Recover Microsoft 365 Teams Content

To recover specific content from a protected Microsoft 365 Team:

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

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

  3. Use the search or filter options, find and select the Team you need, and click Recover Teams Content on that row to open the New Recovery form.

  4. Use the '*' wildcard character and/or enter the text (such as ‘*.xlsx’ or ‘*.jpg) 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.

  5. 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.

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

  7. 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. Then, select the Target Channel or click Create New Channel and select Public or Private to create a new channel in the selected Team. If you choose to create a Private channel then select the channel owner from the drop-down.

    • Choose Download to download the Teams content.
      A new recovery task is created to download the content. When the task is completed, from the Activity page, click the task name and then click Download Files to download the generated zip file.

      When you download multiple files from different snapshots, multiple recovery jobs are run and the files are downloaded separately.

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

  8. 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 content. 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.

  9. Click Start Recovery.

Sample Teams Content 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.

  3. Select the Target Channel or click Create New Channel to create a new target channel to which you plan to restore the channel data.
Restore the Team’s data to a different Team that exists on the original Microsoft 365 domain. Also, restore the channel data to an existing channel.

  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. Select the Target Channel to which you plan to restore the channel data.
Restore the Team’s data to a different Team that exists on the original Microsoft 365 domain. Also, restore the channel data to a new channel.

  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. From the Target Channel drop-down, click Create New Channel to create a new channel in the selected Team.
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. Select the Target Channel or click Create New Channel to create a new target channel to which you plan to restore the channel data.

  4. 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.

  3. Select the Target Channel or click Create New Channel to create a new target channel to which you plan to restore the channel data.
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. Select the Target Channel or click Create New Channel to create a new target channel to which you plan to restore the channel data.

  4. 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.

  4. Select the Target Channel or click Create New Channel to create a new target channel to which you plan to restore the channel 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. From the Target Channel drop-down, click Create New Channel to create a new channel in the selected Team.

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

Download Teams Posts

To download Teams Posts from all Channels:

  1. Navigate to Sources.

  2. Click on the required source and click the Teams tab.

  3. Select Show All > Protected and use the other filters, search box, and views at the top to narrow your search.

  4. Click the Actions menu next to the object and click Download Teams Posts.

  5. In the Download Teams Posts page, select the required snapshot, provide the task name, and click Recover.

  6. Click the View Progress button in the pop-up message or click the Activity menu.

  7. Once the recovery is successful, click Download. The Teams Posts will be downloaded by default in the .htm format.

This is a Private Preview feature. Private Preview was termed as Early Access in the earlier releases. Contact your Cohesity account team to enable the feature.

To download Teams Posts from a single Channel:

  1. Navigate to Sources.

  2. Click on the required source and click the Teams tab.

  3. Select Show All > Protected and use the other filters, search box, and views at the top to narrow your search.

  4. Click the Recover Teams Content icon () next to the object.

  5. In the Recover Teams Content page, select the Item Type as Channels.

  6. Hover over the required Channel and click the Download Posts button.

  7. In the Download Teams Items page, select the required snapshot, provide the task name, and click Download.

  8. Click the View Progress button in the pop-up message or click the Activity menu.

  9. Once the recovery is successful, click Download. The Teams Posts will be downloaded.

This is a Private Preview feature. Private Preview was termed as Early Access in the earlier releases. Contact your Cohesity account team to enable the feature.

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