Excluding an Individual AD Group from Teams Backup Content

You can manually remove individual users from Teams backup content using the Exclude Content tool. When you exclude a user, backup jobs no longer run on that user account.

Procedure

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Microsoft 365.

   The Microsoft 365 Overview page appears.

2. On the Apps tab, click the app.

   The Overview page of the app appears.

3. On the Content tab, in the upper-right area of the page click Add.

   The Configure Content page appears.

4. Select Exclude content from backup, and then click Next.

   The Exclude Content tool appears.

5. Under Select Teams or Users for backup, select Users.

6. Under Advanced, select AD groups, and then click Next.

   The Content tab appears.

7. In the list, select the groups that you want to exclude from backups, and then click Next.

   The Summary tab appears.

8. Click Submit.