Creating a backup plan
Learn how to create a Microsoft 365 backup plan in GitProtect to configure protection for Microsoft Exchange, OneDrive, and SharePoint.
A reliable backup plan is essential for protecting your Microsoft 365 organization's resources and ensuring business continuity when unexpected events occur.
Backup plan setup (Microsoft Exchange & OneDrive)
The following steps demonstrate how to create a Microsoft Exchange and OneDrive backup plan using GitProtect Management Service.
Open the Backup tab (Plans > Backup) and click the + Add plan button in the top bar.
Select Microsoft 365 from the list.
Select the Microsoft 365 Exchange option.
Click Select, then specify whether you want to protect the entire organization or only specific user accounts or shared mailboxes.
GitProtect supports Microsoft 365 groups — they appear in the users list and can be used to filter it. If the Search by group option is unavailable, re-register your Microsoft 365 organization to enable it.
Set up a name for your backup plan.
In Data to protect section, select the resources that you want to back up. You can also change the default backup agent (worker), which is directly responsible for backing up your Microsoft 365 data.
You can deploy multiple agents and assign different agents to each backup plan.
Select one of the data stores assigned to your GitProtect instance to use as the backup storage.
Customize the scheduler and specify the retention period for your data.
Adjust the advanced settings, such as encryption, error handling, or bandwidth limit, to meet your organization's requirements.
Encryption: lets you secure your backup copy with encryption.
Compression: lets you compress and reduce copy size.
Deduplication: allows you to reduce the backup size.
Error handling: allows you to specify how to handle potential backup operation errors.
Bandwidth limit: allows you to reduce network usage and limit network speed during backup.
Backup scripts: enables configuring pre/post scripts executed during backup.
Microsoft 365 diagnostics: lets you enable pre-backup diagnostics, such as the mail message download test.
Task balancing: balances backup speed and CPU load.
Prevent system sleep: prevents your system from suspending while a backup is in progress.
Email notifications: lets you set up email notifications and its recipients.
S3 Buffer Settings: allows you to specify the buffer size allocated for large resources.
Review your configuration and click Save to create the backup plan, or Save&Run to start the first backup run immediately.
Backup plan setup (SharePoint)
The following steps demonstrate how to create a SharePoint backup plan using GitProtect Management Service.
Open the Backup tab (Plans > Backup) and click the + Add plan button in the top bar.
Select Microsoft 365 from the list.
Select the SharePoint sites option.
Click Select, then specify whether you want to protect the entire environment or only specific SharePoint sites.
Set up a name for your backup plan.
In Data to protect section, you can change the default backup agent (worker), which is directly responsible for backing up your SharePoint data.
Select one of the data stores assigned to your GitProtect instance to use as the backup storage.
Customize the scheduler and specify the retention period for your data.
Adjust the advanced settings, such as encryption, error handling, or bandwidth limit, to meet your organization's requirements.
Encryption: lets you secure your backup copy with encryption.
Compression: lets you compress and reduce copy size.
Deduplication: allows you to reduce the backup size.
Error handling: allows you to specify how to handle potential backup operation errors.
Bandwidth limit: allows you to reduce network usage and limit network speed during backup.
Backup scripts: enables configuring pre/post scripts executed during backup.
Task balancing: balances backup speed and CPU load.
Prevent system sleep: prevents your system from suspending while a backup is in progress.
Email notifications: lets you set up email notifications and its recipients.
Review your configuration and click Save to create the backup plan, or Save&Run to start the first backup run immediately.
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