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Upgrading to Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 4.0

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Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 application upgrade to version 4.0 is supported for the following versions:

Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 2.0 (product builds 2.0.0.567, 2.0.0.594 and 2.0.0.814)
Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 3.0 (product build 3.0.0.422)

Consider the following:

All modifications made to the Config.xml file manually will be lost.
Upgrade of backup jobs created with version 2.0 is only required if these jobs contain Microsoft SharePoint sites.
Backup jobs that have not been upgraded to Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 version 2.0 will be removed.

For example, if you are still using Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 version 1.5 or 1.0 and have not upgraded to version 2.0 prior to upgrading to version 4.0.

The Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 RESTful API Service must be enabled manually after the upgrade using the services.msc console.

Upgrading Application

To upgrade Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365, install Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 version 4.0, as described in the following sections:

Once installed, the following system components will be marked as Out of Date:

Backup repositories

For information on how to upgrade backup repositories, see Upgrading Backup Repositories.

Backup jobs

For information on how to upgrade backup jobs, see Upgrading Backup Job.

Backup proxy servers

For information on how to upgrade backup proxy servers, see Upgrading Backup Proxy Servers

Consider that a default backup proxy server will be upgraded automatically.