Organization Object Types

This section explains object types and their processing and exclusion options that you can select when creating and configuring backup jobs.

The following object types are available for backup and restore:

• Groups

Consists of Office 365 groups (available only in Microsoft Office 365 organizations), security groups, distribution groups and dynamic distribution groups.

• Users

Consists of shared mailboxes, public mailboxes and users.

• Sites

Consists of Microsoft SharePoint sites and subsites.

• Organizations

Consists of organization objects and their processing options.

Each of these object types (except for the Sites type) consists of a set of processing/exclusion options such as Mail, Archive, OneDrive, Site, Group Mail and Group Site which you can select/deselect to make data retrieval even more precise.

Processing and exclusion options can be selected at the Select Objects to Back Up and Select Objects to Exclude steps respectively.

Groups

The following table lists available Group types and their processing/exclusion options.

Users

The following table lists available User types and their processing/exclusion options.

Sites

Consider the following:

• Objects of this type do not have any processing/exclusion options.
• Objects of this type are not available in on-premises Microsoft Exchange organizations.
• You can select either the root site, or any of its subsites.

In the following example, you can select either the root Development site, which automatically selects all of its subsites, or you can select, for example, Builds and Releases. In the latter case, the root Development site will be deselected.

Organizations

The following table lists processing/exclusion options available for Organization types.