Backup - Restore process of a Site Collection in SharePoint Online

Hi, I have a couple of questions. 
1) What do I have to do to get a backup-restore of a site collection in SharePoint Online? 
2) Can I myself perform a backup-restore or just backup a site collection without using any 3rd party tool?
Any inputs on these will be helpful. Thanks in advance!

Hi,
what you can instead of backup and restore site is to save it as template, check this thread
http://community.office365.com/en-us/f/154/t/203139.aspx
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John Naguib
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MCITP, MCPD, MCTS, MCT, TOGAF 9 Foundation
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