Recover OneDrive Contents

Before you can recover a user's OneDrive contents, you need to set up Microsoft 365 OneDrive protection with Indexing enabled.

To recover specific OneDrive contents from a protected Microsoft 365 OneDrive:

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

  2. Click into the Source name and select the OneDrive tab.

  3. Above the tree, select Protection Status > Protected.

  4. Use the search and filter options to find and select the OneDrive you need, click the Actions (⋮) menu on that row, and select Recover OneDrive Documents to open the New Recovery form.

  5. On the New Recovery Microsoft 365 - OneDrive page, in the Recovery Type, select any one of the following tabs to search for the file or folder:

    • Browse OneDrive and Recover. You can browse the individual user OneDrive to navigate and select the files or folders to be restored.

    • Search Files and Recover. You can use the global search to find the files and folders that need to be restored.

  6. To browse and recover:

    1. In the Recovery Type section, select Browse OneDrive and Recover.

    2. Select the file or folder you plan to restore. Do any one of the following based on your requirements:

      • To recover the file(s) or folder(s), click Next.

      • To download the file(s) or folder(s), click Download Files.

        A new recovery task is created to download the file(s) or folder(s). When the task completes, from the Activity page, click the task name and then click Download Files to download the generated zip file.

    3. Click Next: Recover Options to return to the form and skip to step 8.

  7. To search and recover:

    1. In the Recovery Type section, select Search Files and Recover.

    2. Use the '*' wildcard character and/or enter text to search for the folders or files with a matching folder name or file name in the Search bar. Select the folders or files to recover from the search results.

      Or

      Click Advanced Search and select Both, Files, or Folder and search based on the available filters and click Apply.

    3. To use a different Recovery Point for a folder or file, click the Edit icon on the tile for that folder or file. Find the recovery point you need and click Select Recovery Point.

    4. Click Next: Recover Options to return to the form.

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

    • If you choose Original Location, the existing document library is overwritten.

    • If you choose New Location, select a Registered Source and the Target Site, and specify the Document Library name to which you plan to recover the document library items. Optionally, you can also enter a new prefix for the Document Library.

    If a folder with the specified name does not exist in the OneDrive, Cohesity DataProtect as a Service creates the folder and recovers the OneDrive contents to that folder.

  9. Select your Recovery Options:

    • Continue on Error. Enable to recover even if errors occur when recovering the document library items. For example, if a document cannot be recovered, Cohesity DataProtect as a Service will still attempt to recover the other selected documents from that document library.

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

  10. Click Start Recovery.

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