an opportunity for MSPs to protect this data. This task becomes ever more complex as organizations utilize Microsoft 365’s existing and new features.
DCIG evaluated approximately 30 different third-party Microsoft 365 SaaS backup solutions, of which over 20 met DCIG’s criteria for an MSP Microsoft 365 SaaS backup solution. Across these 20+ solutions, DCIG evaluated hundreds of features on each one that DCIG grouped into the following five general categories. These include:
- Anti-ransomware/cyber resilience
- Backup
- Billing, configuration, and licensing
- Recovery and restore
- Support
Beginning with this TOP 5 report and all future TOP 5 reports, full copies of the report, or Solution Profiles created from it, will only be available from two sources:
- Providers who license the full report
- By purchasing the report from DCIG
Currently the full report is only available for purchase by contacting DCIG by email. DCIG will then email you an invoice that can be paid by credit card. Once paid, DCIG will immediately email you the report.
This fee also includes a 1-year subscription to DCIG’s forthcoming subscription site. DCIG expects this subscription site to be available in September 2025 where subscribers may access this and all future TOP 5 reports.
The full 2025-26 DCIG TOP 5 Microsoft 365 SaaS Backup Solutions – MSP Edition Report contains additional details such as:
- The TOP 5 Microsoft 365 SaaS Backup Solutions for MSPs
- A list of the 20+ Microsoft 365 SaaS backup solutions evaluated.
- The state of Microsoft 365 SaaS backup solutions.
- Three best practices for optimizing Microsoft 365 recoveries.
- Features common across all evaluated Microsoft 365 SaaS backup solutions.
- Distinguishing features of the DCIG TOP 5 enterprise Microsoft 365 SaaS backup solutions for MSPs.
- Differences between the DCIG TOP 5 enterprise Microsoft 365 SaaS backup solutions for MSPs.
- Microsoft 365 SaaS Backup Solutions for MSPs Inclusion Criteria
- A profile of each DCIG TOP 5 Microsoft 365 SaaS backup solution for MSPs that lists at least three (3) ways each one distinguishes itself from the other solutions.
Other than excerpts published in this press release and the DCIG article announcing the reports availability, found here, the contents of the 2025-26 DCIG TOP 5 Microsoft 365 SaaS Backup Solutions – MSP Edition Report are copyrighted and may not be republished without permission.
About DCIG: The Data Center Intelligence Group (DCIG) empowers the IT industry with actionable analysis. DCIG analysts provide informed third-party analysis of various cloud, data protection, and data storage technologies. DCIG’s audiences include C-level executives, IT managers, IT professionals, magazine editors, bloggers, analysts, and providers within the IT and cloud service industry.
If you would like more information about this topic, please contact Todd Dorsey at 844.324.4552 x 904 or email todd.dorsey@dcig.com.