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What a week! This week ​@Madi.Cristil and the entire Product Strategy team (check out the pic!) were in a team meeting and ironically, we had such a packed agenda we didn’t have time to record a video. We’ll be back at it next week! The community is still rocking the content however!Featured Contentvia ​@Andreas Buhlmann via ​@Iams3le via ​@kciolek Vanguard Blog Podcast Spotlight - Geoff BurkeThat ​@Geoff Burke is so sneaky! Has a new share here with a podcast on communities. Great stuff! Why IT Communities Matter.Special Department Newsvia ​@leaha ​@kira.bezhanova and Bianca Navarrovia ​@HannesK  Congratulations VeeaMVP classs!Veeam Backup & Replication updates available! Please see the following KB articles for V12 and V13 (the Veeam Software Appliance will update automatically). Reminder via VUG EcuadorReminder via VUG PanamaReminder via ​@Viperian, ​@CMF and ​@lukas.k Reminder  via ​@Chetan Back at it Next Week!We will be back at it next week under half-normal circumstances, an

Normal circumstances, but not for long! This week El Rickatron and ​@Madi.Cristil are sharing a full block of content in this installment of the recap: A solid block of featured content, the Vanguard blog spotlight, loads of special department news and Who’s New. Watch this week’s episode here:Featured Contentvia ​@Scott THIS IS FANTASTICvia ​@Michael Melter via ​@Link State Vanguard Blog Spotlight - Ben HarmerThis week’s Vanguard Blog Spotlight is from ​@benharmer → SOLID post here on Sublime Text, what a cool tool to read log files, including Veeam logs! Check out his post here: Sublime Text – Reading Veeam logs like a Pro – benharmer.blog Special Department Newsvia VUG Ecuadorvia VUG Panamavia Cybersecurity Space and ​@Viperian ​@lukas.k and ​@CMF via ​@Chetan SAARC Cloud VCSPvia ​@Madi.Cristil Who’s NewThank you ​@safiya for prepping the Who’s New this week. We are happy to welcome +132 new members into the community, with ​@galaxyjustin, ​@techenvy, ​@tallguy and ​@CloudBackupGuy 

This week I am co-hosting with ​@safiya, welcome back to the recap Safiya! We have a great episode this week, watch it here: Featured Contentvia ​@Andreas Buhlmann via ​@leduardoserrano via ​@Mohamed Ali Vanguard Blog Spotlight: Derek LoeskeThis week’s Vanguard Blog spotlight comes from ​@dloseke with his recent post: Deploying the Veeam Hardened Repository v13 Step-by-Step - Tech Notes & Dad Jokes → GREAT post Derek, thanks for sharing!  Special Department NewsWe have a lot to cover here! Let’s jump in:Upcoming Microsoft 365 Changes📢 I want to draw attention to Veeam KB4821 for all Microsoft 365 backup use cases (installed on-premises or Veeam Data Cloud) that there are upcoming changes to an API used for this backup. There will soon be an 8.4 of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Veeam Data Cloud will be automatically adjusted. Please read KB4821: Support Statement — Microsoft 365 Changes to Throttling Enforcement.Veeam Announces Agent CommanderThis is really exciting! Since the Se

At Veeam, community has always been more than a word — it’s a driving force. The knowledge sharing, collaboration, and genuine passion we see every day continue to shape not only our community, but the broader data protection ecosystem. As we begin a new year, we’re excited to celebrate that impact by welcoming the Veeam Legends – First Class of 2026.Recognizing Outstanding Community LeadershipThe Veeam Legends program is one of the flagship initiatives within the Veeam Community. It recognizes individuals who consistently demonstrate exceptional engagement, leadership, and generosity across Veeam platforms — from the Community Resource Hub and R&D Forums to blogs, discussions, and other community spaces.These community members don’t just build expertise for themselves; they actively lift others up by sharing real-world experience, practical guidance, and thoughtful insights. Their contributions help make the Veeam Community a place where everyone can learn, grow, and succeed.A Cor

🎬 Sneak Peek Alert!We’re cooking up the full Veeam 100 Summit 2025 Prague recap, but couldn’t resist giving you a little teaser first! Thank you ​@safiya for this one! 👀 If you spot yourself in this clip… consider this your friendly challenge: share it on your socials! Don’t worry, we won’t embarrass you… too much. Yep, I see you! 😉Stay tuned—the full recap is coming soon, and it’s going to be epic!  Best, Madi

WOW 250 Episodes! Thank you Veeam Community! This week El Rickatron and ​@Madi.Cristil are in normal circumstances; and happy to feature some amazing content this week. You can watch this week’s episode here: Featured Contentvia ​@Link State via ​@coolsport00 via ​@Iams3le Vanguard Blog Spotlight - Markus “AKA Dynamic” HartmannThis week we are happy to feature ​@Dynamic with his post: Veeam Software Appliance – High Availability – Onboarding – Lessons learned – better veeam than sry GOOD STUFF!Special Department NewsReminder via VUG BrazilVUG USA - Ohio at the Veeam office with me and ​@safiya!Who’s NewThank you ​@safiya for prepping the Who’s New this week. We are happy to welcome +554 new users (to be fair it’s 3 weeks worth) to the community. The coolest usernames are ​@Sailorsteve47, ​@RapGod89, ​@PirateZebedee (are you related to ​@PirateZededee1?), ​@Me Llamo and ​@splashd! Alfred’s pick is ​@0hno → You have a badge coming your way. Have a great weekend everyone! 

We had a great community summit last week, so sorry no episode (We’ll talk about that in the video!) but we are back this week with a solid recap. You can watch this week’s episode here: Featured Contentvia ​@JonahMay via ​@eprieto via ​@Marcel.K Vanguard Blog Spotlight - Ben HarmerWe are happy to feature ​@benharmer for this week’s Vanguard Blog Spotlight, with some “Spot-on” advice to migrate to the Veeam Software Appliance: Migrating to the Veeam Software Appliance – Part 1 – benharmer.blogSpecial Department Newsvia VUG Turkeyvia VUG BrazilWelcome VUG Panama! 🇵🇦 https://community.veeam.com/groups/vug-panama-191via ​@Jean.peres.bkp Who’s New Next WeekWe will be back with Who’s New Next week and believe it or not… Normal Circumstances! Have a great weekend everyone!

Happy Friday and welcome to episode 248 of the Veeam Community Recap. This week ​@Madi.Cristil and El Rickatron are in normal circumstances! You can watch this week’s episode here:Featured Contentvia ​@Michael Melter via ​@leduardoserrano via ​@olivier.rossi Vanguard Blog Spotlight - Cary SunThis week, we again feature ​@CarySun for the Vanguard Blog Spotlight: How to configure SMTP server (basic authentication) with a Microsoft 365 Account for Notification at Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 8.3 | CheckYourLogs.NetSpecial Department Newsvia VUG Denmark (in Danish)via VUG USA and special thank you ​@Scott ​@coolsport00 and ​@NicBackup via VUG Italy (in Italian)via VUG Romania (in Romanian)Who’s NewThank you ​@safiya for prepping the Who’s New this week, we are happy to welcome+159 new users. The coolest usernames are ​@CATS_Ade, ​@SKullman, ​@highskyit and ​@Hotline! Alfred’s pick is ​@I am a Lemming → you have a badge coming your way, have a great weekend everyone! 

I can’t believe it! Back in normal circumstances! We have a great selection of content this week from ​@Madi.Cristil - you can watch this week’s episode here:Featured Contentvia ​@Michael Melter via ​@Iams3le via ​@Tommy O'Shea Vanguard Blog Spotlight - Cary SunThis week’s Vanguard Blog Spotlight is from ​@CarySun: How to Install Veeam Software Appliance 13.0.1 at Hyper-V 2025 | Cary Sun he covered everything! Special Department Newsvia VUG DenmarkWho’s NewThank you ​@safiya for prepping the Who’s New this week, we are happy to welcome +160 new users this week. The coolest usernam​@moowe, ​@supernova, ​@blackjaguar and ​@Default User (LOL!!). Alfred’s pick is ​@MattWasAlreadyTaken - !ALSO LOL! - You have a badge coming your way. Have a great weekend everyone! 

This week ​@Rick Vanover is again in Las Vegas for Veeam’s VL, a kickoff event. No video for this week but we have a solid list of content from ​@Madi.Cristil!Featured Contentvia ​@leaha via ​@SSimpson via ​@HunterLAFR Vanguard Blog Spotlight - Derek LosekeThis week ​@dloseke  is the pick for the Vanguard Blog Spotlight with this post: Resetting MFA for AD Accounts in the Veeam Service Provider Console - Tech Notes & Dad JokesSpecial Department Newsvia ​@kirststoner12  via VUG NetherlandsWe have launched the Veeam 100 Experiences content - this is great perspectives from members on their experience with the bot the Veeam Legend and Veeam Vanguard programs:https://community.veeam.com/p/vanguardstoriesexperiences?  https://community.veeam.com/p/legendsstoriesexperiences Who’s NewThank you ​@safiya for prepping the Who’s New this week. We are happy to welcome +207 new members. The coolest usernames are ​@VeeamImplementor, ​@BadGenie67, ​@cloud and ​@SkycompJoe.  Alfred’s pick is ​@caj

Happy Friday and welcome to 2026 everyone. This week Rickatron is joining us from Las Vegas (and will be next week too!) and ​@Madi.Cristil is in normal circumstances. Watch this week’s episode here:Featured Contentvia ​@johan.h via ​@ericeberg via ​@PeteSteven Vanguard Blog Spotlight - Muhammad AdelThis week’s featured post is a bit fun from ​@mhmdadl - The Adventures of SysAdmin Sam & VeeamBot v13 - Episode 2 - ArchtonicRead Muhammad’s post here: The Adventures of SysAdmin Sam & VeeamBot v13 - Episode 2 - ArchtonicSpecial Department NewsWe are happy to celebrate the 30,000+ user mark in the Veeam Community - thank you all! via ​@NikolaPejkova → FINAL CALL for Veeam Vanguard Nominations:  via ​​​​​@Madi.Cristil    Who’s NewThank you ​@safiya for prepping the Who’s New this week, we are happy to welcome +388 new users (skipped a few weeks counting over the holidays!) with the coolest usernames being ​@guardian, ​@Mr.Abbs, ​@knightmare and ​@veeeeee-M (LOL!). Alfred’s pick is ​

Last recap of the year, and in normal circumstances! We have a great list of content from ​@Madi.Cristil to end the year and Rickatron is “trying” to take PTO! Watch this week’s episode here:Featured Contentvia ​@Andanet: Backing up shares on NetApp with Veeam – Best practices and user experience | Veeam Community Resource Hubvia ​@Scott: Storage Snapshots and Veeam - A pair for the ages. | Veeam Community Resource Hubvia ​@tm67: VBR v13 SAML implementation guide with Authentik SSO provider | Veeam Community Resource HubVanguard Blog Spotlight ​@c_glemot This week’s spotlight is Christopher Glemot with a great post on using Veeam Recovery Orchestrator with Dell Data Domain: Building Dell Cyber Recovery sanctuary with VRO - Original-Network.comSpecial Department NewsCongratulations ​@Jean.peres.bkp for winning the Veeam 100 Summit blog contest! Veeam 100 Summit 2025 Blog/Vlog Winner | Veeam Community Resource Hubvia ​@NikolaPejkova: Veeam Vanguard Nominations are now open! Apply to the

This week El Rickatron and ​@Madi.Cristil are in normal circumstances with no travel! We have a solid block of content this week as well as some special department news and Who’s New! You can watch this week’s episode here:Featured Contentvia ​@kciolek via ​@Michael Melter via ​@Marcel.K Vanguard Blog Spotlight ​@Geoff Burke This week we have a great post by Geoff talking all things productivity & protection; with an immutable backup as the backstop to it all. Check out this post: Vibe Coding: Balancing Productivity with ProtectionSpecial Department Newsvia ​@vmJoe and all of the contributors on ​@chas’s team - we want you all know about the Security Blueprints part of the Community Hub. These are field-proven designs that are reviewed by Veeam Product Management. This is probably the most awesome resource you’ve never looked in to yet! Check it out!  via ​@JonahMay, ​@mkevenaar, ​@jos.maliepaard and ​@Mayhem: The 2025 Veeam Community Hackathon is coming soon! Home - Veeam Communit

This week ​@Rick Vanover  and myself are in normal circumstances but recording earlier due to public holiday in the USA ! Happy Thanksgiving to all of you celebrating today! 🙏🏻We are discussing Microsoft SQL Server 2025 + Veeam Data Platform = Improved Scalability, recovery tokens with longer validity for agent AND plugin backups (longer then 24h), practical PowerShell Commands in Veeam, the use of LACP in backup environments and so much more! Featured Content  via ​@MicoolPaul  via ​@Michael Melter  via ​@onurdemir Vanguard Blog Spotlight - ​@wolff.mateus   https://penseemti.com.br/artigos/o-uso-do-lacp-em-ambientes-de-backup/Special Department News:  via ​@Madi.Cristil  via ​@Dynamic , ​@safiya , ​@Madi.Cristil Veeam 100 Show  December via ​@kirststoner12 via ​@kirststoner12 via ​@Rick Vanover https://prompts.veeamiq.com/Have a great weekend everyone, Madi 

This week Rickatron is in Barcelona, one of ​@Madi.Cristil’s favorite cities, for HPE Discover (Great event!) and we have a great stack of news for the week. You can watch this week’s episode here: Featured Contentvia ​@MarvinMichalski via ​@Timothy Dewin via ​@matheusgiovanini Vanguard PODCAST Spotlight @Mayhem and ​@JonahMay This week’s featured content from the Vanguard community comes from Tom & Jonah May with a great podcast discussing the top 10 SaaS Legal Issues Every Tech Leader Should Know! AWESOME! Top 10 SaaS Legal Issues Every Tech Leader Should Know – Rebel Devs  Special Department Newsvia ​@Madi.Cristil➡️Congratulations ​@matheusgiovanini for winning Blog of the Month!FYI VUG Brazil is adding one more event: Events | Veeam Community Resource Hubvia ​@Madi.Cristil ➡️ Special contest blog, SWAG on the line! Who’s NewThank you ​@safiya for prepping the Who’s New this week. We are happy to welcome +314 new members. The coolest usernames are ​@Firestorm, ​@FlipDaniel, ​@Ru

Be sure to see the V13 Upgrade Center: V12 IS HERE! Much like last year’s V11 Upgrade Center we are doing one for V12! Similar format and check back for updates, as we will have additional resources and I’ll get the latest information from the product management and support teams that should be relayed here. This text was last updated:   1-August 2023 (All subsequent updates in the Post-Publish Updates section)Pre-Installation SectionThe Release Notes should be the first thing you read: Release Notes (veeam.com) Give a read of the What’s New document: veeam_backup_whats_new The User Guides have been updated to reflect V12 at Veeam Technical Documentation UPDATED Upgrade Checklist [Thank you @Dima P. ] for: VMware Environments: Upgrade Checklist - User Guide for VMware vSphere (veeam.com) Hyper-V Environments: Upgrade Checklist - User Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V (veeam.com) For both of these scenarios, check the System Requirements section: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsp

This week Rickatron is in the Veeam Prague Center and we celebrated the V13 launch! What a milestone. The community also was really busy this week! Check out the video recap here:Featured Contentvia ​@eprieto via ​@Iams3le via ​@Srgls1234 via ​@Dynamic Vanguard Blog Spotlight - Cary SunThis week’s Vanguard Blog spotlight is from ​@CarySun - How to Install Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 V8.1 REST API and Restore Portal on a Separate Computer | CheckYourLogs.NetSpecial Department NewsVeeam Data Platform V13 has been released and is now Generally Available! Be sure to check out the V13 Upgrade Center (updated recently): via VUG Argentinavia VUG Netherlandscheck out the recent Veeam 100 Show featuring ​@lukas.k, ​@safiya and ​@kirststoner12 via ​@Madi.Cristil Who’s NewThank you ​@safiya for prepping the who’s new this week, we are happy to welcome +284 new members. The coolest usernames are ​@siasnowman, ​@Kingsman, ​@FinnyFinFin and ​@ZeroWave. Alfred’s pick is ​@Tomnomnom → You have a ba

This week, amazingly, Rick and Madi are in normal circumstances; but Rick pranks Madalina in this episode. Maybe he shouldn’t do that again 😀!! Watch this week’s episode here: Featured Contentvia ​@jorge.delacruz via ​@HunterLAFR via ​@atinivelli Vanguard Blog Spotlight ​@falkob This week’s Vanguard Blog Spotlight is from Falko for his Veeam Object Storage Benchmarking post, part 4 of the series. Check it out on his blog: Veeam Object Storage Benchmarking - Part 4 - virtualhome.blogSpecial Department Newsvia VUG Francevia VUG Czech RepublicUpcoming trickery from ​@Madi.Cristil No Who’s New this week as ​@safiya and ​@kirststoner12 were on a special assignment. Have a great weekend everyone!

What an amazing week in Prague with our Veeam 100 members, VUG leaders, and our Product Management and Product Strategy teams!​@Rick Vanover  and I promised something special for the recap — and it’s coming soon! It’ll take us a bit to get it ready, so hang tight… it’s worth the wait! You’re going to love it!Wish you all a great weekend!  

This week we are getting ready for the Veeam 100 Summit, and ​@Madi.Cristil has prepped a great block of content for the week. You can watch our episode here:Featured Contentvia ​@Link State via ​@Jean.peres.bkp via ​@SteveF Vanguard Blog Spotlight - Andrea MauroThis week we are happy to highlight ​@AndreTheGiant with his recent post: Veeam is acquiring Securiti AI - vInfrastructure BlogSpecial Department Newsvia VUG Francevia ​@Madi.Cristil via ​@Viperian “HALLOVEEAM” - Something fun: Halloveeam 2025: Attack and Defend ScenariosComing up! The VeeamON Global Launch Event is something you don’t want to miss!Who’s NewThank you ​@safiya for the Who’s New this week, we are welcoming +264 new members. The coolest usernames are ​@nothankyou, ​@Tacocat, ​@ShadowCaster and ​@Spearmint71. Alfred’s pick is ​@MasterOfTheWood! We have the Veeam 100 Summit next week so who knows what ​@Madi.Cristil has up her sleeve. Have a great weekend everyone!     

This week Rickatron is back and ​@Madi.Cristil has prepped a great set of content for this week’s recap. You can watch the episode here:Featured Contentvia ​@Iams3le via ​@Martin Jorge via ​@Geoff Burke Vanguard Blog Spotlight - Didier Van HoyeThis week’s Vanguard Blog Spotlight post is from ​@WorkingHardInIT to show how to do customizations for the Veeam Software Appliance (like registry settings in Windows): Configure custom settings on the Veeam Software Appliance like you used to do in the Windows Registry | Working Hard In ITSpecial Department NewsMASSIVE NEWS at Veeam this week: A New Era for Accelerating Safe AI at Scale: Veeam to Acquire Securiti AI; Unifies Data Resilience with DSPM, Privacy and AI Trustvia VUG Egypt (In Arabic) Who’s NewThank you ​@safiya for prepping the Who’s New this week, we are pleased to welcome +227 new members (two weeks worth) into the community. The coolest usernames are: ​@TwanO , ​@Queelix, ​@hostmaster and ​@Shadow Carlson. Alfred’s pick is ​@ecl

 This week ​@Rick Vanover  is on a well deserverd vacation but I have special guests, ​@Scott and ​@CMF ! We are discussing Block Repository - DAS Using Internal Disks, how to Veeam Recovery Orchestrator - Planned Failover, Veeam ONE V13 with a Veeam VBR V13 and so much more! Featured Content via ​@AndrePulia via ​@Dynamic  via ​@PeteSteven Vanguard Blog Spotlight ​@benharmer :  https://benharmer.blog/2025/10/13/automating-deployments-with-vbr-v13/Special Department News  Have a great weekend everyone!Madi

This week Rickatron is on the road and ​@Madi.Cristil has prepared a solid set of content for this week’s recap. You can watch the episode here: Featured Contentvia ​@SSimpson via ​@coolsport00 via ​@Mohamed Ali Vanguard Blog Spotlight - Muhammad AdelThis week’s spotlight post is from ​@mhmdadl with this great though leadership post on understanding IT infrastructure and resiliency: Understanding IT Infrastructure & Application Availability and Integrity Confidence Levels - ArchtonicSpecial Department Newsvia VUG New Zealandvia VUG BeLux and ​@kristofpoppe via ​@Madi.Cristil -congruations ​@onurdemir for winning Blog of the Month:Congratulations to the 2025 Second Intake of Veeam Legends: Veeam Legends 2025 | Veeam Community Resource HubVeeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 users, see this KB: https://www.veeam.com/kb4780Who’s NewThank you ​@safiya for prepping the list this week, we are happy to welcome +115 new members. The coolest usernames are ​@Gummigreger, ​@ANGUSHENG, ​@VeeamTh

Normal circumstances, for the time being! Rickatron and ​@Madi.Cristil are up for #234 this week with a solid block of content, Special Department News and Who’s New! You can watch this week’s episode here: Featured Contentvia ​@onurdemir via ​@Iams3le via ​@Michael Melter Vanguard Blog Spotlight - Andre PuliaThis week’s Vanguard Blog Spotlight is from ​@AndrePulia with a fantastic blog that provides a storage mind map. Check out his post here: Block Repository – DAS Using Internal Disks. – BLOG PULIASpecial Department Newsvia ​@kira.bezhanova ​@jess.may and ​@leaha via VUG India and ​@Mohamed Ali and ​@JigarThakker via VUG Brazil and ​@joaquim ​@BethSouza and ​@Wesley.Martins via ​@Madi.Cristil And - check out that the XCP-ng beta has been released in the Veeam R&D Forums.Special Department Newsvia ​@safiya, we are happy to welcome +119 new members to the Veeam Community. The coolest usernames are ​@Spaceblade, ​@Voodoo, ​@shoemaja and ​@Rookie24. Alfred’s pick is ​@smartyparts → 

This week ​@Madi.Cristil and Rickatron are in normal circumstances and have a great list of content to share. You can watch the video below:Featured Contentvia ​@tm67 via ​@MicoolPaul via ​@michaelcade  and ​@Geoff Burke Vanguard Blog Spotlight - Ben HarmerThis week ​@benharmer is featured for his homelab post! Spoiler alert: he won me over with the LED lights. Check out his post: Home Lab 2.0 – The art of continuous improvement – benharmer.blogSpecial Department Newsvia VUG UKvia VUG USAUpcoming Veeam 100 Show featuring ​@Julien Mousqueton ​@Andrey Stadler and ​@Madi.Cristil Upcoming Cloud Native Show featuring ​@michaelcade and ​@Geoff Burke Who’s NewThank you ​@safiya for processing the Who’s New members! We are happy to welcome +159 new members. The coolest usernames are ​@bigcargo77, ​@doc_spike, ​@Houman and ​@Octopus3846. Alfred’s pick is ​@Times are changing → You have a badge coming your way! Have a great weekend everyone!