August 16, 2026
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The Seattle Mariners gain an “extra security blanket” for Microsoft 365 data protection

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Sentry Computing and Acronis partner to help the Seattle Mariners take an intuitive approach to Microsoft 365 backup and recovery

The Seattle Mariners rely on Microsoft 365 to support day-to-day collaboration, communication and business operations across the franchise. With critical data stored across services such as Microsoft Exchange, Teams and SharePoint, the Mariners needed more than default retention capabilities to protect information, support compliance and recover quickly from accidental deletion, data loss or security incidents. They turned to Sentry Computing for Microsoft 365 backup and recovery expertise.

KEY CHALLENGES:

  • Limited Microsoft 365 native retention, backup, compliance support and recovery flexibility.
  • Protecting critical business data while maintaining a strong cybersecurity posture.
  • Quickly recovering deleted or modified information across Microsoft 365 services.

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

  • Comprehensive backup protection for Microsoft 365 data, including Exchange, Teams and SharePoint.
  • Simple deployment, management and recovery workflows.
  • Support for compliance, retention and data loss prevention initiatives.

THE SOLUTION

The Seattle Mariners partnered with Sentry Computing to implement Acronis Microsoft 365 Backup, improving recoverability, simplifying recovery and enhancing protection for Microsoft 365 workloads.

THE IMPACT

  • Improved recoverability: The technology team can quickly locate and restore individual items and critical business data.
  • Stronger cyber resilience: Additional backup protection supports compliance, data loss prevention and a stronger data security posture.
  • Simplified management: An intuitive interface and guided onboarding helped speed adoption and reduce administrative complexity.
Tait Covert, President and CEO, Sentry Computing
"There's the feeling people get when they know they've seen your name, they've seen the Mariners, they've seen Acronis, and the trust factor is there already. You're not having to send a bunch of references... It just gives you that relevance. If these people trust you to do this, then we can trust you to do that."
Tait Covert, President and CEO, Sentry Computing
Jeff Higgins
“We were looking for a secondary option to where we have better opportunity, more detail and compliance stature, as well as an extra layer of data loss prevention. The feedback from my team is that the tool is super useful, very intuitive and provides that extra security blanket for us.”
Jeff Higgins, Vice President of Technology, The Seattle Mariners