Launching Application and Exploring Backups

To open Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SharePoint and load SharePoint data, you can use either of the following methods:

Use the Restore application item option to load SharePoint data from a restore point created by Veeam Backup & Replication.

For more information, see the Application Item Restore section of the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

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

If you open Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SharePoint 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 SharePoint 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 SharePoint 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 SharePoint 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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