Step 5. Review Microsoft Entra Application Permissions

At the Application Permission Check step, you can review new permissions and roles that must be granted to the Microsoft Entra application to back up and restore data of your Microsoft 365 organizations with modern app-only authentication.

You can update permissions of the Microsoft Entra application manually. For more information, see What You Do After Upgrade.

The following table lists new permissions and roles:

API

Permission or role name

Type

Usage

Description

Microsoft Graph

ChannelMember.ReadWrite.All

Application

Backup, Restore

Accessing and restoring Microsoft Teams private and shared channels.

ChannelMember.ReadWrite.All

Delegated

Restore

Reading the current state and restoring Microsoft Teams private and shared channels.

Files.ReadWrite.All

Application

Restore

Reading the current state and restoring files of Microsoft Teams shared channels.

Office 365 Exchange Online

Exchange.ManageAsApp

Application

Backup

Accessing Exchange Online PowerShell to do the following:

  • Back up public folder and discovery search mailboxes.
  • Determine object type for shared mailboxes as Shared Mailbox.

Administrative role

Global Reader

N/A

Backup

Upgrading Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

Related Topics

Permissions for Modern App-Only Authentication