# Federal Buyers Evaluate Compliant Endpoint Backup

A discussion among buyers explored cloud-based backup for remote and office endpoints running Windows, Linux, and macOS, with image-level recovery preferred and file-level backup considered acceptable. Commvault was cited as previously used; AvePoint and NinjaOne Backup were discussed as options, with AvePoint noted as lacking bare-metal recovery. Other suggestions involved copying selected configuration files to Microsoft 365 or Google Drive storage. For government buyers and contractors, the central procurement issue is verifying each product’s current FedRAMP authorization and suitability for the organization’s CMMC needs, alongside recovery capabilities and compatibility with the existing environment, including Google Workspace.

- Buyers should compare support for all required operating systems and confirm whether a solution provides image-level or only file-level recovery; the discussion specifically flags AvePoint’s lack of bare-metal recovery.
- Before selection, organizations should verify current FedRAMP authorization and CMMC fit for the specific product and service configuration rather than relying on general vendor claims.
- Because the original poster uses Google Workspace, buyers should validate compatibility with their existing storage and identity environment when evaluating options such as Microsoft 365-based file-copy workflows.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Cybersecurity, Cloud Services
**Published:** October 23, 2026

### Government Entities
- U.S. Department of Defense (referred to in the thread as the Department of War) (DoD)

### Vendors
- Commvault ()
- AvePoint ()
- NinjaOne ()
- Dropsuite ()
- TrueNAS ()

### Key Quotes
> A little trick you can do to abuse Sharepoint and Onedrive storage locations (if you go GCC or GCC High with Microsoft 365 licenses) is you can use an RMM or other method to make weekly or whatever copies of files into a location that is in-fact backed up to Sharepoint or OneDrive.
> — Commenter

### Sources
- [Looking for compliant cloud endpoint backup options](https://www.reddit.com/r/CMMC/comments/1xdo1uq/looking_for_compliant_cloud_endpoint_backup) - reddit-cmmc