Teams backup requirements

[Tumasch]

Hi

Prerequisite Teams Backup is mentioned in the Veeam User Guide that a Microsoft 365 license or a Teams Exploratory experience license is required:
"The minimum sufficient license is Microsoft Teams Exploratory experience. For more information about the Microsoft Teams Exploratory experience, see this Microsoft article."

For which scenario is a Teams license required? 1:1 chat backup or restore of complete Teams rooms?

[Mildur]

Hello Tumasch

The statement you found is for backup accounts. With Modern App-Only Authentication you won't have backup accounts. Microsoft has started (or already finished) with the deprecation of basic auth. Therefore I assume, you have already added your M365 organization with Modern App-Only.

Our backup process doesn't require a Teams license. But we still require you to assign a team license for restore scenarios. A teams license must be assigned to the user account which initiate Teams recovery from the Veeam explorer.

Restore Using Modern Authentication Method
The user account must have a Microsoft 365 license that permits access to Microsoft Teams API. The minimum sufficient license is Microsoft Teams Exploratory experience.

Best,
Fabian

[Tumasch]

Hello Fabian

Thank you for your answer!

Yes sure we used Modern Auth.
For which restore scenarios is a license required? Post in a channel? 1:1 chat?
Or what restrictions do I have if the user for the restore does not have a Teams license?

[Mildur]

Hello Tumasch

You need to assign a license of Restore with Explorer or every restore operation for Teams will fail at the device login step:



Best,
Fabian