Updating Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

Apart from major version releases of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Veeam Software provides cumulative patches. Cumulative patches contain bug fixes and performance enhancements and introduce new product features. You need to install a cumulative patch to update Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365.

You can update Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 in one of the following ways:

  • Automatically. Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 regularly checks Veeam servers for critical updates. If a new critical update is available, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 downloads this update in the background and installs it to the backup infrastructure components.
  • Manually. You can manually check updates for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 and Veeam Explorers at any time.

Note

Starting from Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 version 7 CP4 (build 7.0.0.3968), Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 supports backup of public folder and discovery search mailboxes and determines correctly object type for shared mailboxes in Microsoft 365 organizations with modern app-only authentication.

If you want to back up these objects after installing Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 version 7 CP4, do the following:

  1. Edit your Microsoft 365 organization with modern app-only authentication. For more information, see Editing Organization Settings.
  2. Select the Use an existing Azure AD application option.
  3. Clear and then select again the Grant this application required permissions and register its certificate in Azure AD check box to automatically update permissions of the existing Azure AD application.

Alternatively, you can sign in to the Azure portal and manually grant this Azure AD application the Exchange.ManageAsApp permission and the Global Reader role. For more information, see Permissions for Backup and Granting Global Reader Role to Azure AD Application.

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