Setting up OneDrive protection with Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection

To protect user's data in your OneDrive environment using Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection using Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection, you need to add and set up a Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection OneDrive connector based on your backup requirements..

Before you begin:

You must know the following before adding a connector:

Ensure that all prerequisites are completed.
See Pre-requisites to setup protection for M365.
The following items are supported for backup and restore:
- Files and Documents: All files and documents stored in the user's OneDrive account, including documents, spreadsheets, presentations, images, videos, and any other file types.
- Folders and Folder Structures: Folder hierarchy and structure.
- Shared Files and Folders: Shared files or folders.
- Version History: Version history of files.
- Metadata and File Properties: Metadata associated with files, such as file names, creation dates, modification dates, and other custom properties.
- Permissions and Sharing Settings: Permissions and sharing settings applied to files and folders, including user access rights, and permissions inheritance.
The items/scenarios that are not supported for backup/restore are listed in the following topics:
- See Restore limitations for SharePoint Online.

Video tutorial to add a OneDrive connector:

To add a OneDrive connector, follow the procedure outlined on this page or watch the video tutorial below.

Step-by-step procedure to add a OneDrive connector:

Each tab in the connector creation workflow includes a help icon (?) on the left. Click this icon to open the corresponding help topic for that tab, which guides you through the setup process step by step.

Procedure:

Access the Administration portal.
The home page of the Administration portal is displayed.
Click Connectors on the Backup card.
Click New backup connector.
Click OneDrive.
On the General tab, set up the basic configuration for the connector and click Next.
See Configure General settings.
On the Configure scope tab, configure the capture scope to define which SharePoint sites or content should be protected and click Next.
On the Credentials tab, configure credentials to access the source workloads (the SharePoint data to be backed up) and click Next.
See Configure credentials.
On the Policy configuration tab, do the following as per your backup requirements:
- Configure the appropriate backup policy for more granular backup needs.
  See Configure Custom backup policy and guidelines.
- Configure the Delete and Stubbing policies to free up SharePoint storage by removing unwanted items after backup.
  See Configure Delete policy for SharePoint Online and guidelines.
  See Configure Stubbing policy.
  See Guidelines to configure Stubbing policy for SharePoint Online.
On the Scheduling tab, schedule when the backup job should run.
See Schedule a backup.
On the Email notifications tab, configure email addresses to receive notifications about backup activities.
See Configure email addresses to get notifications.
On the Review tab, save the settings and initiate the backup.
See Review configuration and edit/save/initiate backup.

Setting up OneDrive protection with Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection

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