#Change the Backup Scope

After you get started, you can make changes to the objects you want to back up. When you select a container to back up, all objects contained within the container will be backed up. After you make the changes to the backup scope, all subsequent backup jobs will back up the data according to the new scope.

To change the backup scope, follow the steps below:

1. Navigate to the Backup page and click the More commands () button in the upper-right corner of the service tile.

2. Click Configure backup from the drop-down list. If you want to change the backup scope of Exchange Online, OneDrive, SharePoint Online, Teams or Groups, and have both AvePoint Cloud Backup subscription and AvePoint Cloud Backup Express subscription, you can select which subscription to change the backup scope for.

3. With the backup service enabled, select the containers that you want to back up in the Backup scope tab. You can select the All objects in existing and any further containers option to select all containers in the backup scope, which will automatically include the objects registered later, or select Custom backup scope to include the containers that you want to back up.

   To view objects included in the containers, click the Expand () button next to the container.

   To search for an object, enter the object name in the search box and click the Search () button.

4. Click Save when you finish changing the backup scope. The changes will take effect from the next backup job. You can also click Cancel to return to the Backup page without saving any changes.

5. Note the following for changing the backup scope:

   If the backup service for an object type is disabled, no backup jobs for this object type will start until you enable the backup service again.

6. If you enable the Teams Chat service using AvePoint Cloud Backup, a pop-up window will appear. If you want to protect the Teams Chat, you must click Go to Settings > Backup and navigate to Settings > Backup to choose an API to protect Teams Chat and customize the backup time range for Teams chat messages. Note that the backup time range cannot be changed once saved.

   With AvePoint Cloud Backup, if you modify your scope by either unchecking a container (such as a set of mailboxes) or turning off the backup for a Microsoft 365 service entirely (such as Microsoft 365 Groups), we assume that you do not need to protect this content any longer and will remove this data after 30 days. This also includes cases where data moves from a protected container to an unprotected container, such as during role-changes for users (one set of mailboxes to another) or when there is a change in classification for Groups and Teams.

   • For example, if you are only protecting SharePoint sites exclusively, you are not protecting Microsoft 365 Groups. If you convert your Site Collection to become a Microsoft 365 Group, this will count as a change in scope. Since Microsoft 365 Groups were not selected to be backed up, the original SharePoint site’s data will be removed in 30 days. You can correct this by re-enabling the new scope.