System Requirements

This section lists system requirements for Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SharePoint.

The set of supported Microsoft SharePoint versions depends on the product Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SharePoint is installed with: Veeam Backup & Replication or Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365.

Product	Requirement
Veeam Backup & Replication	Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SharePoint supports restore of the following versions of Microsoft SharePoint Server (virtualized either on VMware or Hyper-V platform): Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition Microsoft SharePoint 2019 Microsoft SharePoint 2016 Microsoft SharePoint 2013 All editions are supported (Subscription, Foundation, Standard, Enterprise). Restore of Microsoft SharePoint data may require an available staging Microsoft SQL Server. To learn how to configure this server, see Staging SQL Server Settings.
Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365	Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SharePoint supports restore of the following Microsoft SharePoint versions: Microsoft 365 SharePoint Online Microsoft 365 and Office 365 service families, standalone services and plans for Business, Education, and Government* hosted by Microsoft are supported. For more information about system requirements and limitations for Microsoft 365, see this Microsoft article. Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 For more information about hardware and software requirements, see this Microsoft article. Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 For more information about hardware and software requirements, see this Microsoft article. Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition For more information about hardware and software requirements, see this Microsoft article and this Microsoft article.

Product

Requirement

Veeam Backup & Replication

Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SharePoint supports restore of the following versions of Microsoft SharePoint Server (virtualized either on VMware or Hyper-V platform):

Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition
Microsoft SharePoint 2019

Microsoft SharePoint 2016
Microsoft SharePoint 2013

All editions are supported (Subscription, Foundation, Standard, Enterprise).

Restore of Microsoft SharePoint data may require an available staging Microsoft SQL Server. To learn how to configure this server, see Staging SQL Server Settings.

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SharePoint supports restore of the following Microsoft SharePoint versions:

Microsoft 365 SharePoint Online

Microsoft 365 and Office 365 service families, standalone services and plans for Business, Education, and Government* hosted by Microsoft are supported. For more information about system requirements and limitations for Microsoft 365, see this Microsoft article.

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019

For more information about hardware and software requirements, see this Microsoft article.

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016

For more information about hardware and software requirements, see this Microsoft article.

Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition

For more information about hardware and software requirements, see this Microsoft article and this Microsoft article.

*Government support is experimental. For more information on Veeam experimental support, see this Veeam KB article.

Note

[For machines with ReFS] The mount server, staging server, backup server and the machine where the console is installed must support the same or a later ReFS version than that on the source machine. For more information on which OSes support which ReFS version, see ReFS versions and compatibility matrix.