You can explore and restore data from backups in the Restore Portal. As an end user, you perform a self-service data restore. As a restore operator, you investigate and restore backed-up data for objects that you have permission to manage.
he REST API and Restore Portal can be configured on a separate Server.
Restore operators can explore and restore data from backups created by Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365.
The Restore Portal allows users and restores operators to view and restore data from backups. Restore Portal settings must be configured to allow users to perform the self-service restore.
The REST API is used to communicate with Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365. Restore Portal also uses the REST API to communicate with the Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 server. In addition, the restore Portal allows users to perform the self-service restore.
Configuring a restore portal is beneficial in a multi-tenant configuration and for organizations that want to limit access to the Veeam Backup for Office 365 console and delegate responsibilities such as restores.
Authentication settings can be configured on the Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 server for tenants and restore operators.
Veeam Explorers are available for Tenants in a Multi-Tenant configuration. These can only be installed on Veeam Backup & Replication Management Servers.
Follow the steps below to install Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 REST API component on a separate computer.
Data retrieval, like data backup and copy, is a job-driven process. First, you must create a retrieval job to access your data in backup copies. Then, using Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SharePoint, create a retrieval job for the subsequent exploration and restore the retrieved data.
Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 extends data protection and follows the same methodology as Veeam Backup and Replication. This 3-2-1-1-0 rule can also be applied to backup repositories in cloud-based object storage using Backup Copy Jobs: Azure Blob Storage Archive access tier, Amazon S3 Glacier storage class, or Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive storage class.
The procedure creates a backup job to backup the organization objects to Azure Blob Cool Tier repositories.
When adding Microsoft Azure Blob storage, different storage account types can be used for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365.
If you try to add an organization with modern authentication and legacy protocols or basic authentication at Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 but failed, the error message is ” Connect to PowerShell: Connecting to remote server outlook.office365.com failed with the following error message: Access is denied”.
If you try to add organization at Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, it happens Connect to PowerShell: Connecting to remote server outlook.office365.com failed with the following error message: Access is denied error, that’s because Microsoft begin disabling Basic authentication for Outlook, EWS, RPS, POP, IMAP, and EAS protocols in Exchange Online.
You are required to provide a username and password to authenticate to your Microsoft 365 organization if you add an organization using the basic authentication method.
I won’t recommend adding organization with basic authentication, Microsoft announced that effective October 1, 2022, we will begin disabling Basic authentication for Outlook, EWS, RPS, POP, IMAP, and EAS protocols in Exchange Online. SMTP Auth will also be disabled if it is not being used.
You will use both Veeam Backup account and Azure AD application for authentication if you add an organization using the modern authentication method with legacy protocols allowed. Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 uses Veeam Backup account and an application to establish a connection to your Microsoft 365 organizations with disabled security defaults and maintain data transfer during backup and restore sessions.
When you add an organization using the modern app-only authentication method, you are required to provide Azure AD application settings. Please reference following link to create and configure Azure AD Application permissions.
Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 Modern Authentication and Legacy Protocols Authentication requires that you grant permissions to Azure AD applications to back up and restore data from/to your Microsoft 365 organizations.
If your organization currently has subscriptions to Office 365 Enterprise E3 or E5, the default mailbox storage limit is supported 100GB. You can check it from the account information of outlook.
Unfortunately, there are many people noticed the default size is still showing 50GB, today, I am going to show you how to increase it to 100GB.
If you are using Microsoft Office 365 without Project subscription, and you would like to install Vision retail version, it will happen the error message as below: