Enable Microsoft 365 Backups
To enable a new Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint or Teams device or to add a new service to an existing domain for Microsoft 365 backups, add the domain to the Management Console using the appropriate steps below. Before you begin, ensure you have met the necessary requirements:
Requirements
The following account types are required:
- A SuperUser account for the Management Console (for adding domains and initiating backups and restores)
- A Security Officer role (for initiating a restore)
- A Global administrator account for Microsoft 365
For additional information on what is and is not included in the Teams data Source, see Microsoft 365 Teams: What Is/Is Not Included
Teams, Exchange, OneDrive and SharePoint
- Log in to the Management Console under a SuperUser account
- Click Add > Microsoft 365
- Select the Customer from the customer dropdown or +Add new customer
- Enter the Domain name and accept that you acknowledge that Microsoft 365 data will be backed up and restored in accordance with our regional data principals, then click Next
- Connect to the domain using administrative access
- Accept the required permissions
- When the connection is established, and you see the Connected dialog below, click Next to continue
- View the Exchange and OneDrive accounts found in the domain and select the required data to backup
- Click Next to continue
- View the SharePoint sites found in the domain and select the required data to backup
- Click Next to continue
- View the Teams sites found in the domain and select the required data to backup
- Review and Confirm the backup selection that has been made - use the Edit links to make changes if required
- Once confirmed, the domain or service with your selection has been successfully added - If you do not wish to add other services now, click Finish and you will see the device added to your list of devices
If you do not see the authentication page, make sure your browser is not blocking pop-up windows.
Tick Consent on behalf of your organisation if you wish to allow this app access to the specified resources for all users in your organisation. No one else will be prompted to review these permissions.
If you are not adding SharePoint sites to the backup selection, click Skip this step
You can add further services by clicking the Add Microsoft 365 device button to the right of the Summary dialog or by editing the current domain's backup selection.