From its early roots to 2026: the AvePoint story

AvePoint was founded in 2001 and initially developed backup technology for Microsoft Exchange and then Microsoft SharePoint as collaboration platforms became central to enterprise work.

How AvePoint developed

The company expanded from backup into migration, governance, records, data protection and administration for Microsoft and other cloud environments. AvePoint became publicly traded in 2021.

AvePoint in 2026

By 2026, AvePoint offered cloud management, data protection and governance software for Microsoft 365 and other SaaS environments.

Why the history matters

AvePoint’s growth reflects a recurring enterprise problem: as organisations adopt more cloud applications, they still need independent tools to control permissions, retention, backup, migration and compliance across those services.