#What’s New in this Release

Release Date for the Commercial Environment: April 12, 2026

Release Date for the U.S. Government Environment: April 19, 2026

• When restoring Teams and Microsoft 365 Groups data, you can choose to restore guest user memberships in Advanced settings.

  The GroupMember.ReadWrite.All permission has been added to the AvePoint Cloud Backup for Microsoft 365 (All permissions) app. To restore Team or Group guest user memberships, navigate to AvePoint Online Services > App management to re-authorize the app first.

• The Cloud Backup for Microsoft 365 Report Center now includes ReCenter export job information alongside restore jobs.

• The AvePoint Graph Modern API now supports retrieving backup frequency and retention policy settings for Cloud Backup for Microsoft 365.

• Domain mapping is now supported for OneDrive restores, enabling customers to batch restore OneDrive data to a tenant without manually selecting destination users.

• In Settings > Backup, you can now configure exclusion policies to exclude specific files or folders in OneDrive and SharePoint Online, Teams, and Microsoft 365 Groups site collections from backup based on path, size, type, and dates.

• The downloaded subscription consumption report for Multi-Geo tenants has been enhanced for improved usability.

• The Coverage Report email now includes Region and Tenant Owner information.

• In AvePoint Cloud Backup Express, the Data subject access requests feature now includes a Disconnected status to clearly indicate objects whose deletion status can't be synchronized due to missing or inactive app connections, along with guidance messages for required actions.

The following sections are updated with the improvements in this release:

• Updated AvePoint Cloud Backup.

• Updated Configure Backup Prioritization.

• Updated Configure Backup Settings.

• Updated Configure End-User Restore Settings.

• Updated App Profile Authentication.

• Updated Required Permissions of Microsoft 365 App Profile.

• Updated Restore Microsoft 365 Groups Data.

• Updated Restore OneDrive Data.

• Updated Restore Teams Data.

• Updated View the End-User Activity Report.

• Updated Error Codes.

For additional technical information on the new functionality and known issues in this release, see Release Notes.