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Integration with Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

Veeam Service Provider Console offers integration with Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 to monitor licenses consumed by managed Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 servers and consolidate license usage data in one place. Integration also allows monitoring the state of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 services.

Integration offers the following capabilities:

Consolidated monitoring. You can consolidate information about licenses consumed by client and hosted Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 servers in Veeam Service Provider Console license usage reports.

Organizations registration. You can create new Microsoft 365 organizations from Veeam Service Provider Console web portal.

License management. You can install and update Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 licenses from Veeam Service Provider Console web portal.

This solution is intended for service providers who:

Use Veeam Service Provider Console to manage and monitor license usage data.
Manage client companies who have Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 servers in their infrastructure.
Use Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 to back up and restore data of Microsoft 365 organizations.

This section assumes that you have a good understanding of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365.

Note:

To manage client Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 servers in Veeam Service Provider Console, you must deploy Veeam Service Provider Console management agents on client and hosted computers. You can install management agents as part of discovery in client or hosted infrastructure or deploy management agents on computers hosting Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 servers manually. For details on configuring discovery rules, see Deploying Management Agents with Discovery Rules. For details on deploying management agents manually, see Deploying Management Agents.

Integration with Veeam Service Provider Console is available for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 version 6 or later. Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 jobs management, organization management, reporting and restore are available for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 version 7 or later.

Integration Features

To provide integration with Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Veeam Service Provider Console uses a predefined application plugin. The plugin allows two applications communicate with each other through integration features — integration points that allow data synchronization.

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 plugin includes the following integration features:

Company Mapping feature allows you to select Microsoft 365 organizations which you want to map to Veeam Service Provider Console companies to differentiate Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 jobs, protected objects and consumed licenses.
License Usage Reporting feature allows you to include information about license usage for client and hosted Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 servers in Veeam Service Provider Console license usage reports. This feature is enabled by default.