Blogs
Microsoft Ignite 2025: the ‘need-to-know’ highlights
Catch our comprehensive summary of the highlights from Microsoft Ignite 2025, combined with the resources and links you need to dig into the detail!

Built from the ground up for Managed Service Providers, Backup365® is an Australian, award-winning solution that automatically backs up all cloud data on Microsoft 365 including Exchange, SharePoint and OneDrive.
Designed to deliver the ultimate provisioning, billing, managing and support experience for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), Backup365 performs regular snapshot backups of all business data in the cloud and is securely stored within Australia for 10 years*.
Backed up data is easily searched, accessed, and restored using the Backup365 portal, API or Outlook Add-in, providing assurance that business data is securely retained and easily retrieved, as and when required.
Thank you for submitting your details! A member of our team will be in touch soon.
Back up of the entire Microsoft Exchange component including the Microsoft Exchange Online mailbox, calendar, tasks, notes and contacts
Back up of Microsoft Exchange Online, folders and conversations in OneDrive, SharePoint and MS Teams.
Back up of files and folders from SharePoint, OneDrive and MS Teams, including conversations in MS Teams.
Crayon is committed to providing Business Continuity solutions that help our partners to empower their customers in maintaining their own backups. Backup365 is an ideal solution, engineered to work for customers of all sizes, easily provisioned in a single click from the Crayon PRISM platform and with no charges for shared mailboxes. Pricing is simple and predictable, aligned to the number of Microsoft licenses with technical support provided by local teams in Australia and New Zealand.
Join the Backup 365 Partner Program through Crayon and benefit from:
A snapshot of cloud data is backed up multiple times a day, approximately once every two hours, and stored for 10 years minimum (an extension of data storage beyond 10 years is available by negotiation). Backup365 keeps every single snapshot of data captured so it is available for search and restore at a very granular level.
As of May 2021, backup is available for Microsoft 365 email, Exchange Web Services, SharePoint and OneDrive for Business data. Documents in Microsoft Teams are also backed up through SharePoint. A full Microsoft Teams backup component is currently being developed to fully back up Microsoft Teams.
All backed up cloud data can be searched, accessed, and restored via the Backup365 portal by an IT provider or Administrator. Backup365 also has an Outlook Add-in available for end-users to easily search and restore their own exchange and OneDrive data.
Backup365 never overwrites original items. If the item was not deleted and restored, Backup365 will create a duplicate copy of the file. Backup365 places all restored files into a restore folder.
Currently, Backup365 has three different user roles for the Backup365 Portal: Admin, Service Desk and User role.
Definitions:
a. An Admin Role can perform most administrative tasks, including viewing user data
b. A Service Desk Role can perform basic service management tasks, but not view user data. A Service Desk Role cannot disable and enable mailboxes, sites or drives
c. A User Role can only search, restore and view their own backup data.
Blogs
Catch our comprehensive summary of the highlights from Microsoft Ignite 2025, combined with the resources and links you need to dig into the detail!
Training
In our latest webinar, our in-house Modern Work experts Jye Wong and Ksenia Turner will run you through a practical refresher on Solution Partner Designations; what they are, why they matter and how to get started.
Sales and Marketing
Business leaders don't live in the tools. They live in the outcomes. The metrics they care about most are not always limited to compliance and risk. So how do you connect data protection to the big-ticket objectives, when they're less obvious? Our in-house pre-sales expert, Michael Brooke explains.
Guides and eBooks
As SMBs mature in the Data Protection lifecycle, they need help to optimise spend, reduce the compliance burden and ensure results align to business objectives. The third installment of our Data Protection Playbook series provides practical guidance for partners on how to address emerging pressure and connect ongoing investment to measurable business value.
Training
Copilot Agents: what are they and how do they differ from AI assistants and chatbots? Our in-house Copilot expert Ksenia Turner explains the use cases and service opportunities for partners.
Blogs
Fragmented data protection systems and processes create compliance proof-gaps for SMB customers. Scott Hagenus, Director, Cybersecurity here at Crayon explains.
Guides and eBooks
How can partners help their SMB customers to move from silos of security and continuity to a more cohesive, measurable and insurable data protection framework? The second edition in our Data Protection Playbook series maps out their journey, and yours.
Sales and Marketing
Ever wonder why a pitch has some IT Managers leaning forward, while others glaze over? Michael Brooke, Cybersecurity Pre-Sales Lead offers some insight on how to tune your approach to chime with different technical mindsets.
Vendor Announcements
Copilot for Business has landed at Microsoft Ignite 2025, levelling the GenAI playing field for SMB customers. Learn all about it from our man on the ground, Andreas Bergman.
Press Release
Press Release
Blogs
As cybersecurity and continuity converge in platforms and in practice, partners need new playbooks to address modern Data Protection standards. Our in-house cybersecurity pre-sales lead, Michael Brooke explains why.
Guides and eBooks
What triggers an SMB customer to begin exploring their need for better Data Protection? The first of our four Data Protection Playbooks for partners breaks down how to position and win in the Pre-Adoption and Exploration stage.
Insights
Data Protection priorities are shifting for SMBs. Ramp up your ability to respond with curated insights, articles and resources to help you guide every customer conversation with confidence.
Partner Spotlight
In this Partner Spotlight, Acceltech Managing Director Ivy Tarrobago shares how Crayon’s responsive support enhances client outcomes and business growth.
Whitepapers
Data Protection is a must for all SMBs but how can partners align solution investment with critical business objectives? Our latest paper shows you how.
Press Release
Crayon has been recognised with a huge double win at the CRN Channel Asia awards ceremony.
Insights
All the latest insights, articles and resources on M365 Copilot, curated into one place.
Insights
SMB customers are storing greater volumes of sensitive data in more places than ever. Secure backup and recovery practices are essential to how they protect it.
Partner Spotlight
Bigfish Technology saved AU$20,000 on its annual Microsoft licensing after one call with Crayon and has since built a strong partnership that enabled Bigfish to get access to Crayon’s expertise and vendor ecosystem.
Insights
Insider risk is a subtle and continuous challenge for SMB customers. Turn it into a manageable and quantifiable aspect of their Data Protection strategy.
Blogs
From rethinking backup to governance frameworks and behavioural analytics, what's involved in building a complete Data Protection strategy for SMB customers?
Insights
We explore the evolution of Microsoft's channel strategy over the past ten years, and what can be learned by viewing it through a Value Cycle lens.
Guides and eBooks
The Microsoft Fabric Partner Guide curates our recent articles, videos and resources to accelerate Crayon partner learning.
Insights
Support your cybersecurity game plans with our top picks of new and updated risk and resilience resources.
Research Reports
The Future of Operations 2023 is an APAC wide study of small to medium sized businesses. It covers outcomes from cloud adoption, intent to invest and what businesses want from their technology service providers.
Guides and eBooks
Mission essentials for winning data protection business in education, healthcare, retail and manufacturing.

Connect Data Protection to strategic objectives via this Whitepaper

What are the most critical business objectives and solution adoption priorities for SMBs in our region? Download the latest Forrester study to find out!

Our APAC channel business is now part of a global organisation. That means there is a whole new world of value on offer for our partners. We can help you to tap into all of it.