Managed Backup • Education Sector

Fully managed backup for Microsoft 365, built for schools and trusts.

We run a fully managed Microsoft 365 backup service for your school or trust, covering every mailbox, OneDrive account, SharePoint site and Teams channel, at a cost any school or trust can justify. Records, SEND files and coursework stay protected and recoverable, so a deleted file, a leaver's mistake, or even a cyber attack never becomes a crisis for your IT team, or your budget.

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73%
of UK secondary schools were breached or attacked last year1
3-2-1
the DfE's minimum backup standard: 3 copies, 2 media, 1 off-site2
59%
of education providers hit by ransomware recovered data from a backup3

Why Microsoft 365 backup matters for schools.

Microsoft keeps Microsoft 365 online. Backing up what's inside it, mailboxes, SEND files, coursework, is your responsibility, and most schools don't realise the gap until it's too late.

The challenge.

Most schools think they're covered because "IT does backups", until a mailbox is deleted, a shared folder is overwritten, or ransomware locks everything overnight. And it's not random: attackers increasingly target organisations that can't afford to go dark, schools included, with ransom demands now averaging hundreds of thousands4. Either way, it's too late by the time you find out: records, SEND files and coursework are gone, and "we hoped it wouldn't happen" isn't good enough in a governors' meeting.

Our solution.

We manage the backup, the testing and the recovery, so you never find out the hard way. Every mailbox, OneDrive account, SharePoint site and Teams channel is backed up automatically, aligned with DfE expectations, and kept in an immutable, air-gapped copy that ransomware can't reach, encrypt or delete. Recovery is checked regularly, not assumed, so restoring a single email, file or entire mailbox is quick and straightforward, not a multi-day scramble.

What's included in your managed Microsoft 365 backup.

Everything below runs on your behalf as part of one fixed monthly cost, no separate projects, no hidden extras.

Fully managed, zero admin

We configure, monitor, test and run every backup end-to-end: peace of mind without adding a task to your day.

Complete Microsoft 365 coverage

Every mailbox, OneDrive account, SharePoint site and Teams channel backed up automatically, with nothing for staff to remember.

Ransomware-proof copies

Backups sit in a separate, immutable location attackers can't reach, encrypt or delete, even if they get into everything else.

Recovery your team can rely on

We don't just take backups; we regularly check that they restore properly. No nasty surprises on the day you need one.

Pinpoint recovery, no guesswork

Recover a single email, file or an entire mailbox, without restoring everything else.

One predictable cost, no surprises

Unlimited storage, one price per user, no hardware and no surprise renewals: easy to justify to any governor.

Built for education compliance Aligned with DfE backup expectations and the 3-2-1 rule, run by a team that knows education procurement and governance.
Enterprise-grade technology The same backup technology relied on by major organisations worldwide, configured and run specifically for schools.
Commercially competitive Proper protection without the enterprise price tag: one of the most cost-effective solutions in education today.

Don't find out the hard way whether your backup actually works.

Book a free, no-obligation Microsoft 365 backup review for your school or trust. We'll tell you honestly where the gaps are, no sales pitch required.

Prefer to talk it through first? 0333 305 2020 enquiries@holkerit.co.uk
Sources: 1. GOV.UK, Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2025/26. 2. Department for Education, Digital and Technology Standards (Cyber Security). 3. Sophos, The State of Ransomware in Education 2025. 4. Coveware, Inside the Economics of Cyber Extortion, Q1 2026. HOLKER IT is an independent managed IT services provider; figures are not vendor-specific.
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