The French Tennis Federation chooses Keepit for independent backup of Microsoft data
Keepit protects critical Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Entra ID data of 2,515 users, to add Power BI in the near future
Paris, France – June 10, 2025 – Keepit, a global provider of a comprehensive cloud backup and recovery platform, today announced that it has been selected by the French Tennis Federation (FFT) to independently back up its Microsoft 365, Microsoft Entra ID and Power BI data.
Keen to strengthen the resilience of its digital environments, the French Tennis Federation chose a sovereign backup solution, independent of major global cloud providers. It chose Keepit, a Danish company that controls its entire hosting chain by operating its own cloud and data centers, across Europe, and in the UK, Canada, Australia and the US. Keepit's architecture, which guarantees uninterrupted access to data even in the event of third-party provider failure, fully met the FFT's requirements of security, independence and business continuity.
"Until three years ago, we had no backup solution for our cloud environments. My objective was clear: to identify a European service provider guaranteeing maximum independence", says Franck Labat, Technical Director at FFT. “Beyond this initial requirement, Keepit was able to meet additional needs that we hadn't anticipated: centralized, traceable archiving of PST files, unified management of all our data via a single platform, and more recently, seamless integration of our directory as part of our complete migration to Entra ID.”
The French Tennis Federation, headquartered at Roland-Garros stadium, organizes, coordinates and promotes tennis for over 8,000 clubs throughout France. The FFT's operations also involve the management of a large number of seasonal employees as part of its event-driven activities, generating significant data flows to be processed and restored. To ensure consistent monitoring, it is essential to be able to recover data from people who have left, sometimes after short assignments, in order to pass it on to their managers. This need also led the FFT to choose Keepit: beyond backup, the solution enables targeted copying and restoration according to the needs of the teams. Keepit facilitates the management of these processes, while guaranteeing data security.
The collaboration began in 2022, alongside SCC France, a trusted partner of the FFT for over 15 years, with the initial aim of safeguarding Microsoft 365 environments. Since then, the partnership has gradually expanded to include Power BI and Microsoft Entra ID. FFT now plans to systematically integrate any new Microsoft solution it adopts into the Keepit ecosystem, ensuring continuity and consistency in the protection of its digital assets.
“We are particularly proud to have led this project alongside our partner SCC, to offer the FFT an independent cloud backup and recovery platform that is simple to deploy and administer,” says Cyril VanAgt, Vice President Channel EMEA at Keepit. “We remain fully committed to supporting the next steps in the evolution of its cloud and Microsoft environments.”
About the French Tennis Federation
The French Tennis Federation (French: Fédération française de tennis, FFT) is the governing body for tennis in the Hexagone and DROM-COM. It was founded in 1920, and is tasked with the organization, co-ordination and promotion of the sport. It is recognized by the International Tennis Federation and by the French Minister for Sports. Its headquarters are at the Roland-Garros stadium in France.
About Keepit
Keepit provides a next-level SaaS data protection platform purpose-built for the cloud. Securing data in a vendor-independent cloud safeguards essential business applications, boosts cyber resilience, and future-proofs data protection. Unique, separate, and immutable data storage with no sub-processors ensures compliance with local regulations and mitigates the impact of ransomware while guaranteeing continuous data access, business continuity, and fast and effective disaster recovery. Headquartered in Copenhagen with offices and data centers worldwide, more than 18,000 companies trust Keepit for its ease of use and effortless backup and recovery of cloud data.
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About SCC France
With revenues exceeding €2.7 billion and more than 3,300 employees in France, SCC France supports its clients’ digital transformation across three key areas: enhancing user experience and adoption, modernizing IT infrastructures and embracing the cloud, and deploying network and security strategies. Learn more: https://www.france.scc.com/