Restore

Restore your mailbox, OneDrive and SharePoint items to the Original location or an Alternate location or to Restore to local computer.

Key:

Field Description
Restore items from There are 2 options: 'Users' and 'Site Collections'.
Select what to restore The date and time from 'Choose from files as of job'.
Kind Dropdown menu for selecting where pattern can be searched from:
  [Files]
  [Mail - Subject]
  [Mail - From]
  [Mail - To]
  [Mail - CC]
  [Mail - BCC]
  [Mail - Received Date]
  [Mail - Sent Date]
Type Dropdown menu for selecting the type of pattern includes:
  [Contains]
  [Exact]
  [Starts With]
  [Ends With]
Pattern Input box for entering the pattern of files that you would like to show in the file tree. (Backup filter is case sensitive.)
Match case Checkbox to enable or disable case sensitivity.
Apply Click to apply the filter settings.
Restore to local computer Checkbox to enable or disable restore to local computer.
Search Input box for entering the pattern of files that you would like to show.
Restore items to There are three options: 'Original location', 'Alternate location' and 'Alternate Microsoft 365 account'.
Mode There are two options: 'Overwrite when exist' and 'Skip when exist'.
Verify checksum of in-file delta files during restore When this option is checked, the checksum of in-file delta files will be verified during the restore process. This will check the data for errors during the restore process and create a data summary of the in-file delta files which will be included in the report.


To restore a Microsoft 365 backup set:

  1. Click on the destination that you want to restore the backup from.
  2. Select to restore items from 'Users' or 'Site Collections'.
  3. Select the backup snapshot from the 'Select what to restore' drop down box. Select the date and time of the backup from the date and time drop down box.
  4. Option: Click on 'Show filter' to apply the filter, so that you can choose the files with a certain file pattern. Use this if you want to do the filtering in the same window.
  5. Select the mail box(es), folder(s), file(s) and/or mail item(s) that you want to restore from the file tree. Click on the [+] in the file tree to expand the tree, [-] to collapse the tree. Click on the check box, all the files under the check box will be selected. Click [Next].
  6. Option: Click the 'Restore to local computer' if you want the items to be restored in the local computer.
  7. Option: Click on 'Search' to open the Search window, so that you can look for and select the mails/files with a certain file pattern that you want to restore. The search done here provides more option than using the 'Show filter' option.
  8. Select to restore items to 'Original location', 'Alternate location' or 'Alternate Microsoft 365 account'.
  9. Select the restore mode 'Overwrite when exist' or 'Skip when exist'.
  10. Option: Click 'Show advanced option' link to show additional options.
  11. Option: Click 'Verify checksum of in-file delta files during restore' check box if you want the in-file delta files to be checked.
  12. Click [Next].
  13. Select the temporary directory for storing restore files by clicking on [Browse].
  14. Click on [Restore] to begin the restore process.
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Please note that the add network drive feature is not supported in the 'Restore to local computer' option. This option can only select network drives which have already been setup in Windows.