How to back up your SharePoint to Amazon S3

Summary

This video provides a step-by-step guide on setting up a backup from Office 365 SharePoint to Amazon S3 using cloudHQ services.

Highlights

• Backing up SharePoint is essential for cyber liability insurance and to protect against accidental or malicious deletions and ransomware.
• Prerequisites include setting up an Amazon S3 bucket, an AWS IAM user, and configuring Amazon Glacier policies if necessary.
• Use cloudHQ services by accessing cloud accounts via cloudhq.net/services and linking Office 365 SharePoint.
• Initiate the setup at cloudhq.net/sync_wizard and configure one-way sync from SharePoint to Amazon S3.
• Select the SharePoint folder to back up and choose or add an Amazon S3 account for the backup.
• Confirm sync options ensuring the archive of files before changes or deletions and enabling automatic recopy in case of tampering.
• Once the sync starts, your files will continuously back up, and you’ll be notified upon completion of the initial transfer.
• Backing up SharePoint to Microsoft Azure is announced as an upcoming feature.