We’re excited to introduce MSP360 Managed Backup for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace 4.0 with Object Lock (Immutability) for AWS, Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage and Backblaze B2, SharePoint site restore, support for Organizational Units for Google Workspace, Google Mail backup API improvements, Mail Backup and Archive options improvements, and more. Continue reading
For Image-based backups, MSP360 Backup 6.1 provides the restore verification feature (beta version). When using this feature, MSP360 Backup creates and runs a test restore plan that downloads a part of the backed up data required to start a test Windows VM created with Windows Hyper-V.
The restore verification feature lets you check the backup integrity before restoring the full backup to a real Windows machine.
Hyper-V is built into Windows as an optional component that is available in Windows 8 or higher. For Windows Server versions, Hyper-V is available in Windows Server 2008 or higher.
For instructions on how to enable the Hyper-V role for your version of OS, see Microsoft documentation. For example, appropriate instructions for Windows 10 are available - click the link to learn more.
Before using the restore verification feature, consider the following limitations:
To check an image-based backup integrity, perform the following steps:
This creates and runs a test restore plan that will start a Windows VM using a part of the backed up data downloaded from the cloud storage. The virtual machine state is displayed in the preview screenshot:
TIP: Optionally, to log on into VM, click the Hyper-V Console link.
MSP360 Backup has been updated to include support for storing data in Amazon's Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) region. Now, you have the option of creating Amazon S3 Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) region storage buckets from MSP360 Backup. Continue reading
For several years, MSP360 Explorer has offered integration with AWS CloudFront. After careful analysis, MSP360 has decided to discontinue this support. Going forward, customers will be able to work with Amazon CloudFront directly, rather than through MSP360 Explorer, to enjoy a more streamlined experience.
To learn more about using CloudFront in Amazon, refer to Amazon CloudFront Getting Started documentation.
In this article, we overview how you can back up VMware ESXI free edition using MSP360 Backup. We will also review the limitations of the VMware ESXI free. Continue reading
On June 26-27, 2019, CloudBerry takes part in the ASCII Summit in Chicago at Marriott O’Hare. If you are planning to attend the event, stop by the CloudBerry booth. We will be happy to chat about the MSP industry, your business, and how CloudBerry helps service providers increase profit margins with our Backup-as-a-Service offering.
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Join us at the IT Nation Explore 2019! The conference runs from the 13th to the 15th of June and is one of the largest MSP events of the year. Continue reading
Most MSPs on the show offer a range of IT services to small businesses in a particular geographic area, Bluesky Technology is a bit different, they offer one service nationwide. Hank tells me about how focusing on just the one service has helped Bluesky be successful. Continue reading
In case that you don’t have the opportunity to activate your copy of MSP360 Explorer, MSP360 Backup, or MSP360 Drive online, you can use the offline activation.
Offline activation can be done via the command-line interface of the product, as well as via a graphical interface (check out this article for instructions). Continue reading
We are excited to be a sponsor and part of the vendor lineup at the ASCII IT Success Summit in Charlotte, May 15-16. Meet David Gugick (VP Product Management) and Doug Hazelman (VP Technical Marketing, MSP Voice host) who will be representing CloudBerry at the event. Continue reading
We are proud to announce MSP360 Backup 2.9 for macOS & Linux, the latest version of our product. Version 2.9 introduces a number of important features and enhancements. Learn more below.
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On April 18, 2019, MSP360 took part in the SMB TechFest at the Business Expo Center in Anaheim, CA. And we were honored to get the Best Solution Award!
It was great meeting so many managed service providers, expert speakers, vendors at the event. We really enjoyed discussing marketing, sales, technology, business operations, and what you need to grow your business.
