The solution offered by Synology is a hardware purchase, the NAS device, which is bundled with backup software, which can backup a plethora of sources including Microsoft 365 data. The Active Backup Suite speaks to a consolidation of hardware and backup software onto a single multi-use NAS platform, which is not limited by the amount of backup volume, backup sources or even the number of CPUs required to license the solution.
This article is not a discussion of why Microsoft 365 data should or should not be backed up. This article is a review of the Synology DS920+ NAS, with specific emphasis of usability in a microsoft 365 backup scenario. 9 Bays for full capacity including extension, version of the year 2020, plus series. The unit name is DS920+ which stands for DiskStation 920+. To perform the review, they supplied me with a unit and asked me to write a review which is unpaid thus, any opinions are my own.
Synology contacted me to review their DS920+ NAS unit, with specific emphasis on the Active Backup Suite.
