By By David Ramel02/12/2026
Publication Date: 2026-02-12 00:00:00
Microsoft 365 Backup Blind Spots Enterprises Must Address in 2026
Microsoft MVP and consultant Ben Stegink examined how enterprise backup strategies must evolve to match the scale, complexity and attack surface of Microsoft 365 in 2026.
Ben shared his expertise in a session headlining a recent Redmond Magazine webcast, titled Rethinking Microsoft 365 Backup and Resilience for the Enterprise in 2026 and Beyond, now available for replay. He focused on what many organizations still misunderstand about cloud resilience — and the blind spots that remain even when backup tools are in place.
“Retention policies are meant for e-discovery, for legal cases where you need to retain content for a set of period of time for compliance reasons or for legal reasons. This is not a valid backup strategy from a restore perspective.”
Ben Stegink, IT Pro, owner of consultancy Intelligink
And that hard-won knowledge is available for replay thanks to the sponsor, Druva, which offers a leading Software-as-a-Service platform for data resilience and also presented at the live event.
Retention Is Not Backup
Ben opened by addressing what he…
