Onboarding for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

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Self-restore portal Job best practices Common roadblocks Authentication method Least privilege approach Proxy deployment scenarios ImmutabilitySelf-restore portalVeeam Backup for Microsoft 365 provides users with the ability to explore and restore data from backups by themselves or delegate this task to somebody else in their organization. In these scenarios, Veeam Explorers are not needed to explore and restore backed-up data. Instead, users use Restore Portal — a web-based solution performing all operations in a web browser window. You can configure the Restore Portal settings and assign restore operator role to users or groups to allow the performance of self-service restore. Restore operators are allowed to explore and restore data from backups created by Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 for specific organization object types: users, groups (group members only), sites, teams, or the entire Microsoft 365 organization.This article contains a summary of actions that must be performed be

  Reports Notification settings Advanced monitoring with Veeam ONE™ ReportsAs your backups start to complete successfully, you may wish to start monitoring the health and status of the environment and consider automating some common tasks.Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 allows you to create the following data protection reports:Mailbox Protection Reports Storage Consumption Reports License Overview Reports User Protection Reports Notification settingsYou can configure notification settings if you want Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 to send email notifications about backup and backup copy job results. Advanced monitoring with Veeam ONE™ Monitoring Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 infrastructure and data protection operations with Veeam ONE v12 requires that you upgrade to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v7.Check out the upgrade recommendations:Upgrade to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v7 Upgrade to Veeam ONE v12For Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 with Subscription license, Veeam ONE monitori

 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3There are three major steps for restoring Microsoft 365 data with Veeam.Step 1The first step to setup restores is to launch the restore wizard. In this example we’ll show how to restore data from OneDrive for Business.Launch the Restore wizard.To launch the Restore wizard, you will do the following:1. Select an object that you want to restore:To restore a OneDrive for Business account, select the necessary account in the inventory pane. To restore a folder, select the necessary folder in the inventory pane. To restore a document, select a folder that contains the document in the inventory pane and select the document in the preview pane.2. On the OneDrive/Folder/Document tab, click Restore OneDrive/Restore Folder/Restore Document and select one of the following options:Overwrite — to completely overwrite existing OneDrive data. Keep — to preserve existing data and recover items with the RESTORED prefix (RESTORED-.ext).Alternatively, right-click an object that you w

Veeam Explorers for Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint, OneDrive for Business and Microsoft Teams are designed to search and recover data between online, on-premises and hybrid Microsoft 365 deployments.  Veeam Explorer for Microsoft ExchangeTo explore and recover Microsoft Exchange mailboxes, folders, messages, tasks, contacts, and items. Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SharePointTo explore and recover Microsoft SharePoint sites, libraries and items. Veeam Explorer for Microsoft OneDrive for Business To explore and recover Microsoft OneDrive for Business items and folders. Veeam Explorer for Microsoft TeamsTo explore and recover Microsoft Teams, channels, tabs, posts, and files with enhanced support for restoring individual components within Teams. Veeam Explorers assist the architecture with the following tasks and use cases:In-place and out-of-place restores: by default, these restores provide the capability to recover data to the original location. This is known as an in-place r

By now, you have an operational backup environment, some initial backups finished, a fine‑tuning set and are successfully monitoring and reporting. Congrats! You’ve also likely tried a test restore (hopefully you haven’t needed to do a real restore, but if you have, we’re glad you had a backup). If you haven’t, or you want to dive a bit deeper, here are some resources to help explain and guide you through the restore process.You can explore your Microsoft 365 data four key ways:1. Exploring backup jobs When exploring backup jobs, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 loads the latest restore point that was created by the selected job.2. Exploring single organizations When exploring a single organization, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 merges and loads the latest restore points that have been created by each backup job of the selected organization, including objects (i.e. users) no longer protected in a job.3. Exploring all organizations When exploring all organizations, Veeam Backup for Micro

You can add any backup job to a backup copy job by right clicking the job and selecting Add to backup copy job.Backup copy capabilities are only available if you have specified an object repository as a target for your backup jobs. An extended backup repository where you store your backups and a backup repository where you store backup copies must be located on the same backup proxy server and have the same retention type. After Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 created backup copies, you can explore and restore, or retrieve backup copies. Suggested resourcesBackup Copy User Guide If you need more help getting started, you can post your question in the comments section below or contact us at any time and someone from the Customer Success team will be there to assist you.  Continue to Step 3.1 Restoration capabilitiesReturn to Course OverviewReturn to Veeam University Free Home

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v8 introduces more granular control for backup windows, allowing you to better manage job execution during specific periods to avoid peak times or system load. This includes enhanced capabilities for setting more detailed permitted and denied time frames. You can select one of the following options:Daily at this time. Select this option if you want to run the job daily at the specified hours. Periodically every. Select this option if you want to run the job every N minutes.Time periods can be selected in the dialog, in which you can:Set the Permitted execution time frame for the backup job. Set the Denied execution time frame for the backup job. The following is an example in which it is prohibited to run a backup job on the following days of the week:Monday from 3 a.m. up until 9:59 a.m. Thursday from 2 p.m. up until 8:59 p.m. Did you know? With Veeam you can back up your data with the lowest recovery point objectives (RPOs) in the industry - up to every

Creating a backup job Selecting backup scopeCreating a backup jobTo back up data of your Microsoft 365 and on-premises organizations, you use backup jobs.A backup job is a set of configuration parameters that define a list of users, groups, sites, teams and organizations to back up, a location where to store backups, and a schedule according to which new backups must be created. This also supports immutable backups and encryption options during configuration, providing enhanced security and compliance for backup data. Creating a backup job in Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is an easy, wizard-driven process. There are six steps you will need to follow for the backup job setup:Launch the new backup job wizard Specify a backup job name Select objects to back up Select objects to exclude Specify a backup proxy and repository Specify scheduling optionsThe first backup job session always produces a full backup of all objects added to a backup job scope. Subsequent backup job sessions are inc

  Supported storage Retention policiesSupported storageVeeam Backup for Microsoft 365 supports a variety of different storage options, including local repository and object storage. Read this Storage Decision Guide for Microsoft 365 Backups to learn pros and cons of local storage vs. object storage.You can use block or object storage. If your goal is to implement backup copy to object storage (with or without immutability), your source repository must also be object storage. The backup copy repository retention type must also be the same as the source (snapshot or item-level). Backup repositories are supported on the following types of storage:DAS Directly attached storage (DAS) is supported, which includes DAS, USB/external serial advanced technology attachments (eSATA) and raw device mapping (RDM).Object storageFor organizations that have a cloud first strategy, Veeam supports object storage. These include AWS S3, Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, IBM Cloud, S3-compatible (cloud and on-p

  Infrastructure planning Infrastructure components Installation packageInfrastructure planningVeeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v8 considers the size of the environment in terms of the number of objects you need to protect rather than the number of users when planning infrastructure. The solution supports primary and archive mailboxes, shared mailboxes, public folders, Microsoft SharePoint, OneDrive for Business, and Teams (including channels and tabs).With the maximum configuration, it can now support up to 1 million objects per instance, 20,000 objects per proxy, and up to 250,000 users per deployment. In version 8, additional performance enhancements allow for greater scalability, faster restores, and support for larger repositories, which can be unlimited in size. Microsoft Exchange Primary mailboxes Archive mailboxes Shared mailboxes Public folders Resource mailboxesMicrosoft SharePointCollaboration sites Communication sites Personal sitesMicrosoft OneDrive for BusinessOneDrive for

You can choose the deployment that best fits your business needs and change it when needed with ease. Your Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 deployment can come:self-managed on-premises or in the private, public and hybrid cloud environments as a Managed ServiceThe prerequisites and how these components work for each environment are very similar. IT organizations have the flexibility to choose from different designs based on their current requirements. On-premises deploymentsFor customers seeking local control over their Microsoft 365 data, on-premises deployment provides robust backup for Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive for Business, and Teams. On-Premises deployment supported advanced local storage options, including repositories with immutability to protect against ransomware. Enhanced multi-factor authentication (MFA) ensures secure access to data, with the flexibility to scale from simple setups to complex infrastructures while managing both online and on-premises components seamlessl

An assumption for this course is that you are using the latest product versions and package updates. Check for available updates manually if required. You can also configure whether Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 will notify you when new versions appear on Veeam servers and allow Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 to download available updates automatically.  Moving further, we’ll guide you through all the necessary steps to your best experience which are laid down at the diagram below. Step 1: Account, roles and licensingStep 2: Backup and infrastructure deploymentBackup architecture Deployment options Infrastructure planning & installation package Supported storage & retention policies Selecting backup scope & creating a backup job Backup job scheduling options Creating a backup copy jobStep 3: Restoration capabilitiesVeeam Explorers™ How to restore in 1-2-3Step 4: MonitoringReports Notifications Advanced monitoring with Veeam ONE™Step 5: Advanced featuresSelf-restore portal

 Account and Roles LicensingAccount and RolesLog in or create your My Account login if it's your first time.My Account is a central place to access your Veeam® products, license keys, Veeam Support, technical documents and much more! You can also use this same login to access resources on Veeam.com.Once you have access to My Account, you will be able to:Obtain your licensing: Select License Management > Production to manage and obtain your Veeam licensing (License Administrator only). The License Administrator can download the license key directly from My Account and the other users can request the license key to be sent via e-mail to the primary license administrator.Download products: Select Products to access and download your product(s). When accessing the Products Tab, a list of products appears based on the licenses owned. If you cannot see a product that you are looking for on that page, you can access “All Veeam Products”.Assign a License Administrator: If you have lost acce