Active Backup for Microsoft 365 Portal

Active Backup for Microsoft 365 Portal provides an interface for administrators and employees to restore data to the original tenant.

Access Active Backup for Microsoft 365 Portal

To enable Active Backup for Microsoft 365 Portal:

Users with admin privileges can go to Control Panel > Application Portal > Active Backup for Microsoft 365 Portal. Click Edit and tick the Enable customized alias checkbox to enable the portal.

To access Active Backup for Microsoft 365 Portal:

Browse Data for Restoration

To change your view role:

Select an account from the View Role drop-down menu. As an administrator, you can switch to any backup user's view to browse and restore their data.

To select a task:

Select the task you wish to restore from the Task drop-down menu.

To select a service type:

Active Backup for Microsoft 365 supports the backup of drives, emails, contacts, calendars, and sites. Click the Service icon and select the service you wish to restore. Archive mailboxes are included in the Mail category.

To view at any previous point in time:

  1. Go to the timeline at the bottom of the page.
  2. To switch between backup versions, perform either of the following actions:
  3. Drag the timeline to view any backup at a previous point in time.

Restore and Export Service Data

Restore and Export Drives

To restore a backup folder or file:

  1. Click the upper-right Service icon and select Drive.
  2. Select a file or folder and click Restore.
  3. Click Change and search for the user account to restore the data to (optional).
  4. Tick the Restore file sharing permission checkbox to restore files and folders with sharing permissions (optional).
  5. Click OK to start the restoration.
  6. You can see the following information: restoration status, processed item number, source account, destination account, destination path, elapsed time, and transferred size. You can click Details in the Status field to view the restored items.

To export a backup folder or file:

Select a file or folder and click Export to download the selected item to the local device.

Restore and Export Mails

To search for an email via content search:

  1. Click the upper-right Service icon and select Mail.
  2. Click the magnifying glass icon in the search bar in the upper-right corner.
  3. In the drop-down window, you can filter mail data by:
  4. Click OK to start filtering the emails.
  5. To reset the filter, click Reset.
  6. To remove the filter, click the arrow icon in the upper-left corner, and you will be redirected to the page of all emails where no filters are applied.

To preview an email:

Double-click an email to preview the content. You can restore or export the email using the Restore/Export buttons on the top or download the attachment directly from the preview window by clicking the attachment.

To restore single or multiple emails:

  1. Select single or multiple emails.
  2. Click Restore to open the drop-down menu and choose to restore the selected emails.
  3. Click Change and search for the user account to restore the data to (optional).
  4. Select one of the following restoration policies:
  5. Click OK to start the restoration.
  6. You can see the following information: restoration status, processed item number, source account, destination account, restoration policy, destination, elapsed time, and transferred size. You can click Details in the Status field to view the restoration log.

To restore all emails within a folder:

  1. Select a mail folder.
  2. Click Restore to open the drop-down menu and choose to restore all emails in the folder.
  3. Click Change and search for the user account to restore the data to (optional).
  4. Select one of the following restoration policies:
  5. Click OK to start the restoration.
  6. You can see the following information: restoration status, processed item number, source account, destination account, restoration policy, destination, elapsed time, and transferred size. You can click Details in the Status field to view the restoration log.

To restore an account's entire mailbox:

  1. Click Restore to open the drop-down menu and choose to restore the account's entire mailbox.
  2. Click Change and search for the user account to restore the data to (optional).
  3. Select one of the following restoration policies:
  4. Click OK to start the restoration.
  5. You can see the following information: restoration status, processed item number, source account, destination account, restoration policy, destination, elapsed time, and transferred size. You can click Details in the Status field to view the restoration log.

To restore an entire archive mailbox:

  1. Select an archive mailbox.
  2. Click Restore to open the drop-down menu and choose to restore the entire archive mailbox.
  3. Click Change and search for the user account to restore the data to (optional).
  4. Select one of the following restoration policies:
  5. Click OK to start the restoration.
  6. You can see the following information: restoration status, processed item number, source account, destination account, restoration policy, destination, elapsed time, and transferred size. You can click Details in the Status field to view the restoration log.

To export single or multiple emails:

Select single or multiple emails and click Export to download the selected emails in EML format to the local device.

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Restore and Export Contacts

To search for a contact:

  1. Click the upper-right Service icon and select Contacts.
  2. Enter a keyword in the search bar in the upper-right corner to search for target contacts.

To preview a contact:

Click the contact you wish to preview, and a panel will appear on the right-hand side for you to view the detailed information, such as the contact's name, email, phone number, job title, address, etc.

To restore single or multiple contacts:

  1. Select single or multiple contacts and click Restore.
  2. Click Change and search for the user account to restore the data to (optional).
  3. Click OK to start the restoration.
  4. You can see the following information: restoration status, processed item number, source account, destination account, destination, elapsed time, and transferred size. You can click Details in the Status field to view the restored contacts.

To export a contact:

Select single or multiple contacts and click Export to download the selected contacts in CSV format to the local device.

Restore and Export Calendars

To search for a calendar event:

  1. Click the upper-right Service icon and select Calendar.
  2. Enter a keyword in the search bar in the upper-right corner to search for the target calendar event.

To restore single or multiple calendar events:

  1. Select single or multiple calendar events and click Restore.
  2. Click Change and search for the user account to restore the data to (optional).
  3. Click OK to start the restoration.
  4. You can see the following information: restoration status, processed item number, source account, destination account, destination, elapsed time, and transferred size. You can click Details in the Status field to view the restored calendar events.

To restore group calendar events:

  1. Select single or multiple calendar events and click Restore.
  2. Click Change and search for the user account to restore the data to (optional).
  3. Select one of the following restoration policies:
  4. Click OK to start the restoration.
  5. You can see the following information: restoration status, processed item number, source account, destination account, restoration policy, destination, elapsed time, and transferred size. You can click Details in the Status field to view the restored calendar events.

To export a calendar event:

Select single or multiple calendar events and click Export to download the selected events in ICS format to the local device.

Restore and Export Sites

To search for a site:

  1. Click the upper-right Service icon and select Site.
  2. Enter a keyword in the search bar in the upper-right corner to search for the site data.

To restore a backed-up item:

  1. Select the target site from the View Site drop-down menu.
  2. Tick the items that you wish to restore and click Restore.
  3. Click Change and search for the user account to restore the data to (optional).
  4. Tick the Restore file sharing permission checkbox to restore files and folders with sharing permissions (optional).
  5. Click OK to start the restoration.
  6. You can see the following information: restoration status, processed item number, source site, destination site, and elapsed time. You can click Details in the Status field to view the restored items.

To export an item of document library:

Select single or multiple items of the document library and click Export to download the selected items to the local device.

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