New Features

The following new features are introduced in Veeam Backup & Replication REST API 1.2-rev0.

Microsoft Entra ID

REST API 1.2-rev0 introduces new endpoints that allow you to protect your Entra ID environment.

Inventory Browser

The REST API now allows you to manage Microsoft Entra ID tenants.

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Restore

Now you can use REST API to restore Entra ID items and audit logs.

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Jobs

The REST API now allows you to use existing job endpoints to create and manage Microsoft Entra ID backup jobs. When creating a job, specify one of the new job types, EntraIDTenantBackup or EntraIDAuditLogBackup, and the list of necessary properties.

Backup Browsers

In this version, the REST API has new endpoints that allow you to browse Microsoft Entra ID tenant backups, compare Microsoft Entra ID items, and restore entire items or their properties.

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Licenses

REST API 1.2-rev0 supports all license management operations. You can use the REST API to install, renew and remove licenses from backup servers, revoke licenses from protected workloads or licensed hosts, and assign product editions to standalone Veeam agents.

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Inventory Browser

The REST API now also allows you to manage unstructured data servers.

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Backup Browsers

In this version, the REST API has new endpoints that allow you to perform the following operations with unstructured data.

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Backups

To get backup files use the following requests.

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Data Integration API

REST API 1.2-rev0 allows you to publish disks from backups and snapshot replicas and manage disk publishing sessions.

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Jobs

In this version, the REST API supports quick backup tasks, which allow you to create on-demand incremental backups for VMware vSphere and VMware Cloud Director VMs.

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Start Quick Backup

Security

REST API 1.2-rev0 allows you to run the Security & Compliance Analyzer and ensure that your backup server configuration follows security best practices. New endpoints also allow you to get security-related events on the backup server.

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Sessions

In this version, the REST API allows you to monitor task sessions.

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Malware Detection

Now you can use the REST API to scan backup data with third-party antivirus engines or with YARA rules.

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