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title: "Save-VETItem"
description: "Saves Microsoft Teams items. Product: Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 Product Edition: Community, Rental License, Subscription License This cmdlet provides the following parameter sets: This cmdlet saves Microsoft Teams items such as posts and files."
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breadcrumb: "Veeam Explorers PowerShell Reference > Veeam Explorers PowerShell Reference > Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Teams > Save-VETItem"
dateModified: "2026-08-20"
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# Save-VETItem

## Short Description
Saves Microsoft Teams items.

**Product**: Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

**Product Edition**: Community, Rental License, Subscription License

## Syntax

This cmdlet provides the following parameter sets:

<ul class="syntax-sets">
  <li>
    <p><code>SavePostParameterSet</code></p>

```
Save-VETItem [-Post] <VETPost[]> [-Path] <String> [-Force] [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
  <li>
    <p><code>SaveFileParameterSet</code></p>

```
Save-VETItem [-File] <VETFile[]> [-Path] <String> [-AsZip] [-Force] [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
</ul>

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet saves Microsoft Teams items such as posts and files.

## Parameters

<table style="width:100%;" class="Blue_Table">
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Parameter</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Description</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Type</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Required</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Position</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Accept Pipeline Input</p>
        </th>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">AsZip</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the cmdlet will save the specified files as a ZIP archive.</p><p>Default: <em>False</em></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>2</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">File</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies Microsoft Teams team channel files that you want to save.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vetfile.md"><code>VETFile</code></a><code>[]</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vetfile.md"><code>Get-VETFile</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vetfile.md"><code>VETFile[]</code></a></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>0</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Force</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the cmdlet will create a folder in the specified path if the folder does not exist yet.</p><p>Default: <em>False</em></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Path</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a path to a folder where you want to save the specified posts or files.</p><p>If you want to save files as a ZIP archive, specify a path to the ZIP archive file.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>String</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>1</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Post</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies Microsoft Teams team channel posts that you want to save.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vetpost.md"><code>VETPost</code></a><code>[]</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vetpost.md"><code>Get-VETPost</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vetpost.md"><code>VETPost[]</code></a></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>0</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>

`<CommonParameters>`

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see the [About Common Parameters](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216) section of Microsoft Learn.

## Examples

::: example
### Example 1. Saving Microsoft Teams Post

This example shows how to save the `Announcement` post to the `C:\save` path.

```
$session = Get-VBOTeamsItemRestoreSession
$org = Get-VETOrganization -Session $session -Name "ABC*"
$post = Get-VETPost -Organization $org -Query "subject: announcement"
Save-VETItem -Post $post -Path "C:\save"
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Get the Microsoft Teams post:

   1. Run the [`Get-VBOTeamsItemRestoreSession`](get-vboteamsitemrestoresession.md) cmdlet. Save the result to the `$session` variable.
   2. Run the [`Get-VETOrganization`](get-vetorganization.md) cmdlet. Set the `$session` variable as the `Session` parameter value. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Use the \* wildcard character to substitute the timestamp. Save the result to the `$org` variable.
   3. Run the [`Get-VETPost`](get-vetpost.md) cmdlet. Set the `$org` variable as the `Organization` parameter value. Specify the `Query` parameter value. Save the result to the `$post` variable.

2. Run the `Save-VETItem` cmdlet. Set the `$post` variable as the `Post` parameter value. Specify the `Path` parameter value.

:::

::: example
### Example 2. Saving Microsoft Teams File

This example shows how to save the `report.txt` file to the `C:\save` path.

```
$session = Get-VBOTeamsItemRestoreSession
$org = Get-VETOrganization -Session $session -Name "ABC*"
$file = Get-VETFile -Organization $org -Query "filename: report"
Save-VETItem -File $file -Path "C:\save"
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Get the Microsoft Teams file.

   1. Run the [`Get-VBOTeamsItemRestoreSession`](get-vboteamsitemrestoresession.md) cmdlet. Save the result to the `$session` variable.
   2. Run the [`Get-VETOrganization`](get-vetorganization.md) cmdlet. Set the `$session` variable as the `Session` parameter value. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Use the \* wildcard character to substitute the timestamp. Save the result to the `$org` variable.
   3. Run the [`Get-VETFile`](get-vetfile.md) cmdlet. Set the `$org` variable as the `Organization` parameter value. Specify the `Query` parameter value. Save the result to the `$file` variable.

2. Run the `Save-VETItem` cmdlet. Set the `$file` variable as the `File` parameter value. Specify the `Path` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

- [`Get-VBOTeamsItemRestoreSession`](get-vboteamsitemrestoresession.md)
- [`Get-VETOrganization`](get-vetorganization.md)
- [`Get-VETPost`](get-vetpost.md)
- [`Get-VETFile`](get-vetfile.md)