Case Study: City of York Council achieves reliable Office 365 data protection and effortless backup management with Barracuda Networks Cloud-to-Cloud Backup

City fulfills responsibility to protect cloud data

The City of York Council, a unitary authority serving about 210,000 residents, migrated its email and collaboration tools to Office 365 and needed a new backup solution that complied with strict procurement and data‑privacy rules. Key requirements included UK data residency, two‑factor authentication, a pure cloud architecture, and fast, granular recovery to protect against ransomware and accidental deletion.

The council implemented Barracuda Cloud‑to‑Cloud Backup, which met those requirements and protected Exchange, Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint. The solution was simple to deploy, removed on‑premises backup administration, automatically backs up new mailboxes, enables quick granular or full restores, and has required no customer support—saving time and costs while maintaining compliance.

City of York Council

Ian Towner

Infrastructure Services Technical Lead