What is included in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office Advanced Cloud Storage?

Hybrid Backup – Full disk images saved locally and to the cloud
Active Cloning – Clone a running Windows or Mac system
Anti-Malware Protection – Real-time defense against ransomware and viruses
Microsoft 365 Backup – Protects Outlook mailboxes and OneDrive files
Core Capacity – 50 GB cloud storage, upgradable to 500 GB
Important – Commercial use rights and Windows Server support are not included in this edition

What are the main benefits of Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office Advanced Cloud Storage?

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office Advanced Cloud Storage combines full-image backup with real-time anti-malware in one application for Windows and Mac. It adds Acronis Cloud storage so a current copy of your system stays off-site, away from theft, fire, or a failed drive.

Off-Site Copy – A current backup lives away from your device
Ransomware Rollback – Detects encryption and restores affected files automatically
Dissimilar Restore – Rebuild a PC onto different hardware
Mobile Backup – Saves iPhone and Android photos and contacts
One Application – Backup and anti-malware managed from one console

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What does Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office Advanced Cloud Storage do?

It creates full disk-image and file-level backups of a Windows PC or Mac and stores them locally, in Acronis Cloud, or both at once, while adding real-time anti-malware scanning to the same application. The Advanced edition includes 50 GB of Acronis Cloud storage that can be upgraded to 500 GB, so a recent copy of your system stays off-site if a drive fails or the device is stolen. It also backs up iOS and Android devices and your Microsoft 365 Outlook mailbox and OneDrive files. In practice, you can rebuild a crashed laptop onto new hardware from a single image instead of reinstalling the operating system and every application by hand.

Does the Advanced edition include antivirus, or only backup?

It includes both. Advanced adds real-time anti-malware protection, on-demand antivirus scans, and web filtering that blocks malicious sites on Windows, none of which run permanently in the Essentials edition. It also scans the backups themselves for malware, so a restored image does not silently reintroduce an infection. The Essentials edition offers these defenses only as a 30-day trial, which is the main reason buyers move up to Advanced. Anti-ransomware and anti-cryptojacking, by contrast, are active in every edition.

What is the difference between the Essentials, Advanced, and Premium editions?

All three editions share local backup, disk cloning, and anti-ransomware, but they differ mainly in cloud storage and security depth. Essentials has no cloud storage and offers anti-malware only as a trial, Advanced adds cloud backup plus full real-time security, and Premium raises storage into the terabyte range and adds blockchain file notarization and electronic signatures. Choose Advanced if you want off-site cloud backup and active malware protection but do not need notarized, legally verifiable file certification. The table below shows where each edition draws the line.

How much Acronis Cloud storage does the Advanced edition include?

The Advanced edition includes 50 GB of Acronis Cloud storage by default, with the option to upgrade up to 500 GB. That 500 GB figure is the practical ceiling of this tier: if you need 1 TB or more, you must move to the Premium edition, which scales into the terabyte range. For most households, 50–500 GB is enough for system images and important documents but not for an entire 4K video library. A sensible setup is to keep large media on a local external-drive backup and reserve cloud space for the system image and irreplaceable files.

Can the Advanced edition be used for business or to back up a Windows Server?

No. Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office Advanced is a personal-use product for desktop and laptop operating systems and does not include commercial use rights or Windows Server support. Backing up a server operating system or deploying across a company requires the separate Acronis Cyber Protect business line, which adds centralized management this product does not have. The Home Office Advanced edition does protect a home-office workstation running standard Windows or macOS, including its Microsoft 365 mailbox data. If your setup includes a domain controller, file server, or virtual host, this edition is not the right choice.

Which devices and data does it protect?

It protects computers running Windows or macOS and, through companion apps, iPhone, iPad, and Android devices on the same account. Beyond full disk images, it backs up individual files and folders, application data, and Microsoft 365 Outlook mailboxes and OneDrive content held on Microsoft's servers. Active disk cloning lets you copy a running system to a new drive without shutting down, which is useful when migrating to a larger SSD. The all-in-one rescue media boots a failed machine so you can restore an image even when the operating system no longer starts.

Frequently asked questions about Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office Advanced Cloud Storage

Is Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office the same as Acronis True Image?

Yes. This is the same consumer product originally sold as Acronis True Image and renamed Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office in 2021; Acronis later returned to the True Image name, while many retail listings keep the Cyber Protect Home Office wording. The Essentials, Advanced, and Premium tiers and their features describe the same product family.

Does the Advanced edition protect video conferencing apps?

Yes, on Windows. The Advanced edition adds protection for video conferencing apps such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Webex, blocking attempts to inject malicious code into the session. This protection is Windows-only and is not active in the Essentials edition outside its trial period.