By By David Ramel02/12/2026
Publication Date: 2026-02-12 00:00:00
Microsoft 365 Backup Gaps Persist as Enterprises Head Into 2026
Microsoft MVP and consultant Ben Stegink is urging IT teams to reassess how they protect Microsoft 365 data, arguing that many enterprise backup strategies have not kept pace with the service’s expanding footprint, configuration complexity and evolving threat landscape.
Speaking during a recent Redmond Magazine webcast, “Rethinking Microsoft 365 Backup and Resilience for the Enterprise in 2026 and Beyond,” Stegink outlined common misconceptions about cloud resilience and highlighted blind spots that remain even in organizations that believe they have backup coverage 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,…