A Practical Guide for Modern Businesses: The Best Synology Apps to Install First

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For businesses that are setting up a new Synology NAS, the right apps are necessary for keeping data safe, making collaboration easy, and running IT smoothly. Synology’s ecosystem has great tools for automating backups, managing files, keeping an eye on things, and integrating with the cloud. This makes it a flexible platform for businesses that want to update their infrastructure.

1. Active Backup for Business (ABB)

If you want to use a Synology NAS for work, the first thing you should install is Active Backup for Business. ABB makes backup tasks easier and more efficient by centralizing them for:

Windows endpoints
Devices that run macOS
Workstations with Linux
Virtual machines from VMware and Hyper-V
All of the Synology NAS units
Why this is important for businesses

ABB cuts down on the need for expensive licensing for each device and gets rid of backup tools that are scattered across departments. When set up correctly, it lets you:

Recovery from bare metal
Backups that happen over time
Global data deduplication
RTO (Recovery Time Objective) and RPO are faster

This makes it a key part of modern plans for keeping businesses running.

How Epis Technology makes ABB deployments better

Epis Technology makes sure that ABB is set up for protection across multiple sites, cloud redundancy, and continuity across devices. Their team makes sure that their retention policies, offsite workflows, and large-scale backup clusters meet all rules and standards for cybersecurity.

2. Synology Drive Server

Synology Drive turns your NAS into a private cloud, letting you sync and share files safely, like Google Drive or OneDrive, but with full control by your company.

Benefits of driving for business
Sharing permissions that are very specific
Working together in real time
File rollback and version history
Encryption from start to finish
Access from a distance without showing your whole network

This app is very important for teams that want to work together in the cloud without giving up control of their data

Epis Technology helps businesses switch out old file servers for Drive, set up departmental permissions, and make syncing work better for big storage spaces (tens or hundreds of terabytes).

3. Hyper Backup

Hyper Backup sends NAS backups to multiple places to protect them in multiple ways:

Another Synology NAS, either local or remote
Drives from outside
Cloud from Synology
Cloud storage from a third party

This is necessary to get backup redundancy that is ready for compliance.

How Epis Technology works

Epis Technology uses Hyper Backup to make safe hybrid-cloud backup systems that make sure backups are encrypted, automated, and checked to make sure they can be restored.

4. Replication of Snapshots

With Btrfs, Snapshot Replication makes copies of your data that are almost instant.

Main benefits

Get back files or folders in seconds
Keep important shares safe without taking up a lot of space
Make replication between sites happen at different times

Snapshot Replication is a must for businesses that care a lot about uptime.

How Epis Technology makes this better

Epis Technology adds snapshot policies to business continuity plans to make sure they follow compliance frameworks and standards for ransomware resilience.

5. Office from Synology

Docs, Sheets, and Slides are all part of Synology Office. This lets teams work together without putting sensitive data in public cloud environments.

Main features

Editing together in real time
Control over file versions
Permissions for businesses
Synology Drive works well with both local and hybrid clouds

This is especially helpful for businesses that need strict data residency or tools for working together on-site.

6. Surveillance Station

Surveillance Station is one of Synology’s best apps. It lets businesses set up IP camera systems with:

Monitoring from one place
Alerts based on events
AI analytics that use DVA models
Access control based on roles
Safe storage

It is best for keeping an eye on operations, following the rules, and keeping the building safe.

What makes Epis Technology the best in this area

Epis Technology sets up secure storage retention and designs multi-site surveillance deployments. It also connects Surveillance Station with hybrid cloud archives to make sure it works as well as possible.

7. Synology C2 Cloud Integration Apps

You should install these important C2 apps:

C2 Backup
Transfer C2
C2 Password
C2 Identity

These turn your NAS into a full hybrid-cloud ecosystem, which is great for teams that work from different places and businesses that operate all over the world.

Epis Technology is an expert at making hybrid and multi-region infrastructures that use Synology NAS and Synology C2 together to make sure that they are always up and running and compliant.

Information about Epis Technology

Epis Technology offers enterprise-level IT infrastructure solutions that focus on Synology deployment, hybrid-cloud integration, large storage systems, backups for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, and fully managed data protection services. Epis Technology is an Official Synology Partner that helps businesses create safe, strong, and scalable environments that support long-term growth and the ability to keep running.