Launching Application and Exploring Backups

To open Veeam Explorer for Microsoft OneDrive for Business and load backups, you can use any of the following methods:

  • The Explore option to load backups created by Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365. For more information, see the Data Restore section of the Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 User Guide.

When loading backups located in object storage, Veeam Explorer for Microsoft OneDrive for Business will notify you about the location of these backups. You can select the Don't show this message again check box to unsubscribe from such notifications. To disable these notifications, clear the Show pop-up notifications on startup check box. For more information, see Advanced Settings.

  • Go to Start, click Veeam Explorer for Microsoft OneDrive for Business and manually open Microsoft OneDrive databases. For more information, see Standalone Databases.

When you open Veeam Explorer for Microsoft OneDrive for Business from the Start menu, all backed-up databases will be loaded automatically.

If you open Veeam Explorer for Microsoft OneDrive for Business from the Start menu on a machine that runs the Veeam Backup & Replication console and Veeam Explorers only, specify the following:

  • The domain name or IP address of a server to which you want to connect
  • The port number
  • User account credentials

Consider the following:

  • To perform restore operations, Veeam Explorer for Microsoft OneDrive for Business must be run with elevated permissions. The user account must be a member of the local Administrators group on the machine where Veeam Explorer for Microsoft OneDrive for Business is installed.
  • The account must have the Veeam Backup Administrator or Veeam Restore Operator role on the backup server.

To use the account under which Veeam Explorer for Microsoft OneDrive for Business is running, select Use Windows session authentication.

To save the connection shortcut to the desktop, click Save shortcut in the bottom-left corner.

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