Restoring Microsoft 365 data

You can restore Microsoft 365 data from backup copies on vSnap servers or remote storage.

Before you begin

At least one Microsoft 365 backup job must have run successfully. For instructions about setting up a backup job, see Backing up Microsoft 365 data.

About this task

The following restore modes are supported:
  • Restore data to the original account
  • Restore data to another account
  • Restore data to a specified path

Procedure

  1. In the navigation panel, expand Manage Protection > Cloud Management > Microsoft 365.
  2. Click Create job.
  3. Select Restore.
  4. In the Select source pane, complete the following steps:
    1. Click a source in the list to display the data that can be restored for the selected organization. You can also use the search function to search for available data and toggle the displayed data by using the View filter.
    2. To select data to restore, click the Add to restore list icon Add to restore list icon next to the data. You can select more than one item from the list. The selected items are added to the restore list. To remove an item from the source list, click the Remove from restore list icon Remove from restore list icon next to the data.
    3. Click Next to continue.
  5. On the "Source snapshot" page, select the restore type and the time when the data to be restored was backed up. Click Next.
  6. On the "Select destination" page, complete the following fields, and click Next to continue.
    Option Description
    Select a destination Select the location to which data must be restored:

    Restore to original account
    Restores data to the original Microsoft 365 account

    Restore to another account
    Restores data to another Microsoft 365 account

    Restore Path Restores data to a selected directory path in the Microsoft 365 account
  7. On the "Job options" page, if you want to run restore operations in parallel streams, specify a value in the Max Parallel Streams field. Click Next.
  8. On the Review page, review your restore job settings.
  9. To start the restore job, click Submit.

Results

A few moments after you click Submit, the on-demand restore job is added to the Running Jobs tab on the Jobs and Operations page. You can click the job record to display the details of the operation. You can also download the zipped log file by clicking Download.zip.

The account name for the restored data can be found in the log file for the restore operation. To locate the logs for a restore operation, in the navigation panel, click Jobs and Operations and then click the Running Jobs tab.