Case Study: ZEAL Consultants achieves unlimited Microsoft 365 cloud backups and reduced churn with Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud

ZEAL Consultants replaces Datto backup for Microsoft 365 with Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud

ZEAL Consultants, a Christchurch-based MSP serving organizations with 5–300 users, urgently needed a new Microsoft 365 backup after Arcserve discontinued its SMB cloud offering and Datto’s solution imposed backup storage limits and inconsistent account support. They required NZ data‑sovereign storage, flexible pricing and centralized management, and chose Acronis — specifically Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud with Advanced Disaster Recovery — to address those needs.

Acronis deployed Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud to consolidate backup, disaster recovery, cybersecurity and endpoint management in a single console, protecting up to 300 users with 92.75 TB in backups and 34.67 TB of disaster‑recovery infrastructure. The move delivered free, unlimited Microsoft 365 cloud storage, faster onboarding, reduced churn and operational overhead, and more responsive, personal support — freeing technicians from storage monitoring and improving margins.

ZEAL Consultants

Ricky Cunningham

Technical Director and Consultant