Object Storage Repositories

Object storage repositories are used to store Microsoft Office 365 and on-premises Microsoft organization backups using the following cloud and on-premises services:

• S3 Compatible object storage

Any S3 Compatible object storage device fully compatible with the AWS S3 operations and AWS S3 Signature Version 4 standard.

• Amazon S3 object storage

For more information about Amazon S3 object storage, see this Amazon article. For more information about required permissions, see Amazon S3 Object Storage Permissions.

• Microsoft Azure Blob storage

For more information about Microsoft Azure Blob storage, see this Microsoft article.

• IBM Cloud Object Storage

For more information about IBM Cloud Object Storage, see this IBM article.

To back up data to object storage, you can extend a backup repository with any of the listed storage and map a backup job to such an extended repository. For more information, see Specify Object Storage Repository and Specify Backup Proxy and Repository.

In This Section

• Object Storage Repository Structure
• Cache
• Compression
• Object Storage Retention
• Adding Object Storage Repositories
• Editing Object Storage Settings
• Removing Object Storage Repositories