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Microsoft OneDrive Settings

IMPORTANT

Backup to Microsoft OneDrive will be deprecated in Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows 6.0 (the next major version). Keep this information in mind while selecting target location for your backups.

The Microsoft OneDrive step of the wizard is available if you have chosen to save the backup in the Microsoft OneDrive cloud storage.

Specify settings to connect to Microsoft OneDrive:

Click Click to sign in to Microsoft OneDrive.
In the Microsoft OneDrive web browser window, follow instructions to specify credentials of the Microsoft OneDrive account and click Sign in.

Microsoft OneDrive Settings NOTE

You need to sign in to Microsoft OneDrive in the backup job wizard once in every 90 days. If no Veeam Agent backup job sessions are performed for 14 days within a 90-day period, you also need to sign in to Microsoft OneDrive in the backup job wizard after the 14-day period expires. To learn more, see Authorization in Microsoft OneDrive.

Specify backup retention policy settings:

[For Free and Workstation product editions] In the Keep restore points for the last <N> days when computer was used field, specify the number of days for which you want to store backup files in the target location. By default, Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows keeps backup files for 7 days. After this period is over, Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows will remove the earliest restore points from the backup chain.

To learn more, see Backup Retention Policy in Free and Workstation Editions.

[For Server product edition] In the Retention policy field, specify the number of restore points or days for which you want to store backup files in the target location. By default, Veeam Agent keeps backup files for 7 days.

If the restore points option is selected and the number of restore points is exceeded, Veeam Agent will remove the earliest restore points from the backup chain.
If the days option is selected and the specified period is over, Veeam Agent will remove the earliest restore points from the backup chain.

To learn more, see Backup Retention Policy in Server Edition.

Click Advanced to specify advanced settings for the backup job. To learn more, see Specify Advanced Backup Settings.

Microsoft OneDrive Settings TIP

Consider the following:

If you want to change settings to connect to Microsoft OneDrive, click the Click to sign out link and repeat steps 1–2 to specify another account.
If you use the Microsoft OneDrive client to sync your OneDrive storage and a local folder on your Veeam Agent computer, you should disable synchronization for the VeeamBackup folder in the client settings. Otherwise, Veeam Agent backups created on the Microsoft OneDrive storage will also appear on a computer whose data you back up consuming space on a local disk of this computer.

Microsoft OneDrive Settings