Back up data using Office 365 SharePoint Online in the Command Center. For more information, see SharePoint Online.
Deprecated
Adding a backup set for SharePoint Server is deprecated. Support will continue for existing backup sets.
For comprehensive information about deprecated products, see End-of-Life, Deprecated and Extended Support - Products.
You can use the SharePoint Server Agent to back up and to restore SharePoint sites on Microsoft Office 365. You can run backup operations and restore operations on a Document backup set, with options to back up and restore SharePoint sites and granular content. Even though the files reside on Office 365, backup processes and restore processes are similar to processes in SharePoint On Premise.
Supported Backups
Microsoft Office 365 with SharePoint Server supports backup of the following components:
Documents |
Libraries |
Lists and List Items |
Sites and sub sites |
SharePoint online site collections (created using available templates) |
Microsoft Teams |
Microsoft Project Online |
Permissions |
Pages |
Versions |
Forms |
Templates |
Settings and Views |
Unsupported Backup
Web parts and customizations added to the site pages.
Supported Protocols
During backup operation and restore operation, basic authentication is used by default to access user data. You can also use modern authentication to access user data.