Step 3. Configure Backup Source Settings

At the Tenant step of the wizard, select a Microsoft Entra ID tenant whose resources you want to back up and specify the number of days for which you want to keep restore points in a backup chain. If a restore point is older than the specified time limit, Veeam Backup for Microsoft Entra ID removes the restore point from the chain.

By default, Veeam Backup & Replication saves all backed-up tenant data to the local Microsoft Entra ID backup repository. To increase data availability and ensure that it can be recovered in case a disaster strikes, you can instruct Veeam Backup for Microsoft Entra ID to copy the backed-up tenant data to another location. To do that, select the Configure secondary destinations for this job check box.

By default, Veeam Backup for Microsoft Entra ID does not encrypt the backed-up data and uses the global notification settings configured for the backup server as described in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, section Configuring Global Email Notification Settings. At the Tenant step of the wizard, you can also instruct Veeam Backup for Microsoft Entra ID to use password-based data encryption and specify custom notification settings for the backup job. To do that, click the Advanced button.