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Archiving
Set up custom archiving conditions
Create policy management rules
Restoring
Restore data with 1 click
Restore whole sites and libraries
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Automation
Schedule archiving conditions
Reduce file versioning from 500 to 1
Use automated alerting
Reporting
Estimate savings with simulation
Get insights with reporting
Trace archived data with history
For companies & organisations
$815 / TB / year
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100% free analysis of your costs
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Setup, guides & troubleshooting for ShArc
SharePoint storage optimization
Strategies to reduce SharePoint storage costs
ShArc case studies
How customers successfully manage SharePoint storage
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Archive SharePoint files without taking them away from users

Reduce SharePoint storage costs by at least 61%. Move inactive files to your own Azure Blob Storage. Files remain visible and can be restored with one click, while IT can preview and control what gets archived before any file is moved.

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Screenshot of how ShArc works, including offload settings, estimation, and restoring progress.

Read how our customers reduce SharePoint storage costs without taking files away from users

"ShArc has done what Microsoft clearly refused to do. Utilizing a cheaper cold storage approach as a backend for live active SharePoint sites is perfect! End users don't see a change but data storage costs are kept in control. Its an ingenious solution to a problem all SharePoint admins face."


John Terrence | IT Manager | Simple Mills Inc.

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Your storage costs per year

You have two options to maximize your SharePoint storage: purchasing additional storage in SharePoint or utilizing your Azure Blob Storage. 

15TB extra SharePoint Online storage per month cost per year: $37,800

 

Move your SharePoint data to Azure Blob Storage and save at least 61% with ShArc

Including server costs, storage costs and the costs for ShArc you pay $14,223 SharePoint storage costs when storing your data smartly and cost-effectively in Azure Blob Storage. With our tool ShArc you can keep your data in Microsoft and automatically transfer data from SharePoint Online to Azure. On our pricing page you can see a complete calculation example. 

Rapidly increasing storage costs

SharePoint's default storage allocation is quickly exhausted as businesses scale, and the cost of additional storage is steep. Many companies are paying thousands of dollars annually just to keep their data accessible, limiting their ability to allocate resources to more critical IT needs.


Meet ShArc—and optimize your SharePoint storage costs

Efficiently reduce your SharePoint storage costs by archiving data to Azure Blob Storage, all while maintaining access and control.
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Reduced storage costs

Benefit from the low priced storage space in Azure Blob Storage. Minimize your SharePoint costs.
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Extended storage

Never run out of SharePoint storage. Ensure scalability of your storage capacities.
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Seamless integration
Set up in minutes. Integrate Azure Blob Storage with SharePoint and define your archiving rules.
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Advanced security
Archived files never leave your own Azure tenant, under your existing security policies. For your security we use APIs like graph.
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Higher productivity
Focus on important tasks. No more worries about limited storage capacities or data access.
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Smooth access
Let users restore and access data as usual via SharePoint, OneDrive or Teams. The usability remains as simple as before.
Screenshot of offload conditions and estimation in ShArc.

Features

✓ Automatic archiving: set up archiving rules for your data, based on size, last access and more   

✓ Simple configuration: set up and configure archiving rules and policy management in minutes   

✓ Intuitive dashboard: keep an eye on storage limits, react early and provide the necessary storage capacities

✓ High security: your data stay in the Microsoft environment, based on your security policies

✓ Smart reporting: keep an eye on your data and create your reports with one click

✓ Direct user access: let users restore archived data through familiar SharePoint interface with one click

✓ Automated notifications: get information about successful archiving or issues in real time through Azure Alerts 
 

How ShArc works

  1. Connect SharePoint with Azure Blob Storage. 
  2. Set up rules, which data should be moved from
    SharePoint to Azure Blob Storage. 
  3. End users work in SharePoint as usual.

ShArc in comparison with Microsoft Archive

 
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Microsoft Archive
Control
Policy-based, automated/scheduled
More limited control
Granularity
File-level via policies, plus full sites and libraries
File-level (user-driven) or full-site archiving
Restore experience
Seamless for end users, without involving IT
Often requires IT to reactivate content
Restore speed
Immediate access
From a few minutes to 24 hours
Re-archiving
Works without delays
Up to 4 months delay

What ShArc offers compared to other providers

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Benefit from our expertise

 More than 3,200 companies around the world trust us and our products. We are the market leading provider for integration and synchronization software since 1991 and a certified Microsoft Modern Work Solution Partner with 4.5 stars on Capterra, Software Advice and GetApp.

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Microsoft Modern Work Solution Partner

 
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More than 750,000+ active users
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Since 1991
 
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Made in Hamburg, Germany
 
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Interested in saving 61% extra storage costs?


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Frequently asked questions

Here we answer the most frequently asked questions about ShArc. 

What is the primary use case for ShArc? ShArc is designed to reduce SharePoint Online storage costs by offloading infrequently used or large files to Azure Blob Storage. These files remain visible and accessible in SharePoint and can be restored on a file level by end users when needed, while no longer consuming expensive SharePoint storage. This allows organizations to significantly lower ongoing storage costs without impacting user workflows.
How much cost savings can be expected with ShArc? In most environments, 60 to 80 percent of SharePoint data qualifies as cold data. Customers typically achieve average storage cost reductions of around 60 percent, with higher savings possible depending on data volume, growth rate, and the configured minimum file age and minimum file size used for offloading.
Can end users still access files after they have been archived? Yes. Archived files remain visible in SharePoint and can be restored by end users using the one-click retrieval feature. From a user perspective, the file behaves like a normal SharePoint file and can be accessed without additional tools or training.
Does Layer2 have access to customer data stored by ShArc? No. Layer2 does not have access to customer files or content. All data remains within the customer’s tenant and Azure subscription. Only limited telemetry information, such as archived and restore statistics, is collected for operational and product improvement purposes.
Is there a limit to how much data ShArc can archive? There is no hard limit on the amount of data that can be archived with ShArc. Archiving large volumes of data is supported and primarily limited by SharePoint and Azure throughput, meaning larger datasets may require more time to complete.
Can archived files still be found via search or used by Copilot? Metadata such as file name, properties, and custom columns remain searchable in SharePoint. However, the file content itself is not indexed while the file is stored in Azure Blob Storage, meaning full-text search and Copilot content analysis are currently limited to metadata only. Further options in this area are being evaluated for future releases.