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How does SaaS Backup Work with Microsoft 365?

Topic

This article covers what NinjaOne can and cannot back up for various M365 scenarios.

Note that there are multiple tabs. The first tab ("Backup and Restore Options") covers the various options for backing up and restoring/migrating/downloading the data for that scenario. The other tabs cover the different backup types and review what can be backed up and restored.

Environment

SaaS Backup

Microsoft 365

Index

Select a feature: 

 

Email (M365 Email Components)

Backup

Frequency: 2 hours

Restore

  1. Available sources for the scope of restoration:
    • Account from the dashboard page.
    • Selected message from view list/view individual page.
    • Multiple accounts from the advanced search page.
  2. Select a destination within the mailbox account.
    • Default folder.

    • Other folder.

    • New folder.

Migrate

  1. Available sources for the scope of migration:
    • Account from the dashboard page
    • Selected message from view list/view individual page
    • Multiple accounts from the advanced search page
  2. Select a destination from a different mailbox account.

Download

What can be downloaded:

  • Account from the dashboard page
  • Selected message from view list/view individual page
  • Multiple accounts from the advanced search page

You can download the data in EML or PST format. 

 

OneDrive (M365 Drive Components)

Backup

Frequency: 24 hours (1 day)

Restore

  1. Available sources for the scope of restoration:
    • Account from the dashboard page
    • Selected message from view list/view individual page
    • Multiple accounts from the advanced search page
  2. Select a destination from the same or different OneDrive account(s). You can choose the version of the restore file/folder in:
    • Latest version

    • Latest and previous version

If a conflict occurs, use one of the following options: 

  • Create a copy
  • Append
  • Overwrite
  • Skip

Download

What can be downloaded:

  • Account from the dashboard page
  • Selected message from view list/view individual page
  • Multiple accounts from the advanced search page

 

SharePoint

Backup

Frequency: 

  • Three times a day if the system finds new data, or
  • Every 3 days if the system does not find new data

Restore

  1. Available sources for the scope of restoration:
    • Account from the dashboard page
    • Selected message from view list/view individual page
    • Multiple accounts from the advanced search page
  2. Select a destination from the same or different SharePoint account(s).

If a conflict occurs, use one of the following options: 

  • Create a copy
  • Append
  • Overwrite
  • Skip

Download

  1. What can be downloaded:
    • Account from the dashboard page
    • Selected message from view list/view individual page
    • Multiple accounts from the advanced search page
  2. Available version of the downloaded file/folder for download: 
    • Selected/latest version
    • Selected and previous versions

 

Calendar (M365 Calendar Components)

Backup

Frequency: 24 hours (1 day)

Restore

  1. Available sources for the scope of restoration:
    • Account from the dashboard page
    • Selected message from view list/view individual page
    • Multiple accounts from the advanced search page
  2. Select a destination from the same schedule.

Download

What can be downloaded:

  • Account from the dashboard page
  • Selected message from view list/view individual page
  • Multiple accounts from the advanced search page

Content is downloaded as iCal (iCalendar Computer file format).

 

Contact 

Backup

Frequency: 24 hours (1 day)

Restore

  1. Available sources for the scope of restoration:
    • Account from the dashboard page
    • Selected message from view list/view individual page
    • Multiple accounts from the advanced search page
  2. Select a destination from the same contact.

Download

What can be downloaded:

  • Account from the dashboard page
  • Selected message from view list/view individual page
  • Multiple accounts from the advanced search page

Content is downloaded in VCrd (.vcard) format.

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