How to Save 72% on Storage Costs with SharePoint and Nasuni

When we asked the attendees at a recent customer advisory board meeting if their organizations relied on Microsoft SharePoint, nearly every hand went up. Then, we followed up with our real question: How many of you are struggling with SharePoint cost overruns?

The response: Every single one of them.

Microsoft SharePoint is one of the premier content management and collaboration platforms for enterprises. It’s trusted by more than 250,000 organizations worldwide, including over 85% of Fortune 500 companies. Thanks in part to direct integration with Office and easy-to-use OneDrive and Teams clients, SharePoint is essential to modern, collaborative enterprises. But it’s not a long-term file storage solution.

Today we’re announcing our new SharePoint File Data Lifecycle Management solution, designed to help enterprises optimize their SharePoint usage and reduce the associated overage costs. Nasuni customers who take advantage of this new integration stand to save up to 72% compared to paying those overage costs. The solution also enhances security, ensures continued accessibility, and facilitates data access for AI tools like Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Exceeding Free Capacity

Yes, SharePoint can store files, but you’re only allowed a certain amount of free capacity. Once you surpass that limit, you’re subject to overage fees of $0.20 per GB per month. Plus, if you save (x) versions of a single 20MB file, then your SharePoint storage total will be (x)20. A perfectly reasonable collection of twenty versions turns into 400MB. Today, as file data grows in size and complexity, versions multiply, and teams collaborate constantly, it’s very, very easy to bust through your free capacity ceiling.

On top of the standard documents and design files crowding folders, organizations now have to store recordings of QA calls or old employee records for compliance reasons. This is important data, but it doesn’t need to be stored in SharePoint.

Again, SharePoint is an incredibly valuable content management platform. It’s just not designed for scalable storage. That’s why we worked with our partners at Microsoft to create the SharePoint File Data Lifecycle Management solution. Think of it as an easy way to move all the infrequently accessed data now packing those SharePoint folders into cost-effective object storage – without sacrificing access.

3 Benefits of SharePoint + Nasuni

Here are the high-level benefits:

1. Up to 72% Savings

By moving data into low-cost Azure Blob (or other) object storage and eliminating those expensive overage fees, Nasuni customers will save up to 72%.

2. Enhanced Data Protection

With the integration of Nasuni, files are continuously versioned to the object store, allowing for rapid recovery times and recovery points. Large-scale SharePoint file recoveries can be complex and time-consuming, but with Nasuni, IT admins and even end users (if permitted) can choose the restore point and recover any volume of file data in minutes.

3. Flexibility & Fast Access

Although infrequently accessed data will be stored in a different medium, your SharePoint users won’t know the difference. They’ll still be able to access all their files through the same familiar folder structure. The solution also ensures compatibility with workflows requiring mapped drives.

It’s Worth Your Time to Learn More

Ultimately, this is a fairly simple value proposition. IT budgets are tight enough without spending unnecessarily on storage. What we’ve developed here is a solution that supports your organization’s use of an incredibly valuable tool in a more cost-efficient way.

We’re going to make using it easy for you, too. Our world-class professional services team is ready to help you set this system up and get it running as soon as possible.

Learn more about saving up to 72% with SharePoint and Nasuni and contact us today.