Recover Microsoft 365 Teams

To recover protected Microsoft 365 Teams:

  1. In DataProtect as a Service, go to Sources to set up your recovery task.

  2. Click on the Source name and select the Teams tab.

  3. Above the tree, select Show All > Protected.

  4. Find the Team you need and click the Recover button on that row to open the New Recovery form with the Latest snapshot (protection run).

  5. In the New Recovery form, if you need to add more Teams and/or recover from an earlier backup, click the Edit icon in the top right of the form.

    • To add Teams, enter a Search term on the left, locate the other Teams, and select them.

    • To use a different Recovery Point for a Team, click the Edit icon on the tile for that Team. Find the recovery point you need and click Select Recovery Point.

    Click Next: Recover Options to return to the form.

  6. Under Recover To, select Original Location or New Location.

    • If you choose Original Location, the existing Teams content is overwritten.

    • If you choose New Location, select a Registered Source and the Target Team or click Create New Team to create a new Team.

    For sample recovery use cases, see Sample Teams Recovery Use Cases.

  7. Select your Recovery Options:

    • Restore Original Owner Members. Disable the option if you do not want to restore the original owners and channel members to the newly created Team.

    • Team Owner. Select the target team owner that needs to be added to the original team owners.

    • Continue on Error. Enable to recover even if errors occur when recovering Teams. For example, if one of the Teams cannot be recovered, Cohesity will still attempt to recover the other selected Teams.

    • Task Name. Change the default name of the recovery task.

  8. Click Start Recovery.

Sample Teams Recovery Use Cases

Use Case Instructions
Restore the Team’s data to the original Microsoft 365 domain. Under Recover To, select Original Location.
Restore a Team’s data to the original Microsoft 365 domain and add a new owner.

  1. Under Recover To, select Original Location.

  2. In Recovery Options, disable Restore Original Owner Members and select an Additional Team Owner from the Team Owner drop-down list.

Restore the Team’s data to a different Team that exists on the original Microsoft 365 domain.

  1. Under Recover To, select New Location.

  2. Select the original Microsoft 365 domain as the Registered Source and select the Target Team to which you plan to restore the data.
Restore the Team’s data to a different Team that exists on the original Microsoft 365 domain and add a new owner.

  1. Under Recover To, select New Location.

  2. Select the original Microsoft 365 domain as the Registered Source and select the Target Team to which you plan to restore the data.

  3. Under Recovery Options, select an Additional Team Owner from the Team Owner drop-down list.

Restore the Team’s data to a new Team on the original Microsoft 365 domain.

  1. Under Recover To, select New Location.

  2. Select the original Microsoft 365 domain as the Registered Source, click Create New Team and specify the Team Name.
Restore the Team’s data to a new Team on the original Microsoft 365 domain and add a new owner.

  1. Under Recover To, select New Location.

  2. Select the original Microsoft 365 domain as the Registered Source, click Create New Team and specify the Team Name.

  3. Under Recovery Options, select an Additional Team Owner from the Team Owner drop-down list.

Restore the Team’s data to a different Team that exists on a different Microsoft 365 domain.

  1. Under Recover To, select New Location.

  2. Select the target Microsoft 365 domain from the Registered Source drop-down.

  3. Select the Target Team to which you plan to restore the data.
Restore the Team’s data to a new Team on a different Microsoft 365 domain. Also, add a new owner.

  1. Under Recover To, select New Location.

  2. Select the target Microsoft 365 domain from the Registered Source drop-down.

  3. Click Create New Team and specify the Team Name.

  4. Under Recovery Options, select an Additional Team Owner from the Team Owner drop-down list.

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