Metallic Office 365 Backup - free additional licenses for schools

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Data backup in the education sector: With Metallic ™ Office 365 Backup, Commvault also provides free licenses for schoolchildren and students. The backup-as-a-service solution Metallic protects data of teachers and students from loss and ransomware.

Commvault, a leading provider of data management in cloud and on-premises environments, has presented the free license model Metallic Office 365 Backup for the education sector. Data of teachers, pupils and students in Microsoft Azure are protected by the Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) solution Metallic. Each Metallic ™ Office 365 Backup license purchased also includes four free student licenses that remain in place for the duration of the subscription to the training period. The offer applies to secondary schools and universities.

Relieve educational institutions financially

“Educational institutions are forced to achieve a lot with limited resources, especially in the current situation. With the move to online classes, they need to protect a growing number of devices and accounts. The associated dependency on data puts them at increased risk from data loss and ransomware, ”said Manoj Nair, general manager, Metallic. "Schools and universities do not necessarily know how to protect their data securely and in a scalable manner - especially within programs like Microsoft 365. With the new offer, we want to help calm the current, tense situation while the education sector is taking over Can adapt operations to current challenges. "

Backup: Quickly protect against downtime

Educational institutions can purchase a license for Metallic ™ Office 365 Backup when purchasing Microsoft 365. The connection of the Azure cloud storage to the BaaS protection from Metallic for Microsoft 365 enables IT managers to protect the devices of teachers and students quickly and without physical interaction or downtime. The Metallic solution, coupled to Azure, can be up and running in minutes and offers sophisticated, secure, enterprise-quality technology that can be quickly scaled. There are no restrictions for students, teachers or administrators. The solution covers Microsoft Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, Project and Teams and thus ensures that sensitive Microsoft 365 data is protected and can be restored after deletion or attacks. In addition, neither installation nor backups of the metallic solution require end-user intervention.

Metallic's new licensing offering for educational institutions is available in more than 23 countries around the world and wherever Metallic can be purchased. More information about Metallic's cloud-native data protection solutions and the new Metallic ™ Office 365 backup offering for educational institutions can be found online.

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About metallic

Metallic, a Commvault offering, was founded to bring next-generation Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) data protection to the market and easily deliver Commvault's powerful core technology via the cloud. Together with partners, Metallic offers a growing portfolio of SaaS backup and recovery solutions that support today's companies in protecting their data from deletion, corruption and attacks in a secure and compliant manner.


 

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