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title: "v8.6 Changelog"
description: "This section describes new and updated PowerShell cmdlets in Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 8.6 comparing to 8.5."
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# v8.6 Changelog

This section describes new and updated PowerShell cmdlets in Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 8.6 comparing to 8.5.

## New Cmdlets

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      <p>Cmdlet</p>
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      <p>Operation</p>
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    <td style="width:15%;">
      <p><a href="start-vborepositorymaintenancesession.md" class="T_Filenames">Start-VBORepositoryMaintenanceSession</a></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Creates and starts a maintenance session to suspend operations on backup repositories.</p>
    </td>
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    <td style="width:15%;">
      <p><a href="get-vborepositorymaintenancesession.md" class="T_Filenames">Get-VBORepositoryMaintenanceSession</a></p>
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    <td>
      <p>Returns maintenance sessions started for backup repositories.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
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    <td style="width:15%;">
      <p><a href="stop-vborepositorymaintenancesession.md" class="T_Filenames">Stop-VBORepositoryMaintenanceSession</a></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Stops maintenance sessions.</p>
    </td>
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## Updated Cmdlets

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    <th style="width:30%;">
      <p>Cmdlet</p>
    </th>
    <th style="width:70%;">
      <p>Operation</p>
    </th>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="width:15%;">
      <p><a href="start-vbocopyjob.md" class="T_Filenames">Start-VBOCopyJob</a></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Parameter added: <span class="T_Filenames">SharePointData</span></p>
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  </tr>
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    <td>
      <p><a href="start-vboorganizationsynchronization.md"><code>Start-VBOOrganizationSynchronization</code></a></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Parameter added: <code>Parts</code></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
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