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IBM Storage Protect for Cloud update November 2025

Release Notes


Abstract

The Release Notes contain information about new features, and updates in IBM Storage Protect for Cloud for the November 12, 2025 update.

Content

IBM Storage Protect for Cloud
 
New features and Improvements in IBM Storage Protect for Cloud
  • The API permissions for the Microsoft tenant registration app have been updated. The Organization.Read.All permission has been removed, and the LicenseAssignment.Read.All permission has been added. Organizations that have previously granted consent to the tenant app will not be affected unless further action is taken. Upon reconnecting the tenant in IBM Storage Protect for Cloud, it will be necessary to approve the newly required API permissions.
  • The IBM Storage Protect for Cloud for Azure service app now includes the DeviceManagementScripts.ReadWrite.All Microsoft Graph application permission to allow the app to read and write Microsoft Intune device compliance scripts, device management scripts, device shell scripts, device custom attribute shell scripts and device health scripts, without a signed-in user.
    If your organization has configured an app profile for this service app, navigate to IBM Storage Protect for Cloud > Management > App management to re-authorize the app profile. This will apply the new API permissions and enable access to the related features.
    *Note: Reauthorization is only required if you want to use the new features. Existing functionalities will remain unaffected if no action is taken.
  • In IBM Storage Protect for Cloud, navigate to Administration > General settings and configure Integration with Microsoft Azure Event Hubs.
  • In Auto discovery > Scan profiles, when configuring an advanced mode scan profile with the Specified objects in one container rule selected for containers, you can now set conditions to filter SharePoint and Microsoft 365 Group / Microsoft Team / Viva Engage community objects based on the following criteria:
    • SharePoint site
      • Creator > Custom property: Text
      • Last activity (UTC)
    • Microsoft 365 Group / Microsoft Team / Viva Engage community
      • Group / Team / Viva Engage community property > Creator > Custom property: Text
      • Group team site property > Last activity (UTC)
      • SharePoint site
        • Creator: Department, Group membership
        • Primary administrator
        • Title
        • URL
        • Hub site name
      • Microsoft 365 Group / Microsoft Team / Viva Engage community
        • Group / Team / Viva Engage community property: Display name, Creator: Department, Primary email address, Owner, Member
        • Group team site property: Title, URL
New features and Improvements in IBM Storage Protect for Cloud Salesforce
  • The audit logs backup feature is now generally available. To enable this feature, contact the support team.
  • Alert rules can now be configured based on a percentage of total records for a single object or metadata type in Activity > Monitor alerts.
New features and Improvements in IBM Storage Protect for Cloud Azure and Storage
 
  • Geo-Redundant Storage (GRS) is now available for users using Azure default storage.
New features and Improvements in IBM Storage Protect for Cloud Dynamics 365
  • General improvements for enhanced functionalities.
New features and Improvements in IBM Storage Protect for Cloud Google Workspace
  • Data management now includes support for Vault.
New features and Improvements in IBM Storage Protect for Cloud Microsoft 365
 
  • You can now prioritize which containers and objects get backed up first. This gives you more control over your backup process, ensuring that your most critical data is always protected without delay.
  • Power BI restore is now available. You can restore Power BI workspace permissions, reports, and datasets. This feature supports both in-place and out-of-place restoration, with conflict handling and BYOS options.
  • IBM Storage Protect for Cloud Microsoft 365 now supports custom apps with delegated permissions, including Power Platform and Viva Engage scenarios, across all service types.
  • SharePoint site, OneDrive, and Group sites can now be restored directly to Microsoft Teams channel sites as destinations, to expand restore flexibility for Teams-centric organizations.
  • Teams based on the education-specific templates can now be restored with correct metadata and channels, preserving the original structure.
  • Support for exporting mailbox data from Microsoft Teams is now available. This allows you to export data at the Group mailbox level, as well as from individual mailbox folders and items. Note that exporting Group mailbox data is only available in the Search mode.
New features and Improvements in IBM Storage Protect for Cloud Recovery Portal
  • Flexible terminology mapping in IBM Storage Protect for Cloud Recovery Portal: Terminology mapping now supports replacing all terms that match or contain the specified source term (case-sensitive), making customizations more comprehensive.
  • Users can now preview Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files backed up from Teams, Groups, and SharePoint before restoring them. Security trimming ensures only authorized users can preview files. Files with sensitive labels, archived data, or size over 10MB cannot be previewed.
  • Backup data for shared mailbox items can now be previewed in IBM Storage Protect for Cloud Recovery Portal, improving usability for Exchange Online scenarios.
New features and Improvements in IBM Storage Protect for Cloud Partner Portal
 
  • The IBM Storage Protect for Cloud Azure pooled subscription for Amazon E2C, Azure Storage, Azure Virtual Machine, Google VM Instance modules is now available in IBM Storage Protect for Cloud Partners.
  • A new set of public APIs are now available, enhancing the common features for customer onboarding, service management, subscription tracking, tenant resource monitoring, and backup job reporting.

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Document Information

Modified date:
04 November 2025

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ibm17248233

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