{"id":60621,"date":"2025-08-07T11:22:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T07:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/?p=60621"},"modified":"2025-08-07T11:22:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T07:22:27","slug":"introducing-msp360-managed-backup-8-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/blog\/introducing-msp360-managed-backup-8-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing MSP360 Managed Backup 8.4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re excited to introduce the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/managed-backup\/\">MSP360 Managed Backup<\/a> 8.4 release, featuring enhanced API capabilities for backup plan management, audit log improvements, upgraded license management, and streamlined web console navigation.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enhanced API for Backup Plan Management<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With this release, we\u2019re simplifying automation, enhancing scalability, and improving integrations with other systems. With the introduction of API access for backup plans, MSPs and IT administrators can create, read, modify, delete, start and stop backup plans, which saves time and reduces the risk of human error.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60622\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-2025-07-14T154256710.png\" alt=\"API enhancements\" width=\"1417\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-2025-07-14T154256710.png 1417w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-2025-07-14T154256710-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-2025-07-14T154256710-1024x546.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-2025-07-14T154256710-768x409.png 768w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-2025-07-14T154256710-624x332.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1417px) 100vw, 1417px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Enhanced Security with Audit Log Updates<\/h2>\n<p>With this release, we\u2019re introducing updates to the audit log: now users can track backup destination changes. This update is important for maintaining transparency, security, and accountability in your backup strategy. It helps track what changes were implemented and which user made them: this is critical for auditing, and ensuring regulatory compliance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60623\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/download-45.png\" alt=\"Enhanced Security with Audit Log Updates\" width=\"3387\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/download-45.png 3387w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/download-45-300x41.png 300w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/download-45-1024x138.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/download-45-768x104.png 768w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/download-45-1536x208.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/download-45-2048x277.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/download-45-624x84.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3387px) 100vw, 3387px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">License Type Selection On the Authorization Step<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the MSP360 Managed Backup 8.4 release, we\u2019re introducing the ability to select the required license type during endpoint authorization. This helps prevent incorrect license usage and allows users to choose a license from a specific pool, opt for a free trial, or proceed with a paid license.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60624\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/download-46.png\" alt=\"License Type Selection On the Authorization Step\" width=\"1366\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/download-46.png 1366w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/download-46-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/download-46-1024x720.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/download-46-768x540.png 768w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/download-46-624x439.png 624w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/download-46-100x71.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Menu Available on Right-Click<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re introducing the ability to access backup and restore plans, as well as direct navigation to the backup history for a specific endpoint, through a new menu that appears when a user right-clicks the desired endpoint on the <\/span><b>Computers <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">page. This update helps users save time by providing quicker access to important sections of the web console. For recently added endpoints, this menu will also include the option to authorize the endpoint.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60641\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_82.png\" alt=\"Right-click menu\" width=\"526\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_82.png 526w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_82-300x102.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We value your feedback and encourage you to share your thoughts on our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.msp360.com\/categories\/2\/managed-backup-general\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">forum<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/feedback.msp360.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">feedback portal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or via the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contact form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re excited to introduce the MSP360 Managed Backup 8.4 release, featuring enhanced API capabilities for backup plan management, audit log improvements, upgraded license management, and streamlined web console navigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[877,895,882],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-articles","category-msp360-mbs","category-msp360-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/82"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60621"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60642,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60621\/revisions\/60642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}