Welcome to this in‑depth Espria & AvePoint webinar, where we explore the modern landscape of Microsoft 365 data protection, backup strategy, compliance, security and risk reduction.
Hosted by Roy Charman, CTO at Espria, and Callum Noad, Solutions Engineer at AvePoint, this session explains how organisations can dramatically strengthen resilience against data loss, ransomware and compliance failures, while improving visibility and governance across the entire Microsoft 365 environment.
Meet the Speakers
Roy Charman, CTO at Espria
Roy introduces the Espria mission to partner with best‑in‑class vendors, leading to the choice of AvePoint as their strategic backup and compliance partner. He oversees cloud infrastructure, vendor partnerships and the Espria Managed 365 services.
Callum Noad, Solutions Engineer at AvePoint
Callum demonstrates AvePoint’s solutions daily, supports proofs‑of‑concept and advises customers on backup, governance and Microsoft 365 configuration best practices.
What This Webinar Covers
This session addresses the most common data challenges organisations face, including:
Why Microsoft Native Backup Isn’t Enough
Microsoft 365 provides basic retention, but it doesn’t offer true backup protection. This ensures data can be restored quickly and fully, even after major breaches or accidental deletions.
Ransomware Detection & Suspicious Activity Alerts
AvePoint uses behavioural analytics and threat intelligence to identify:
- Sudden mass deletions or modifications
- Encrypted or unusual file types
- Repeated suspicious user activity
- Known malicious file hashes.
These alerts are routed to the Espria experts, who can respond immediately and help prevent escalation.
Granular to Full‑Scale Recovery
Whether restoring a single lost file or recovering an entire Microsoft 365 environment, AvePoint and Espria support:
- User self‑service restores
- Admin‑level recovery options
- Full tenant rebuilds when required
- Disaster recovery support and guidance.
Espria manages the recovery process so customers don’t need deep technical expertise.
Reducing Data Exposure & Locating Sensitive Information
It’s normal for HR, Finance and other teams to store sensitive data but it becomes a problem when the data moves to the wrong place or is shared externally. AvePoint Insights (included by default in the Espria service) identifies:
- Sensitive files across SharePoint, Teams, Exchange and OneDrive
- External sharing risks
- Files containing PII, financial data, and confidential documents
- Misplaced or over‑exposed content.
Espria works with customers to understand which findings are important and applies corrective actions.
Automated Policies for Ongoing Data Governance
AvePoint’s Policies tool enables Espria to enforce security and compliance automatically. Policies can:
- Restrict risky sharing
- Enforce permissions
- Apply sensitivity rules
- Prevent accidental exposure
- Correct misconfigurations continuously.
Insights identifies the risks; Policies prevents them from happening again.
Full Microsoft 365 Security Review
The Espria Managed 365 Backup & Compliance package includes a thorough health assessment aligned to:
- CIS
- NIST
- Microsoft Secure Score
- Industry benchmarks.
This ensures your Microsoft 365 deployment is secure and compliant from day one, with expert guidance and best‑practice recommendations.
Why Choose Espria + AvePoint?
Espria enhances AvePoint’s technology with:
- Complete Microsoft 365 backup
- Ransomware response
- Sensitive data visibility
- Automated governance
- Compliance foundation checks
- Ongoing monitoring
- Expert remediation and support.
