Accred Protect
Checked October 29, 2026 by Accred Consulting
Accred Protect is a Microsoft 365 backup and restore app for MSPs and IT teams.
Open in Hub, priced per user
$2.50 per protected user per month, or $2.00 billed annually ($24.00 per user per year). No minimum. Hub covers 1 to 2,000 protected users; for more, talk to Accred. Storage is included, with a fair-use pooled average of 100 GB per protected user. The 30-day free trial covers up to 10 protected users with no card. An Owner or Admin starts it in Hub. When it ends without a plan, Protect pauses: your backups are kept, but no new backups run until a plan starts. Owners, Admins, and Members can open Protect; Viewers cannot. It backs up Exchange Online mail and OneDrive only: SharePoint and Teams are not covered yet.
What Protect backs up today
| Workload | Today | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Exchange Online mailboxes | Backed up | Mail folders. Calendar and contacts are not included yet. |
| OneDrive | Backed up | Files up to 50 MB; larger files are skipped with a recorded reason. |
| SharePoint sites | Not yet | Shown in the app as not yet available. |
| Teams | Not yet | Shown in the app as not yet available. |
The first backup reads everything; later runs copy only new and changed items. Large first backups finish over several runs and show as Partial until they are complete.
Schedule and retention
- One backup policy per organization: choose Exchange, OneDrive, or both.
- Back up every 4, 8, 12, or 24 hours.
- Keep versions for 30, 90, or 365 days, or 7 years. The current version of an item that still exists is never pruned.
- Pausing the policy stops new runs without deleting anything.
How restore works
- Pick a protected user, a workload, and a date and time. Protect shows each item as it existed then, by folder.
- Select the messages or files you need.
- Restore to the original user or to another user in the same tenant. Before anything is written, the confirmation names the tenant, the target user, the item count, and the destination folder.
- Mail lands in a new folder named "Restored by Accred Protect" with a timestamp; files land in a OneDrive folder of the same name with their original paths. Nothing is overwritten.
Only Owners and Admins can browse backed-up items or restore, because backups hold other people’s mail and files. Every browse and restore is recorded in the audit log.
Where backups are stored
Backup content is stored in Cloudflare R2 and the item index in Cloudflare D1, both encrypted at rest. Each Accred organization’s data is kept under its own prefix, and identical files are stored once. Customer-managed keys and choosing a storage region are planned, not built.
Pricing
| Term | Price |
|---|---|
| Monthly | $2.50 per protected user per month |
| Billed annually | $2.00 per user per month ($24.00 per user per year) |
| Minimum | None. Hub covers 1 to 2,000 protected users; for more, talk to Accred. |
| Free trial | 30 days, up to 10 protected users, no card |
| Storage | Included, with a fair-use pooled average of 100 GB per protected user |
Your plan sets how many users Protect can protect, and an Owner or Admin changes it in Hub Billing. When a trial ends without a plan, Protect pauses: your backups are kept, but no new backups run until an Owner or Admin starts a plan in Hub.
What Protect does not do yet
- SharePoint and Teams backup.
- Calendar, contacts, and tasks.
- Export to PST or ZIP, legal hold, and restore to a different tenant.
- Email or Teams alerts. Problems show on the Overview and in the notifications panel.
If you need SharePoint and Teams backup today, an established product is the safer choice. See the Microsoft 365 backup comparison for how Protect’s scope compares with Veeam, AvePoint, Datto, and Microsoft 365 Backup.
Questions
Is Accred Protect available?
Yes. Protect opens in Accred Hub. The 30-day free trial covers up to 10 protected users with no card. An Owner or Admin starts it in Hub. When it ends without a plan, Protect pauses: your backups are kept, but no new backups run until a plan starts. It backs up Exchange Online mail and OneDrive; SharePoint and Teams are not covered yet.
Which Microsoft 365 data does Accred Protect back up?
Protect backs up Exchange Online mail folders and OneDrive files. SharePoint, Teams, calendar, and contacts are not backed up yet.
Can Accred Protect overwrite my data during a restore?
No. Restores never overwrite. Mail goes to a new folder named "Restored by Accred Protect" with a timestamp, and files go to a OneDrive folder of the same name.
How much does Accred Protect cost?
$2.50 per protected user per month, or $2.00 billed annually ($24.00 per user per year). No minimum. Hub covers 1 to 2,000 protected users; for more, talk to Accred. Storage is included, with a fair-use pooled average of 100 GB per protected user.
Doesn’t Microsoft already back up Microsoft 365?
Microsoft keeps the service available and offers recycle bins and retention features, but deleted-item windows are limited and Microsoft describes protecting your own data as a shared responsibility. Microsoft also sells its own Microsoft 365 Backup product.
Sources
- Microsoft 365 Backup FAQ · Microsoft Learn
- Shared responsibility in the cloud · Microsoft Learn
Create your organization, then open Protect.
Protect starts with a 30-day free trial for up to 10 protected users, with no card. Then it is $2.50 per protected user per month, or $2.00 billed annually. Hub is free.