DCIG is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the 2025-26 DCIG TOP 5 Microsoft 365 SaaS Backup Solutions – SMB Edition Report. This DCIG TOP 5 report provides small and midsized businesses (SMBs) 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.
Organizations Deepen and Expand Their Use of Microsoft 365
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.
From about 20 million users in 2020, Microsoft 365 has since grown to over 430 million paid commercial users worldwide. Further, the estimated number of active monthly Microsoft Teams users exceeds 300 million. Microsoft Teams has especially had success in enterprises, where 93% of Fortune 100 companies utilize it for communications.
Having an established foothold in organizations, Microsoft has already taken steps to strengthen its presence in them. Two specific Microsoft 365 features that more SMBs utilize include:
Microsoft Entra
Formerly known as Azure Active Directory, Microsoft Entra serves as the foundational identity management platform within Microsoft 365. It provides baseline security services such as single sign-on (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), and user governance. It also provides more advanced services such as managing and securing AI agents that access SMB resources.
Microsoft Power Platform
Enterprises centralizing and consolidating applications and data in Microsoft 365 create opportunities for them to improve internal collaboration. Microsoft Power Platform tools, such as Power Automate and Power BI, equip them to automate workflows and visualize their data.
Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft 365’s built-in artificial intelligence (AI) tool, serves as the backbone for the Microsoft Power Platform. Copilot performs tasks ranging from writing emails to summarizing reports to providing deeper insights into existing data.
Since Copilot also accesses information within an SMB’s Microsoft 365 data repository, it provides specific insights germane to that SMB. These capabilities have already prompted more organizations to deploy Copilot company-wide.
Must Protect Microsoft 365 Data
Yet as more SMBs embrace Microsoft 365, they must account for how they will protect data stored in it. This task becomes ever more complex as SMBs utilize Microsoft 365’s existing and new features.
They must minimally establish how third-party Microsoft 365 software-as-a-service (SaaS) backup solutions protect Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams. Those SMBs adopting Entra and Power Platform should also consider protecting their data hosted in these offerings as well.
Support for backing up data in these new Microsoft 365 options remains nascent. SMBs should therefore consider the roadmap a provider has for protecting data in these emerging Microsoft 365 features.
DCIG TOP 5 SMB Microsoft 365 SaaS Backup Solutions
DCIG evaluated approximately 30 different third-party Microsoft 365 SaaS backup solutions, of which 21 met DCIG’s criteria for an SMB Microsoft 365 SaaS backup solution. Across these 21 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
REPORT AVAILABILITY AND ACCESS
To access this TOP 5 report or Solution Profiles created from it, individuals may do so in one of the following two ways:
- Visit the providers who licensed the full DCIG TOP 5 report and/or Solution Profile created from it.
- By purchasing the TOP 5 report from DCIG
One provider (Datto) in the TOP 5 SMB Microsoft 365 SaaS Backup Solutions report – SMB Edition has licensed either the entire report or a Solution Profile created from it.
Individuals may visit its website to learn more about its solution or request copies of the DCIG reports that it has licensed.
Alternatively, individuals may contact DCIG by email to request purchasing a report. 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 subscription site which offers access to all DCIG TOP 5 reports.
The full 2025-26 DCIG TOP 5 Microsoft 365 SaaS Backup Solutions – SMB Edition contains additional details such as:
- The TOP 5 SMB Microsoft 365 SaaS Backup Solutions
- A list of the 21 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 SMB Microsoft 365 SaaS backup solutions.
- Differences between the DCIG TOP 5 SMB Microsoft 365 SaaS backup solutions.
- SMB Microsoft 365 SaaS Backup Solutions Inclusion Criteria
- A profile of each DCIG TOP 5 SMB Microsoft 365 SaaS backup solution that lists at least three (3) ways each one distinguishes itself from the other solutions.
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Other than excerpts from this report published in this announcement, the contents of the 2025-26 DCIG TOP 5 Microsoft 365 SaaS Backup Solutions – SMB Edition Report are copyrighted and may not be republished without the express written permission of DCIG.
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