Restoring Outlook Items
To restore a specific item within a folder of a mailbox:
- In the main menu, click Outlook.
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If your organization does not have any backups, you may not have access to the Outlook Backups page. |
- On the Outlook Backups page, expand the mailbox that contains the folder with the item you want to restore.
- Select the folder that contains the item you want to restore.
- Select the necessary email in the list of items. To select multiple emails, press and hold the [Ctrl] key on the keyboard.
- Click Restore Selected Item.
- In the Restore Mailbox Item window, check the name of the item you want to restore and the time when the backup that contains the item was created.
- In the Restore to section, select where to restore the item. You can select one of the following options:
- Original Location. Select this option if you want to restore the item to its original location.
If you select this option, you can use the Advanced options toggle to display more options. For details, see the next step of the procedure.
- Other users mailbox. Select this option if you want to restore the item to another mailbox.
If you select this option, in the Mailbox and Folder fields specify the address of the target mailbox and the target mailbox folder. You can also click Advanced options to display more options. For details, see the next step of the procedure.
- Local computer. Select this option if you want to download the item to your computer. Use this option for items whose total size does not exceed 1 GB. Veeam Data Cloud will save the item to an .MSG file. If you selected multiple items, Veeam Data Cloud will save them to a .PST file.
- Download in background. Select this option if you want to download the item to your computer. Use this option for items whose total size exceeds 1 GB or if the download process takes more than 3.5 minutes. Veeam Data Cloud will save the item to an .MSG file. If you selected multiple items, Veeam Data Cloud will save them to a .PST file. For more information on how to get the downloaded data, see Obtaining Downloaded Items.
- If you want to specify advanced restore options, do the following:
- Click Advanced options.
- In the Restore the following items section, do the following:
- Select the Changed items check box if you want to restore items that have been changed.
- Select the Missing items check box if you want to restore items that are missing in your target location. For example, some of the items were removed and you want to restore them from the backup.
- In the Flag restored items section, select the Mark restored as unread check box if you want to mark each restored item as unread.
- Start the restore process:
- Click Restore if you selected to restore data to the original location or another mailbox.
- Click Download if you selected to download data to the local computer or download data in the background.
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Restored items appear in an Outlook mailbox based on the received date, not the restore date. |