#AvePoint Cloud Backup for Microsoft 365 December 2023

#General Updates

• AvePoint Online Services Auto discovery scan profiles created after the June 2023 release only use app profile authentication, and the Cloud Backup jobs for protecting the objects scanned in app context (app profile authentication) use app profile authentication only, apart from Project Online. For site collections (of SharePoint Online, Microsoft 365 Groups, Teams, or Viva Engage), the hybrid mode is now provided. In the hybrid mode, Cloud Backup for Microsoft 365 jobs will, by default, use an app profile in backup and restore. For the data types that are unsupported in the app context, service account authentication will be used automatically. Note that the use of service accounts is not the recommended method as it attracts an increased potential for throttling issues. To learn more and enable the mode, contact the AvePoint support team.

• Cloud Backup for Microsoft 365 now supports the backup of Public Folder metadata via the app profile authentication. To protect Public Folder metadata, ensure your backup for Public Folder metadata is enabled and the Exchange Administrator role is assigned to the app in Microsoft Entra ID.

• Cloud Backup for Microsoft 365 now supports the backup of the Purges and DiscoveryHolds subfolders in the Recoverable Items folders, in addition to the Deletions subfolder. To learn more and enable this feature, contact the AvePoint support team.

• Cloud Backup services for Teams, Groups, and SharePoint Online now offer an optimized restore experience to notify you of objects with unusual activity or under potential ransomware attack.

• With Azure BYOS storage, Cloud Backup will write your new backup data to the cold tier by default to reduce storage costs.

• Updated the Yammer service name to Viva Engage, as Microsoft has rebranded Yammer to Viva Engage.

• The First backup time column is now available in the Coverage report.

• The IP address column is now available in the System auditor and you can get the Job ID of the corresponding job in the Event column.

• The Teams service is now available for customers using Microsoft 365 operated by 21Vianet in China.

#ReCenter for Microsoft 365

• The ReCenter portal now supports Chinese for the commercial environment. If the default language of the browser you are using is Chinese, the interface can be displayed in Chinese.

• When previewing OneDrive for Business files protected by Cloud Backup for Microsoft 365, ReCenter supports displaying the file path.