Flexible SharePoint hybrid deployments

Since SharePoint 2016 was launched, the option of Hybrid became more widespread. Since there was no firm restriction to opt for SharePoint cloud or SharePoint Server, business can opt to approach SharePoint Cloud at their own pace based on various scenarios. The “Site and Search” deployment scenarios gained popularity where organizations can select the location of sites according to their convenience. Files like media assets that require more space can be hosted in Cloud, or files that contain sensitive information can be hosted in the server and it’s needless to shift them in the cloud until the organization is fully ready for it.

SharePoint Hybrid with Office 365

The harmony between SharePoint hybrid environment and other Microsoft technologies has proved to be a productive for cloud businesses. Microsoft service like Power BI, Office 365, Yammer, Planner, Exchange and many more are compatible with SharePoint Hybrid environments and provide all the functionality available in the cloud.

The Hybrid search experience

Hybrid search is one feature that makes SharePoint Hybrid a win-win for cloud business. With hybrid search, content from the Cloud environment and on-premises is readily available because it enables a unified search index.

More security and control

In a SharePoint hybrid environment, since you are more in control of your Cloud, things are more secure than you’d expect in a complete Cloud or complete on-premises environment. More certainly, you can’t expect to implement, while deploying SharePoint hybrid, the level of security Microsoft or other Tech giant implements in their Cloud and offers to its customers.

Hybrid auditing

This feature in SharePoint allows SharePoint Admins to push the audit logs of the company from On-Premises to the Office 365 Unified Audit Log. In this way, there is a single location from where you can view audit log that comes from both on-premises and SharePoint online.  However, this feature is yet available in SharePoint Server 2016 and at the time of this writing, the audit log feature is in public preview for SharePoint Server 2019. Once the feature is releases for SharePoint 2019, you can experience the unified Audit log experience for SharePoint Server 2019 as well.

Hybrid Business Connectivity Services

In order to have a secured view of data from external systems, you can make use of the Hybrid Business Connectivity Services. Data can be imported as a SharePoint List in Office 365 from systems like SQL Server Database and users can edit and view the data remotely. No on-premises connection is required for the purpose of accessing data.

MachPanel Automation module for SharePoint Hybrid

MachPanel is a Multi-Cloud Operations Management and Orchestration Solutions Platform designed for easy automation and management of Microsoft services in cloud business. The automation module for SharePoint makes the selling of SharePoint services manageable as a hosted cloud solution. It makes CSPs in control of their cloud whether it is SharePoint Online for which they are opting for or SharePoint Server 2019, 2016 and 2013. By easy billing, provisioning and management through built-in multi-tenancy and segregation for Microsoft SharePoint 2019 and previous versions, CSPs stay ahead of the curve with their cloud offerings in their cloud business.

Taking all these SharePoint benefits into account, it is high time you go for MachPanel’s services for Microsoft SharePoint hybrid deployments and lead in the cloud business with reliability and better management.

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The need for backup is critical than ever before.  Microsoft Applications like Office 365, SharePoint Online and OneDrive for business have a distinct way of storing data. And hence for all the companies out there who want their data preserved, must not rely on Cloud data only; Data backup is a must-have. For the decision of choosing a backup solution, there are two basic questions that need to be answered: First, whether the data can be entrusted to a third party? Secondly, can the company afford to comply strictly with the data protection regulations?

The Native Approach

Primarily, there are no backups in the Cloud in SharePoint Online. However, there are ways to recover deleted site collections in Microsoft SharePoint online. Other than that, there are two approaches, which are ‘thought of’ as a native backup solution. These approaches are:

• Retention Policy: it allows retaining deleted items. In case of SharePoint, it is present for chosen sites. Under this policy, Preservation Hold Libraries are created which retain deleted data for a specific amount of time.
• Litigation hold: this is an Office 365 eDiscovery tool. Primarily, this tool is used to hold content in case there are any legal actions to be taken. Since it prevents deletion in entirety, it is used as an alternate to backup.

The Solution

Backing up SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business is offered by many third-party providers. They provide backup for Private Site Collections and OneDrive for Business Sites, Public Site (and all sub- sites), SharePoint Online Team Site (and all sub-sites). You can also protect your customers and promote customer retention. Further, Lists are maintained, file versioning is performed and maintained, Folders, Sites and subsites are backed up. Same is the backup case for OneDrive for business; your full account, Folders and Files are backed up with proper versions. These services provide up to 6 backups each day and take snapshots to make sure the backups keep up with customers.

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MachPanel Automation Tool for SharePoint Server

MachPanel provides reliable automation and caters for you SharePoint needs like no one in the market. It is a Multi-Cloud Service Orchestration & Delivery Platform (MSOP) that is trusted by Providers globally. MachPanel is where you can send Sell Active Directory Objects as a Hosted Service. With the latest support of SharePoint Server 2019, MachPanel is gaining popularity amongst SharePoint Online users. MachPanel offers Automated Backups and easier installation and up gradation.

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