Restoring Outlook Mailboxes

To restore an entire Microsoft Outlook mailbox:

  1. In the main menu, click Outlook.

Note

If your organization does not have any backups, you may not have access to the Outlook Backups page.

  1. On the Outlook Backups page, select the mailbox you want to restore.
  2. Click Restore Selected Mailbox.

Restoring Outlook Mailboxes

  1. In the Restore Mailbox window, do the following:
  1. Check the name of the mailbox you want to restore and the time when the backup that contains the mailbox was created.
  2. In the Restore to section, select where to restore the mailbox. You can select one of the following options:
  • Original Location. Select this option if you want to restore the mailbox to its original location.

If you select this option, you can use the Advanced options toggle to display more options. For more information, see Specifying Advanced Restore Options.

  • Other users mailbox. Select this option if you want to restore the mailbox 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 more information, see Specifying Advanced Restore Options.

  • Local computer. Select this option if you want to download the mailbox content to your computer. Use this option for mailboxes whose size does not exceed 1 GB. Veeam Data Cloud will save the mailbox content to a .PST file.
  • Download in background. Select this option if you want to download the mailbox content to your computer. Use this option for mailboxes whose size exceeds 1 GB or if the download process takes more than 3.5 minutes. Veeam Data Cloud will save the mailbox content to a .PST file.
  1. Click Restore to restore the mailbox according to the specified restore options.

Tip

If you selected the Local computer or Download in background option, click Download to start the download process.

Restoring Outlook Mailboxes

Specifying Advanced Restore Options

By default, when you restore a mailbox, Veeam Data Cloud restores the entire content of the mailbox from the backup. If you restore a mailbox to its original location or to another mailbox, you can specify advanced restore options.

To specify advanced restore options:

  1. In the Restore Mailbox window, click Advanced options.
  2. In the Restore the following section, do the following:
  1. In the Flag restored items section, select the Mark restored as unread check box if you want to mark each restored item as unread.
  2. In the Exclude the following mailbox folders section, select check boxes next to the folders that you do not want to restore from the backup: Drafts, Deleted Items, In-Place Hold Items or Litigation Hold Items.

Restoring Outlook Mailboxes