Backup for Small IT Teams: How to Choose and Run Backup as a Service
Veeam, Friday, October 9th, 2026
Veeam explains how small IT teams can choose between self-managed backup, managed BaaS and MSP-delivered backup.
This Veeam guide explains Backup as a Service (BaaS), which hands backup infrastructure and day-to-day monitoring to a provider for a predictable subscription, and distinguishes it from cloud backup, which is just a storage destination.
It compares self-managed backup, fully managed BaaS and BaaS delivered through a service provider or MSP, explains how to match the model to a lean team, and highlights SaaS blind spots in Microsoft 365, Salesforce and Google Workspace.
The post also lists what to look for in a provider, including speed to deploy, automation, self-service restores, security and predictable pricing, and why recovery testing matters.