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AvePoint Cloud Backup for Microsoft 365 August 2025

Release Date for the Commercial Environment: August 10, 2025

Release Date for the US Government Environment: August 17, 2025

General Updates

  • Folder-level content deletion is now supported for OneDrive backup data, in addition to item-level deletion.

  • Copilot agent files in SharePoint Online/Microsoft 365 Group/Teams/Viva Engage sites can now be restored.

  • For customers using AvePoint Azure storage with multi-Geo enabled, the backup data storage region can now be selected during first login. Contact AvePoint support to enable this option.

  • The Backup Data eDiscovery function now supports OneDrive, allowing users to search across OneDrive backup data and export, restore, or delete content from a selected recovery point. To enable content-based search, contact AvePoint support to upgrade your subscription (additional cost applies).

  • Viva Engage communities and site collections can now be restored to another location within the Viva Engage module.

  • When restoring a OneDrive library to another library, you can now select the Attach action to create a new folder named after the source username in the destination library.

  • Marketplace customers can now configure the backup wizard and select a backup data storage region during first login. Contact AvePoint support to enable this feature.

  • The Cloud Backup for Microsoft 365 standalone tool now supports exporting Teams Chat backup data.

  • The High-Speed Migration (HSM) restore method is now available for item-level restore operations.

  • Cloud Backup for Microsoft 365 now supports Bring Your Own Storage (BYOS) hosted in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) data centers.

  • Due to Microsoft’s deprecation of classic publishing sites in SharePoint Online, Cloud Backup will now restore classic publishing sites as communication sites.

  • Support has been expanded for out-of-place restore operations between SharePoint sites, OneDrive, Team sites, and Group sites.

    Supported scenarios include:

    • Restore from Team site to SharePoint site, Group site, or OneDrive;

    • Restore from Teams private/shared channel site to SharePoint site, Group site, or OneDrive;

    • Restore from Group site to SharePoint site, Team site, or OneDrive.

ReCenter for Microsoft 365

  • Teams and groups with dynamic membership are now supported and can be searched in ReCenter.

  • The Exchange Online tile now supports Tree mode for in-place archive mailboxes. You can select either User mailbox or In-place archive, then navigate the tree structure to quickly locate and restore data.

  • In both the Exchange Online and OneDrive tiles, folders that were previously backed up but later deleted from Microsoft 365 are now included in the Tree mode.