AvePoint DocAve Online vs Management Overview: DocAve Online is a multi-tenant Software as a Service (SaaS) offering from AvePoint, hosted on Microsoft s Azure Platform as a Service (PaaS) technology. With a unified, browser-based user interface and a fully-distributed architecture, it integrates AvePoint s powerful backup, administration, and data management technologies into a highly scalable, enterprise-level solution for Office 365 with a focus on, Exchange Online and OneDrive for Business. Product Comparison: DocAve Online Granular Backup and Restore vs Native Backup & Restore Capabilities General No end-user facing interface provided for on-demand Backup & Restore. Backups are automatically taken every 12 hours and kept for 14 days. In order to restore a site collection, you must contact technical support. And the only supported restore option is a full site collection restore. The restore uses the same URL, so you will lose all the data that is currently hosted at that URL. Granular Backup & Restore DocAve Online is a client facing tool which gives the organizations the power to build customizable backup and restore plans according to organizational SLAs and Data Protection and Retention Requirements. Site collection Backup Granularity Site List/Library Folder Site collection Site Restore Granularity List/Library Folder Item/Document (via Recycle Bin - By default deleted Sites, Lists, Libraries, Folders, Items and Documents will all go into the recycle bin.if an end user empties his recycle bin, the content will be transferred into the site collection recycle bin. A site collection administrator is able to restore items from the site collection recycle bin. Items that have been deleted into the recycle bin will remain there for 90 days.) Document Version (All versions will be automatically included when restoring the document from the recycle bin.) (Supports restoring all versions or a specified number of the latest major/major and minor versions.)
Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Amazon S3 Rackspace Cloud File Supported storage types FTP TSM Dropbox SFTP (All backup data is maintained by the Microsoft Online Services Team. There is no capability to export backup data to another storage location natively.) Box OneDrive for Business (Users have the option to sync a library and its contents to OneDrive and their local machine.) Filter policy for backup plan Choose whether to include versions when backup (Automatically back up all content within site collection filtering and schedule options are not available.) (Automatically back up all item verions.) Choose whether to include workflow definition when backup Office 365 databases and content. All content and configuratoins are backed up, however users can only restore entire site collections, or individual lists/libraries from the recycle bin.) Preserve List Views Office 365 databases and content. All content and configuratoins are backed up, however users can only restore entire site collections, or individual lists/libraries from the recycle bin.) Data Compression for Backup Data at Rest N/A (As Office 365 customers do not pay for storage space of their backups, this is irrelevant.)
Data Encryption for Backup Data at Rest (AES 256 Standard) Full backup Incremental backup In place restore Office 365 databases and content. As per MSFT Trust center, they enable encryption of data both at rest and via the network as it is transmitted between a data center and a user.) Restore types Out of place restore Restore to storage policy Container level conflict resolution when restore Merge Replace Content level conflict resolution when restore Overwrite Overwrite by last modified time Append an item/document named _1 Conflict Resolution for App Data Overwrite Version restore Restore all versions Restore a specified number of latest versions Granular Restore of Security (User/Group) Granular Restore of Item / Object Properties Granular Restore of Views Granular Restore of Workflow Definition and Item History Restore of Item-dependent Columns and Content Types (Unable to selectively restore properties, securities, etc. Restores at the site collection level restore the entire site collection, all content, properties, and security. Restores from the Recycle Bin maintain settings/ configurations pre-deletion event) Yes Schedule Backup and Restore Functions (Backups are automatically taken every 12 hours. Customers are not able to control by themselves.)
DocAve Online Report Center vs Native Reporting Capabilitiess Report Center Open/View/Download (This is a limitation of vs SharePoint Server.) (This is a limitation of vs SharePoint on Server.) Content/Item Auditing Item Move / Copy Edit / Check-Out / Check-In Delete / Restore Workflow / Content Type Changes Report Types Auditing / Policy Changes Security Settings Changes Report Level Tenant Site Collection / Site Excel Report Viewing Export Report to SharePoint Library View Tenant Level Report in Web Interface DocAve Online vs Native Administration Capabilities Administration Suite Site Collection / Site Level Reporting Cross-Site / Cross-Tenant Reporting Permissions Management (BULK) Clone / Transfer Permissions Grant Temporary Permissions Report on External Users Change Management Bulk Deployment of Design Elements (CSS, Custom Pages, Web Parts, Apps, etc.) Real-Time Comparison of Feature Differences Cross-Site / Cross-Tenant Content Move Copy/Migrate SP Content (Documents, Items, List, Library, Folder) (Ability to move/ restructure sites, libraries, and documents through Explorer View and Site Content and Structure in site settings with limited fidelity maintained loss of property/permission settings) Copy/Migrate (Site, Site Collection within local tenant and cross tenant)
The Ability to Configure and Centrally Manage Policies for Configuration, Security and Sites Automatically Enforce Configurations Policies (Versioning, IRM, Content Types, etc.) Report on out-of-policy objects in and OneDrive for Business. Policy Enforcement Automatically Enforce Security Policies (Permission Level restrictions, Site Admin limit controls, restricted sharing, etc.) Automatically Enforce Site Policies (Site Feature Activation, Site Template, Site Settings, etc.) E-mail Alerts and Notifications on Policy Violations