Backup Policy Started or Stopped

Sent when a backup policy execution starts or is stopped before it completes.

General Information

Event ID: vdc.workload_v0.tenant_v0.audit_v0.microsoft.backup.execution_v0

Event message details: Sent with data.audit.action set to Backup Policy Started or Backup Policy Stopped.

Severity: Varies depending on data.audit.action.

General Information
data.audit.action	Severity
Backup Policy Started	Info
Backup Policy Stopped	Low

Workloads: Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365

Parameters

The parameter set is the same for every source that sends this event.

Parameters
Parameter Name	Description	Example
specversion	Event schema version.	20250815
source	System that sent the event. Possible values: CONTROLPLANE, M365.	M365
timestamp	Time when the event happened, in RFC3339Nano format and the UTC time zone.	2026-08-04T09:18:42Z
type	Event ID.	vdc.workload_v0.tenant_v0.audit_v0.microsoft.backup.execution_v0
actor.kind	Actor type that triggered the event. Possible values: user, system, service_account.	system
organizationReference.workloadTenantId	Workload tenant ID.	tenant_12345
data.audit.action	Action that represents the event.	Backup Policy Started
data.audit.actionGroup	High-level classification of the action category. Possible values: DATA_ACCESS, ACCESS_MANAGEMENT, DATA_MANAGEMENT, PROTECTION_MANAGEMENT.	PROTECTION_MANAGEMENT
data.audit.targetDisplayName	Display name of the target of this event. If the target is unknown or not applicable, the value is Unknown or N/A.	Daily Logs Backup
data.execution.policyId	Backup policy ID.	f67d6448-6e96-47e5-8924-8141d6e9d5a7
data.execution.policyName	Backup policy name. Duplicates targetDisplayName.	Daily Logs Backup
data.execution.policyType	Policy type.	Express - Exchange Online
data.execution.backupType	Scope of data the policy covers. Possible values: Entire Organization, Selected Items.	Entire Organization
data.tenant.id	Tenant ID.	tenant_12345
data.workload.type	Workload type.	M365

Event Example

Backup Policy Started

{
  "specversion": "20250815",
  "source": "M365",
  "timestamp": "2026-08-04T09:18:42Z",
  "type": "vdc.workload_v0.tenant_v0.audit_v0.microsoft.backup.execution_v0",
  "actor": {
    "kind": "system"
  },
  "organizationReference": {
    "workloadTenantId": "tenant_12345"
  },
  "data": {
    "audit": {
      "action": "Backup Policy Started",
      "actionGroup": "PROTECTION_MANAGEMENT",
      "targetDisplayName": "Daily Logs Backup"
    },
    "execution": {
      "policyId": "f67d6448-6e96-47e5-8924-8141d6e9d5a7",
      "policyName": "Daily Logs Backup",
      "policyType": "Express - Exchange Online",
      "backupType": "Entire Organization"
    },
    "tenant": {
      "id": "tenant_12345"
    },
    "workload": {
      "type": "M365"
    }
  }
}

Backup Policy Stopped

{
  "specversion": "20250815",
  "source": "M365",
  "timestamp": "2026-08-04T09:18:42Z",
  "type": "vdc.workload_v0.tenant_v0.audit_v0.microsoft.backup.execution_v0",
  "actor": {
    "kind": "system"
  },
  "organizationReference": {
    "workloadTenantId": "tenant_12345"
  },
  "data": {
    "audit": {
      "action": "Backup Policy Stopped",
      "actionGroup": "PROTECTION_MANAGEMENT",
      "targetDisplayName": "Daily Logs Backup"
    },
    "execution": {
      "policyId": "f67d6448-6e96-47e5-8924-8141d6e9d5a7",
      "policyName": "Daily Logs Backup",
      "policyType": "Express - Exchange Online",
      "backupType": "Entire Organization"
    },
    "tenant": {
      "id": "tenant_12345"
    },
    "workload": {
      "type": "M365"
    }
  }
}