New-VBOBackupItem - Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 PowerShell Reference

Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input
User	Specifies an array of users added to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365. The cmdlet will create an organization object that contains a user.	Accepts the VBOOrganizationUser[] object. To get this object, run the Get-VBOOrganizationUser cmdlet.	True	Named	False
Mailbox	Defines that the cmdlet will create an organization object that will have the mailbox option enabled. Default: False	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False
ArchiveMailbox	Defines that the cmdlet will create an organization object that will have the archived mailbox option enabled. Default: False Note: You cannot specify this parameter for the PublicMailbox type of the user.	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False
OneDrive	Defines that the cmdlet will create an organization object that will have the OneDrive option enabled. Default: False Note: You cannot specify this parameter for the PublicMailbox type of the user.	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False
Sites	Defines that the cmdlet will create an organization object that will have the sites option enabled. Default: False	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False
Organization	Specifies an array of organizations added to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365. The cmdlet will create an organization object that contains an organization.	Accepts the VBOOrganization[] object. To get this object, run the Get-VBOOrganization cmdlet.	True	Named	False
Teams	Defines that the cmdlet will create an organization object that will have the teams option enabled. Default: False	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False
TeamsChats	Defines that the cmdlet will create an organization object that will have the team chats option enabled. Default: False	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False
Site	Specifies an array of sites added to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365. The cmdlet will create an organization object that contains a site.	Accepts the VBOOrganizationSite[] object. To get this object, run the Get-VBOOrganizationSite cmdlet.	True	Named	False
Group	Specifies an array of groups added to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365. The cmdlet will create an organization object that contains a group.	Accepts the VBOOrganizationGroup[] object. To get this object, run the Get-VBOOrganizationGroup cmdlet.	True	Named	False
GroupMailbox	Defines that the cmdlet will create an organization object that will have the group mailbox enabled. Default: False	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False
GroupSite	Defines that the cmdlet will create an organization object that will have the group site option enabled. Default: False	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False
Team	Specifies an array of teams added to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365. The cmdlet will create an organization object that contains a team.	Accepts the VBOOrganizationTeam[] object. To get this object, run the Get-VBOOrganizationTeam cmdlet.	True	Named	False
PersonalSites	Defines that the cmdlet will create an organization object with the personal sites option enabled. Default: False	SwitchParameter	True	Named	False

This example shows how to create an organization object that contains a user. An object will be created with the following settings:

The object will contain the William Sonders user.
The object will have all options enabled except for the mailbox.

$org = Get-VBOOrganization -Name "ABC"

$user = Get-VBOOrganizationUser -Organization $org -DisplayName "William Sonders"

New-VBOBackupItem -User $user -Mailbox:$false -ArchiveMailbox -OneDrive -Sites

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBOOrganization cmdlet. Set ABC as the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $org variable.
Run the Get-VBOOrganizationUser cmdlet. Set the $org variable as the Organization parameter value. Set William Sonders as the DisplayName parameter value. Save the result to the $user variable.
Run the New-VBOBackupItem cmdlet. Specify the following settings:

Set the $user variable as the User parameter value.
Set the ArchiveMailbox, OneDrive and Sites parameters.
Set :$false as the Mailbox parameter value.

This example shows how to create a backup item with an organization ABC mailbox, archive mailbox and all of the sites, teams and team chats but without the OneDrive processing option.

$org = Get-VBOOrganization -Name "ABC"

New-VBOBackupItem -Organization $org -Mailbox -ArchiveMailbox -OneDrive:$false -Sites -Teams -TeamsChats

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBOOrganization cmdlet with the Name parameter to get the organization with the name ABC. Save the result to the $org variable.
Run the New-VBOBackupItem cmdlet with the $org variable as the Organization parameter value, the Mailbox, Archive Mailbox, Sites, Teams and TeamsChats parameters, and the false value for the OneDrive parameter to create a backup item with all ABC organization processing options except for the OneDrive components.

This example shows how to create a backup item with an ABC organization site with a given URL.

$org = Get-VBOOrganization -Name "ABC"

$siteUrl = "https://exampleorganization.sharepoint.com/sites/exampleparentsite"

$site = Get-VBOOrganizationSite -Organization $org -URL $siteUrl

New-VBOBackupItem -Site $site

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBOOrganization cmdlet with the Name parameter to get the organization with the name ABC. Save the result to the $org variable.
Save a certain SharePoint organization site URL address to the $siteUrl variable.
Run the Get-VBOOrganizationSite cmdlet with the $org variable and the $siteURL variable as the URL parameter value to get an ABC organization site. Save the result to the $site variable.
Run the New-VBOBackupItem cmdlet with the $site variable to create a backup item with ABC organization site with a given URL.

This example shows how to create a backup item with all processing options for the UsersAlpha organization user group.

$org = Get-VBOOrganization -Name "ABC"

$group = Get-VBOOrganizationGroup -Organization $org -DisplayName "UsersAlpha"

New-VBOBackupItem -Group $group -Mailbox -ArchiveMailbox -OneDrive -Sites -GroupMailbox -GroupSite

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBOOrganization cmdlet with the Name parameter to get the organization with the name ABC. Save the result to the $org variable.
Run the Get-VBOOrganizationGroup cmdlet with the $org variable and the UsersAlpha value for the DisplayName parameter to get an organization user group with the display name UsersAlpha. Save the result to the $group variable.
Run the New-VBOBackupItem cmdlet with the $group variable as the Group parameter value and the Mailbox, ArchiveMailbox, OneDrive, Sites, GroupMailbox and GroupSite parameters to create a backup item with all processing options for the UsersAlpha organization user group.

This command creates a backup item with the PersonalSites processing option.

New-VBOBackupItem -PersonalSites:$true

This example shows how to create a backup item with the TeamsChats processing option for a team with the display name IT.

$org = Get-VBOOrganization -Name "ABC"

$team = Get-VBOOrganizationTeam -Organization $org -DisplayName "IT"

New-VBOBackupItem -Team $team -TeamsChats

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBOOrganization cmdlet with the Name parameter to get the organization with the name ABC. Save the result to the $org variable.
Run the Get-VBOOrganizationTeam cmdlet. Set the $org variable as the Organization parameter value. Specify the DisplayName parameter value. Save the result to the $team variable.
Run the New-VBOBackupItem cmdlet with the $team variable as the Team parameter value and the TeamsChats parameter to create a backup item to process the IT team with team chats.