Microsoft Office 365 Cloud to Cloud Backup: How to Set Up the Backup

Instructions

How to set up Microsoft Office 365 Cloud to Cloud Backup:

  • Please note that you must be a «Company Administrator» or «Department Administrator» to perform this.

1. Log in to the «Protection Console» with your credentials.

2. Click on «Devices» → «Add» → «Microsoft 365 Business«. The Protection Console will redirect you to the Microsoft 365 login page.

3. Sign in with the credentials of the global Microsoft 365 administrator.
Microsoft 365 displays a list of permissions required to backup and restore your company’s data.

4. Confirm that you want to grant these permissions to the cloud agent. As a result, your Microsoft 365 organization will appear under the «Devices» tab in the Protection Console.

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Your Microsoft 365 organization will be displayed categorized as follows:

The respective subcategories contain the various divisions of the «Microsoft Office 365» product.
You can set up a protection plan for the different elements by selecting the desired element and creating your protection plan under «Backup» in the menu that opens on the right.

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In each category, you have the option to set up a protection plan for «All» elements contained within. This is called a «Group Protection Plan«.

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When using a «Group Protection Plan«, newly added elements will automatically be included in the «Group Protection Plan» after synchronization (every 24 hours).
If you want to synchronize the changes immediately, you can select the Microsoft 365 organization and then click refresh.

If you would like to learn more about creating protection plans, please click here.

Notes

  • You can run protection plans manually up to 10 times per hour (click on «Run now«). After 10 manual triggers, you must wait one hour before you can trigger manually again. There are no limits for automatic backups.

 

Aktualisiert am 30. Juni 2025