How to enable backups for Nexetic Backup Microsoft 365:

Step 1. Sign in to the Backup Portal

Open your web browser and go to the following address: https://shield-cloud.nexetic.com/. Select Sign in with Microsoft 365. Insert your Microsoft 365 credentials for the tenant you want to back up.

You can start backup configuration also from Nexetic Portal. This is recommended for resellers.

Step 2. Grant Permissions

The backup applications will require certain reading and writing permissions to be able to back up and restore data. Grant permissions for the backup applications by clicking Accept.

You will be requested to select the same admin account and accept more permissions - again, click Accept.

Step 3. Click on the Settings icon in the top-right corner

If you didn't land directly on Settings page, click the gear wheel icon at the right upper corner of the page.

Step 4. Option 1: Configure Backup Settings for All Users

The Settings page is the easiest way to configure backups for all users.

Step 4a. Configure User Services

• If you want to back up data from all users, select User services and click All users.
• Select which items to back up: Mail, Drive, Contacts, Calendar, Teams private chats
• Select Add new Users automatically to backup if you want to have all new Microsoft 365 users automatically added to the backup.
• Click Save

Step 4b. Configure Organization Services

• On Settings page, select Organization services and click the SharePoint&Teams files slide switch to enable backup for SharePoint and Teams files that are stored in SharePoint.
  • If you want to back up only selected sites or teams, click the icon to open the Site selector. The site list is shown in alphabetical order. You can filter the sites by typing any part of the search term on the Filter line. You can use the Select filtered or Deselect filtered options to select / deselect all the matching sites at once. You can also click the slide switches for single sites / teams to include or exclude them from backup. Save the selection by clicking Save. 
• Select Add new sites automatically to backup if you want to have all new SharePoint sites / Teams automatically added to the backup.
• Select Teams channel posts to enable backup for posts on Teams channels - both public and private channels are included.
• Select Planner plans to enable backup for Planners.
• Click Save.

Step 5. Option 2: Configure Backup Settings for Entra ID groups

You can configure backups for selected Entra ID (former Azure AD) groups on the Settings page.

• Select User services and click Users in Entra ID Groups (former Azure AD Groups)
• Select Entra ID groups for backup from the drop-down menu by checking the boxes
  • Entra ID groups are displayed alphabetically. When you have selected groups for backup and clicked the 'Save' button, all selected groups are first displayed alphabetically, followed by the rest of the groups that are also in alphabetical order.
  • You can search for groups by the Entra ID Group name
• Next, select which items to back up: Mail, Drive, Contacts, Calendar, Teams private chats
• Select Add new Users automatically to backup if you want to have all new Microsoft 365 users in the selected Entra ID groups automatically added to the backup
• Click Save

Step 6. Option 3: Configure Backup Settings for Specific Users

If you already configured backups for all users according to Step 4, or for selected Entra ID groups according to Step 5, you have already successfully configured backups.

In case you want to enable backups for selected users only, you can do this on Users page. 

First, click on the Users button in the top navigation to proceed to the Users page.

Click on the gear wheel icon to configure backup for a single user.

Select which items to back up from the selected user: Mail, Drive, Contacts, Calendar, Teams private chats. 

Click Save.