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Overview
As an Druva Console Cloud administrator, you can back up SharePoint Online data either automatically or on demand.
💡TIP:
If you have the Posture & Observability license with Data Anomalies enabled, Druva Console can detect suspicious modifications to your backed-up SharePoint data and help you take corrective action.
Before You Begin
Before initiating a backup, make sure you:
Review the support matrix and tasks supported for Microsoft 365.
Complete all configuration steps for SharePoint Online. See Configure Druva to protect SharePoint Online data.
Automatic Backup and Discovery
You can schedule automatic:
Discovery of new SharePoint site collections
Backups of site data
Retention policy enforcement
For setup instructions, See Configure Druva to protect SharePoint Online data.
💡TIP:
If a SharePoint site is deleted from Microsoft 365, its App Status changes to Disabled in Druva Console. Attempting a backup will display an
ESITENOTFOUNDerror. These sites are skipped during future discovery and backup jobs—but they can still be restored.When a SharePoint site is archived in Microsoft 365, Druva automatically disables backup for that site. Backup remains disabled until the site is reactivated in Microsoft 365.
After the site is reactivated, Druva automatically re-enables backup during the next discovery cycle. Unlike deleted sites, archived sites do not need to be re-added to Druva after reactivation. See Microsoft 365 Archive support for SharePoint Online.
Manually Back Up SharePoint Online Data
As an administrator, you can trigger a manual (unscheduled) backup of a site collection when needed.
Sign in to the Druva Cloud Platform Console.
Go to Microsoft 365 > SharePoint.
A list of discovered sites will appear.Click the name of the site collection in Configured Sites tab you want to back up.
If the site is enabled, its detail page opens.
If the site is not configured, you’ll need to configure it first.
Click Backup Now.
Once the backup completes, the Backup Status will update to Backed Up Successfully.
📝NOTE:
SharePoint items with a forward slash
/in their titles (including sites, subsites, lists, and libraries) will have the character replaced with an underscore_before being backed up.SharePoint Syntex licenses are not supported for backing up Content Type Hubs.