AvePoint DocAve Online vs Office 365 - 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, DocAve Online 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 and Restore Capabilities General No end-user facing interface provided for on-demand backup and 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. 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 clientfacing tool, which gives the organization the power to build customizable backup and restore plans according to organizational Service Level Agreements (SLAs) as well as 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 or her 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 in the recycle bin will remain there for 90 days before permanent deletion.) 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 and minor versions.)
Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Amazon S3 Rackspace Cloud File Supported storage types FTP TSM Dropbox (All backup data is maintained by the Microsoft Online Services Team. There is no capability to export backup data to another storage location natively.) SFTP 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 (Microsoft manages backups of Office 365 databases and content. All content and configurations are backed up. However, users can only restore entire site collections or individual lists/libraries from the recycle bin.) Preserve list views (Microsoft manages backups of Office 365 databases and content. All content and configurations 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) (Microsoft manages backups of Office 365 databases and content. As per the 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.) Full backup Incremental backup In place restore Restore types Out of place restore Restore to storage policy Container level conflict resolution when restoring Skip Merge Replace Skip Content level conflict resolution when restore Overwrite Overwrite by last modified time Append an item/document named _1 Conflict resolution for App Data Skip 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 from before the deletion event.) 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 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 Content (Documents, Items, Lists, Libraries, Folders) (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 Replicate content across instances (Only library contents can be replicated across by syncing to a local device first, but library security and configuration settings are not included.) Replicate Security settings (Site Collection, Site, List, Folder, and Item permissions) Replication Replicate Configuration settings (Site Collection, Site, List features, and properties) One-way replication; Keep SharePoint Online content in sync from one way to another Two-way replication; Keep SharePoint Online content in sync from both ways (Only library contents can be replicated across by syncing to a local device first, but library security and configuration settings are not included.)
DocAve Online vs. Native Archiving Capabilities Archive/remove dormant content from (from site collection to item level) Name Document Size Modified Time Archiver Criteria specified for archiving rules Modified by Created Time Created by Content Type Column(Text, Number, Yes/No, Date, and Time ) Parent List Type ID Microsoft Azure Storage Amazon S3 Box Supported storage for archived data Dropbox FTP Rackspace Cloud File SFTP IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) OneDrive Data compression for archived data Data encryption for archived data Granularly restore archived content In place restore Out of place restore E-mail alerts and notifications on archive and restore Schedule archive and restore functions