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Launching Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365

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    To launch Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365, go to Start, select Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 and provide the following:

    1. The target Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 server name or IP-address.
    2. The port number via which to connect to the server.
    3. User credentials under which to connect to the server.

    The account you are using must be a member of the Local Administrator group on a target server. To use your current account, select Use Windows session authentication.

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

    Launching Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365

    Launching via Command Line

    To launch the application via the command-line tool, run the C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup365\Veeam.Archiver.Shell.exe file with the following parameters:

    • /local=true

    To connect to Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 356 that is installed on a local machine using the Local System account.

    Example:

    C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup365\Veeam.Archiver.Shell.exe /local=true

    • /host=<hostname> /port=<port> /usewincredentials=true

    To connect to Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 356 that is installed on a remote machine using the /host and /port parameters.

    Example:

    C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup365\Veeam.Archiver.Shell.exe /host=192.168.0.12 /port=9895 /usewincredentials=true

    • /host=<host> /port=<port> /account=<domain\accountName>

    To connect to Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 356 that is installed on a remote machine using the /host and /port parameters.

    You can also provide an account under which to launch Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 using the /account=<domain\accountName> format.

    Example:

    C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup365\Veeam.Archiver.Shell.exe /host=192.168.0.12 /port=9895 /account=tech.local\Administrator

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