You can't 'manually' configure an Exchange account with Office (Outlook) 365. An Exchange account can only be configured using 'auto-discover' (you enter your email address/password). If that doesn't work, you need to contact your Exchange admin and ask him/her to configure the Exchange server accordingly. Karl Timmermans (Outlook MVP 2012-2018). Migrate Exchange to Office 365 Using Cutover Migration. If you are planning for an email migration to Office 365, there are many things to consider before you actually migrate to Office 365. Migration here refers to the moving of your company’s user mailboxes and all the information contained therein from your target servers to the cloud; for example, you can migrate emails and mailboxes.
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Overview
CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 is a desktop application that lets you perform full or incremental backups of selected Microsoft 365 (Office 365) mailboxes and public folders, SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business sites, as well as Microsoft Teams data. Thanks to the granular recovery feature and advanced search options available for backup storages, you can then choose to restore either entire mailboxes and site collections or only selected types of data – from email folders, calendars and contacts in Exchange Online or lists and libraries in SharePoint and OneDrive, to individual items like single messages or attachments.
CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 allows you to back up on-premises Exchange and SharePoint contents as well.
Key features
Back up Microsoft 365 mailboxes
Create offline backup copies of your Microsoft 365 mailboxes and save them to local storages in your company. Run automatic incremental backups to keep users’ mailbox copies up to date. Store them for as long as you need and restore them easily whenever you need. Learn more...
Back up Microsoft 365 public folders
Easily back up the content of public folders in your Microsoft 365 environment to stay assured that no important data is lost permanently. Learn more...
Back up SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business
Automatically create backup copies of SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business data and easily restore them when necessary. Add an additional layer of protection by securing entire SharePoint site collections, team sites, and personal files stored on individual OneDrive sites of Microsoft 365 users. Learn more...
Back up Microsoft Teams data
Keep your Microsoft Teams data safe by backing up documents stored in SharePoint and OneDrive for Business sites. If necessary, move the Microsoft Teams data between teams or build new teams from scratch on another Microsoft 365 tenant by using backed-up Exchange and SharePoint data. Learn more...
Support for online and on-premises Exchange and SharePoint
Protect data within your on-premises infrastructure as well. The program can back up both Microsoft 365 and the on-premises server products – Microsoft Exchange Server and SharePoint Server – which makes it a complete cross-premises data backup and restore solution. Learn more...
Migrate SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business data
Use CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 to migrate the content from one SharePoint Online instance and OneDrive for Business account to another. The program will let you easily download data from the source SharePoint environment and then restore it to a different SharePoint site, library, or folder, on the same or another environment. Learn more...
Office 365 Exchange Server
Continuous incremental backup
Perform continuous incremental backups to maximize backup speed and save storage space or create full backup copies of selected Microsoft 365 data whenever needed. All backup jobs work in the background and are managed via an intuitive and easy-to-use interface. Learn more...
Secure local backup of Microsoft 365 data
Don't keep all eggs in one basket. CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 lets you create backup copies of data stored in cloud services like Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, or OneDrive for Business and save them securely on your local machine. The program itself draws heavily from CodeTwo’s Information Security Management System, certified against ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27018, to provide maximum protection of your data in the cloud and on-premises. Learn more...
Backup and storage on cloud-hosted virtual machines
Perform a cloud backup of your Microsoft 365 data by installing the program on a virtual machine hosted in the cloud (for example Microsoft Azure). Manage your backup tasks and access all backup copies from any PC with access to the Internet. Learn more...
Easy deployment from Azure Marketplace
Get CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 from Microsoft Azure Marketplace and deploy the program on a dedicated Azure virtual machine in just a few clicks. Learn more...
Backup on demand or schedule automatic backups
Launch one-time backup jobs whenever you need or set up the program to run automatic backups. Set activity periods using the built-in scheduler. Learn more...
Central management
Manage backup and restore tasks for all users' mailboxes, public folders, or SharePoint sites from one place. Create backup jobs for the entire Microsoft 365 tenant or selected Exchange or SharePoint Online data only. Browse and restore all offline backup copies without logging in to other user accounts or manually running any PowerShell commands. Learn more...
365 Exchange Mail
Unlimited data retention and full control
Store your backup data for as long as you need – since CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 saves backup copies to your local storages, you don’t have to worry about the retention policy anymore. Learn more...
Automatic archiving of old and inactive data
Secure your backups by creating jobs that repeatedly archive Exchange and SharePoint Online data from your storages or export Microsoft 365 mailboxes and public folders to PST files. Combine the archiving feature with a smart storage retention policy to control the disk space consumed by your backups. Learn more...
Granular backup and recovery
Perform single or multi-tenant backups of the entire Exchange Online and SharePoint Online data or only specific mailboxes, public folders, or site collections. Take advantage of the granular point in time restoration functionality to recover selected mailbox folders, SharePoint lists and libraries, or even particular emails or documents (including OneNote notebooks). Learn more...
Browse versions & search for items
Exchange 365 Credit Card Search
Easily browse through backup copies in search of particular folders or items. Locate data using search filter criteria such as keywords, time frames, sender’s properties, etc. Learn more...
Restore data to the same or different Microsoft 365 tenants
Exchange 365 Login Portal
The backed-up data doesn’t have to be restored to its original location. CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 lets you recover items to mailboxes or SharePoint sites located in different Microsoft 365 as well as Exchange organizations. Learn more...
Support for all Outlook item types
Back up and restore all mailbox item types available in Outlook, such as emails, calendars, tasks or journals. You can also exclude selected folder types from being backed up, e.g. Deleted Items or Junk E-mail. Learn more...
Deploy on a physical or virtual machine
Exchange 365 Powershell
Install CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 on either a physical or virtual Windows-based machine. Decide for yourself where you want to run the program and keep your backed-up data. Learn more...
Reduce backup and disaster recovery costs
With its multi-tenancy and multi-storage support, you can back up different Microsoft 365 tenants and use as many backup repositories as necessary with just a single instance of the program, saving both time and money. Learn more...
No impact on users
The backup process is invisible to users and has absolutely no impact on their Microsoft 365 service availability, mailbox performance or access to SharePoint Online sites. Learn more...
Compliance with legal requirements
Some directives impose the duty on organizations to maintain electronic data for a certain period of time and to be able to submit that data at any time for litigation or inspection purposes, if requested. CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 can help you comply with such obligations. Learn more...
Test it for free
CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 can be tested for free for 30 days. During this period, you can launch fully functional backup jobs, however, the data restore functionality will be limited to 5 items per folder only.
For the uninitiated, Office 365 is the cloud-based SaaS offered by Microsoft that consists of a comprehensive suite of productivity applications including Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, and Outlook for the desktop; and server-based applications such as Exchange and SharePoint.
However, many may be stuck with the dilemma of choosing between Exchange Online and Office 365. The Exchange Online vs Office 365 matchup is confusing because users can either opt-in for only Microsoft’s email solution, Exchange Online, or they can choose the complete suite of productivity applications by purchasing an Office 365 license. If your company is considering a migration to the cloud from on-premises servers running some edition of Microsoft Exchange Server (for example), this could be a genuine decision-making challenge.
Therefore, in this article, we will compare both products including Exchange Online and Office 365 to help you decide whether the former would be enough for you or if it would make more sense to choose the latter.
Is Office 365 different than Exchange Online?
Many assume that Microsoft Exchange Online and Office 365 are two different products altogether. However, this is not categorically true. Exchange Online is simply one of the many products that are included in Office 365, which is a collection of tools rather than being a single product. You can purchase either product without the other; it is possible to opt-in for Microsoft Exchange Online without the Office 365 suite, but you can also purchase the Office 365 Pro Plus edition that doesn’t include Exchange Online.
However, no matter the case, Exchange Online complements Office 365 (and hence doesn’t compete with it). For example, if you choose Exchange Online as a standalone email service now, you can always upgrade to Office 365 later.
What is your business requirement?
If you are looking only for a cloud-based email service, Exchange Online is more than enough. You can choose between two Exchange Online plans: Plan 1 & Plan 2.
Exchange Online Plan 1 offers up to 50 GB storage per user along with the web-based and app-based versions of the Outlook client and enterprise-level email security through Exchange Online Protection.
Exchange Online Plan 2 offers unlimited storage and unified messaging services, with advanced security features like Data Loss Prevention (DLP), In-Place Hold, and hosted voicemails. Generally required by large companies.
However, Office 365 can be considered if you’re looking for a comprehensive suite of collaboration and productivity tools. Depending on your requirements, you can choose between various Office 365 plans such as Office 365 Business Essentials, Office 365 Business, and Office 365 Business Premium. If you are a larger organization with more than 300 users, you may choose Office 365 Enterprise plans: Enterprise E1, Enterprise E3, and Enterprise E5.
Do note that all those editions (Business and Enterprise) include Exchange Online as part of the product package except Office 365 Pro Plus.
The size of your company matters
If you are a small enterprise with no more than, say, 50 members or so, it is fine to migrate to Exchange Online only. This is because we anticipate that as you are a small company, you may not need advanced collaboration features that Office 365 offers. However, if you have a considerable number of employees and you expect your team size to grow further in the future, consider getting some edition of Office 365. With Office 365, you get not only the email solutions of Exchange Online, but you also get business communication tools such as Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business. Ultimately, as your company grows bigger, you are going to need more than just email, and that is where Office 365’s applications come in handy.
What is the nature of your business?
If your nature of business is such that it requires a lot of collaboration, consider going for Office 365. The software package comes with a host of useful applications such as Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, SharePoint, OneDrive for Business, and more. If you have a service-based company, you can expect your users to collaborate online a lot; therefore, in such cases, Office 365 is the correct choice for your company. However, if your business is such that your users don’t need to collaborate online, Exchange Online is what you must go for as it only offers email functionality.
So, as you see, it all boils down to your company’s requirements. If you are still confused, you can begin by going for Microsoft Exchange Online and then later migrate to Office 365 full suite as your company’s needs grow.
If you would like expert advice and assistance to help you decide and finalize, get in touch with us today!