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On Feb 5, 2026, Microsoft officially announced that EWS in Exchange Online is being deprecated. Starting Oct 1, 2026, Microsoft will begin turning off EWS usage unless it is explicitly extended via a setting. With a deliberate “Not yet!” (aka OrganizationConfig -EwsEnabled $true), EWS is expected to remain usable until Apr 2027—however, this is not a permanent setting, just a temporary extension. So first…. What exactly is EWS? EWS stands for Exchange Web Services and was built almost 20 years ago. For many years—and up to today—it has been used as an API interface. In general, this interface no longer meets today’s requirements for security, scalability, or reliability, which is why Microsoft developed the Microsoft Graph API.By now, the Microsoft Graph interface provides near-complete functionality parity for most EWS scenarios. Microsoft’s own applications have either already migrated away from EWS or are close to finishing. Many third-party vendors have also already transitioned to

Simple question, but I don’t think this is possible from reading up about this, there is a great video on migrating, but I think this assumes you still have the old VMWare infrastructure as well as your destination Hyper-V. So, the question is then, can you restore a full backup of a VMWare VM, onto Hyper-V? Assume pre-reqs like removing vmware tools are taken care of, but the actual conversion to Hyper-V can this be done without running your source VMW environment?

Hi,I am trying to restore a file from a Veeam backup for one of our Windows file servers, but it looks like Veeam treating the VM as a linux agent and is asking me to set up a helper appliance. I tested another file server, and it works as usual without requiring one. I have also ran rescan on the hyper-v and the VM is showing up as MS windows server 2019 in the inventory.Do you have any suggestions on what might be causing this? Thank you!

During the World Cup, Kasten scores goals like Messi More and more teams are running virtual machines and containers side by side on the same Kubernetes platform. OpenShift Virtualization (KubeVirt) has made that a practical, production-ready reality — and Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes v9 makes sure data protection scales right alongside it. This release brings efficient incremental backups, granular and VM-aware restores, and resilient, governed disaster recovery to OpenShift Virtualization environments. Efficient backups built for VMsThe centerpiece of this release for virtualization environments is the work done with Red Hat on incremental efficiency.OpenShift Virtualization Incremental Backup APIKasten v9 supports Changed Block Tracking (CBT) at the hypervisor level through the new OpenShift Virtualization APIs. Instead of reading entire disks on every run, it captures only the blocks that changed. The direct payoff is lower compute overhead, shorter backup windows, and the ability t

hello, using standalone agent, latest version of 13.0.1220, windows 11 25H2.my backup job as 11 backups, but when i tried to do a restore, only the latest two backups are listed.also, the .vbm file lists those two latest backups.this can be seen three ways as shown in the images belowso, i wanted to know how to re-create the .vbm from a set of .vik|.vbk files ?i know that VBAR has an import feature but that is not an option for me.i found these scripts from 2017 that are said not to work anymorehttps://forums.veeam.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=20568&start=0any suggestions? thanks, david     

When backup projects are implemented, it’s not just about architecture design, configuration, features, and price. Once environments grow, responsibilities shift between internal teams and partners, or additional services such as Microsoft 365 are introduced, another topic should move to the foreground—one that may have been underestimated at the beginning: the licensing model.Subscription and Rental are not just different purchasing paths—they impact scalability, usage measurement, billing, and the question of whether backup and monitoring can truly be delivered as a single, end-to-end view. In this article, I compare both models from a practical perspective—looking at Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE, and Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365—and explain why mixed licensing worlds can sometimes become a stumbling block. 1) Why licensing is more than “annual vs. monthly”In theory, licensing is something for Procurement: term length, price, discount, renewal.In practice, the licensin

hello, i am running veeam agent 13 standalone free editon, the latest version. i know it is the latest version, as about dialog box shows that.i getting the following error and i do know understand what the exact issue is?please, my first question is did veeam actually complete the backup?this has been going on for several weeks.the full backup is done each week and it completes without error.what does `Agent failed to process method {Signature.FullRecheckBackup}` means and perhaps how to fix it?the destination is a smb share on a synology device. tho, in this case, as mentioned, the client is running standalone veeam agent 13note: that same synology device, has been a backup repository for veeam backup and replication for many years, never had any issues. thanks much, david   

We have Veeam B&R 12 on build 12.3.2.4854Our patching software is highlighting we should upgrade agents to 13.0.3.1220Question then is will this continue to work or should we restrict patching and only update agents from the Veeam console?

A very wise man once told me: “It is more often than not cheaper to pay for something than to receive it for free”. So yes, you read the headline correct.What might be happening in the ICT arena with AI seems like a movie some of us has seen before. Remember that thing called the “Dot-Com Bubble”? I feel the need to explain, as in talking to some up and coming technical resources I got blank stares before I realized most of them were not born yet when it happened.The Boom: From 1995 to the year 2000 investors went wild investing in any company ending in “.com” – simply because they were internet based. No thorough due diligence, most of these startups had little to no profitability, unrealistic business models and no proven revenue streams – it was all based on the “dream”. Trillions of dollars were invested, so much the Nasdaq rose 582% during this period.Things were great in the industry back then, parties insane and money being spent on everything except common sense.The Burst: Earl

We have a request to restore approx. 900k files across 2 VM windows server using VBR V12. since selecting individual files is not practical. we are evaluation alternative approaches such as restoring parent directories, mounting restored VMDKs or using instant recovery. Looking for recommendations on the most efficient and reliable method along with any best practices for handling a restore of this scale.

A much awaited feature request is coming to Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV 5.1. This will require Veeam Backup and Replication 12.1. It is the ability to scan backups with SureBackup. This will not be the full blown version like the vSphere edition with Data Labs capabilities but it is a good start. The need to protect your restore points from malware and ransomware attacks it a must. Customers can no longer wait for an infection to happen. As you see in the headlines when attacks happen, these could have already been dormant in the company for some time. I heard this time and time again. It just takes one time for a bad actor to be successful but you have to be correct one hundred percent of the time. SureBackup allows for scanning backups utilizing your antivirus software or Yara rules. If you search google this is what you will find as a definition for Yara - Yet Another Ridiculous Acronym. Veeam Data Platform 12.1 will bring radical resilience to assist in a time of need. If you are

I am testing out deleting and restoring a single email in my Exchange Online mailbox using V365 restore with modern authentication. I keep receiving an error of ‘failed to open mailbox, account doesn’t have permission to impersonate requester.’I found that adding the Impersonation role in exchange is depreciated, so instead I installed Exchange Online Powershell, connected to ExchangeOnline, and granted my 365 admin account full access to my mailbox and I can now see my 365 account as a full delegate in my mailbox settings. I did this because my 365 account was not an option when adding delegate through EAC, I assume because it has no Office license or mailbox so it is not in the list of users to add as delegate.However, even though I can now see my 365 account has full access to mailbox, I continue to get error when going through restore wizard and entering my credentials and 2FA code.Is there anything more I need to do or am missing about granting my 365 admin account access to user

We’ve got an application that utilizes MySQL on Windows (Win 2025 OS). I’ve seen search entries on how to use Veeam pre- and post-processing scripts to properly backup MySQL, but those were all Linux-based OSes, and this app runs on MySQL for Windows. I tried searching the KB for MySQL on Windows guidance, and came up empty. Any have any info or guides on how best to do that? I mean, I could ask the vendor to just make a scheduled task to have MySQL export out an ASCII  copy of the DB, and I just backup the whole Windows VM like normal, and use the BAK that way, if we ever needed to do a restore or whatever.

Hello, I have got few vms removed from primary backup job - since these VMs are decommissioned, the copy jobs are configured with the primary job name - immediate copy , however these vms are not removed from the copy jobs even after the retention period, i can see these under backups ( disk copy ) option. Kindly advise

We tried accounts with local admin access to the VBR servers and VeeamOne, domain accounts with elevated privileges (plus local admin) and accounts with full admin VBR application rights and still got the permissions error. We followed this KB with no luck.  Whatever we do we get the permissions error.   https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/one/userguide/connection_to_backup_servers.html?ver=13 What rights do we need for this account to add the VBR server. Another note I was able to add the vCenter server with the vCenter Administrator account.

Hi All,I’m encountering an error when attempting a restore from VBR version 13.1.2064 (recently upgraded):“ResourceExhausted: Sending message exceeds the maximum configured message size.”Does anyone know if this is a known issue or bug in the newer VBR versions?

I know I have heard from others about some times having issues posting within the community where you want to create a blog post or any other kind which does not work.I had this happen to me today trying to post a blog which I wrote and came across the same issue where I tried - Chrome, Edge, and Firefox to create my post but after clicking the CREATE button at the bottom it just sat there with the three dots circling.So I decided to investigate what might be causing this issue and found that it was an add-on within my browsers that is common to all of them - Night Eye.  This extension turns sites to dark mode by default, but it was causing havoc with the community site and my posting.I disabled the extension and tested posting two blogs, which worked almost instantly.  So this in turn told me that this add-on is the problem.  I have since replaced it with Dark Reader for those that like to have dark mode for all sites which does not conflict with posting.Therefore, if you are one of t

Well now that my book is out of the way I am starting up some blogging again and a series on different aspects of things for v13 over the next 10 weeks (one per week).  The first one is below and can be found at my blog site -What to Check After Upgrading to Veeam v13 Introduction A successful Veeam v13 upgrade should be treated as the beginning of operational validation, not the end of the change window. The installer may complete cleanly, but production confidence comes from confirming that scheduled backups, restore workflows, repositories, and notifications all behave as expected after the platform change.In most environments, the post-upgrade risk is not an obvious failure. The larger concern is a subtle change in transport behavior, permissions, or reporting that only appears once the next backup cycle starts. That is why the first checks after a v13 upgrade should focus on job execution, restore testing, and anything that affects the recovery path. Check Core Platform Health Sta

I have a lot of jobs that are getting a new naming convention. The old way to do this was remove from the job from the configuration, modify the folder name on the repository, rename the job, rescan the Repo, then map the back files to the job.   I found there is an updated way to do this and is a welcome feature to save time. To go one step further, it is not recommended to use the remove/rescan method due to the fact the files get new identifiers that cause the restore points to be seen as new data by all tape and cloud storage offload jobs.  To test it, lets create a new job.In my case it’s called “___TEST_NAME_CHANGE” to keep it at the top of my screen.  Next, after running a job, we will click “Disk” on the left to make sure there is a backup on the Repository. It’s similar, but it’s not quite the same screen. 😉  Now, return to the Backup page, right click your Backup job, click edit, and lets rename it.   On the Backup Job page you can see it’s been renamed.   On the Disk page w

es triit folgender Fehler auf :An error occurred trying to start process`X:\Windows\system32\bmrrui.exe`with working Directory`X:\Windows\system32\bmrrui.exe`.The System cannot find the file specified.

Do you ever hear something and then just keep repeating it in your head?That happened to me at VeeamON this year. Anand, Veeam’s CEO, said something that really stuck with me:“The control point is the data itself.” ( https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mmZHsnvRdMc)And the funny part is… it sounded obvious. Almost too obvious. But at the same time, I realized I hadn’t actually been thinking about it that way before.I kept going back to it. Read a bit more on the topic. Looked at how people talk about similar ideas — data-centric architectures, data-driven security and you start to notice a pattern. The industry is already moving in that direction.And once you see it, you can’t really unsee it.For a long time, when we talked about “control” in IT, we tied it to infrastructure. First the data center. Then virtualization. Then cloud became the new center of gravity. Each step felt like this is it — more control, more flexibility, better outcomes.And if you think about it, that made sense.Contro

Hi. I have a mid-range gaming PC. It has a 1 terabyte internal SSD. 510 gigs are used, of which Steam games are 230 gigs (easily redownloadable), hyberfil.sys is 13 gigs, pagefile.sys is 8 gigs and my VRChat cache is 32 gigs (easily rebuildable). Experiments have shown that this filesystem, when these items are excluded, compresses to 185 gigs and that an incremental each day comes to about 20 gigabytes.I have a 1 terabyte external disk drive that I want to leave permanently plugged in. Obviously I’d like to keep as many days’ backup as possible, while allowing for reliable backup.What settings do people suggest I use?  Keep backups for _ days, and in the Advanced tab, what should I put for: Synthetic full backup, Active full backup, Defrag and compact full backup file. For the advanced tab, I don’t quite understand them. 

I’m getting the below error after upgrading Veeam servers from v12 to the latest release of v13. It’s a windows based install of Veeam, and it is connected to a (dedicated to Veeam only) AD domain.My user has local administrator permissions, Veeam Backup Administrator permissions, and MFA disabled for testing/troubleshooting purposes. The is happening across each of the Veeam v13 servers I have on the domain.It is only happening for mine and one other engineer’s user accounts, but other engineer’s accounts are not affected. We are all in the same AD groups so permissions are the same.I have tried removing Veeam Backup Administrator permissions from my account, rebooting, and re-adding, to no effect.Has anyone seen this before? Any suggestions for what else to check? In the meantime I have a case open with Veeam support, and hoping they can come up with something.Relevant logs:[19.01.2026 21:07:36.194]   <126>   Error (1)    Veeam.Backup.IdentityService.Shared.CSystemAccountProvid

Now that Veeam is solidly settled in Linux Land I thought it would be fun to occasionally post some useful tricks.When it comes to command line editors, some folks like nano, some vi. I got used to vi.If you want to run a command in vi and save the output in the file you can do it by typying bang bang while in command mode followed by your command. The output will be pasted into your file. !!cat/etc/os-releaseCreate my fileLets grab the info and put in our fileBOOM!I can save that file and keep it I don’t know how often you will need to use it, but it beats copying and pasting back and forth.On the cli itself !! runs the last command that you did.   

I currently have a Veeam Backup & Replication v12 environment running on Windows Server. I have acquired a new server and plan to migrate my backup infrastructure to Veeam Software Appliance (VSA) v13 in order to benefit from immutability and the enhanced security features provided by the appliance.I would appreciate it if you could share your experience and best practices regarding this migration.Specifically, I am looking for guidance on the recommended procedure to migrate from Veeam Backup & Replication v12 on Windows Server to Veeam Software Appliance (VSA) v13, while preserving existing backup jobs, repositories, configuration, and historical backups.Any feedback, lessons learned, or official migration steps would be greatly appreciated.Thank you in advance for your support.