Required Permissions

Backup

For more information, see:

• The Required Permissions section of the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.
• The Required Permissions section of the Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 User Guide.

Restore to on-premises Microsoft SharePoint

To restore data to on-premises Microsoft SharePoint organizations, you must grant the following roles and permissions to user accounts:

• The account must be granted Full Control to connect to the target SharePoint server.
• The account must be assigned either the Site Administrator or System Account role to restore user permissions.
• If permissions of items being restored are inherited from the parent one, the account must be granted Full Control.
• If permissions of items being restored are not inherited from the parent one and items being restored replace the existing ones, the account must be granted Contribute and Full Control.

Restore to Microsoft Office 365

To restore data to SharePoint Online organizations, you must grant the following roles and permissions to user accounts:

Restore Using Basic Authentication Method

• The account used to log in to Microsoft Office 365 must have the Global Administrator or SharePoint Administrator role assigned.

• For restore of personal SharePoint sites, make sure to select the Allow users to run custom script on personal sites option in the SharePoint admin center. For more information, see this Microsoft article.
• During restore, Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 automatically assigns the Site Collection Administrator role to the user account.

Restore Using Modern App-Only Authentication Method

• The account used to log in to Microsoft Office 365 must have the Global Administrator or SharePoint Administrator role assigned.

• For restore of personal SharePoint sites, make sure to select the Allow users to run custom script on personal sites option in the SharePoint admin center. For more information, see this Microsoft article.
• During restore, Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 automatically assigns the Site Collection Administrator role to the user account.
• Make sure that the required settings are specified for the Azure AD application used for restore. For more information, see Configuring Azure AD Application Settings.
• If you restore data with Azure AD applications using a certificate, make sure that your Azure AD application is granted the required permissions. For more information, see Permissions for Modern App-Only Authentication.