CloudAlly - Teams/Groups Deployment Guide

The following article will provide a guideline on how to configure your Teams/Groups backup within CloudAlly, if you have not already gone through the initial setup of CloudAlly, please use the guide here.

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Stage 1 - Creating the Backup task for Teams/Groups

1. On the Homepage, select "Add A New Backup Task", then select Teams/Groups.  
2. Enter your backup name
3. Select "Authenticate" then return to the home page.

Stage 2 - Configuring the Groups/Teams Task

1. On the Homepage a new backup has now been created, click the backup to configure its settings.The connected bar shows that connection has been successful to Groups/Teams in the Microsoft tenant. 
2. To set the backup parameters click on the Groups/Teams backup then select the cog in the top right.
3. It is recommended to select "Automatically Activate new groups/teams" this will detect when a new groups/teams are created and automatically add it to the daily backup.
4. Selecting "Retain auto-archived backups for (x) days before deleting" will automatically archive backups if a site/user is deleted. 

Stage 3 - Activating the Backup Task for Groups/Teams

Once you have configured the backup settings you need to Activate them in order to begin backing up data.

1. Select all groups/teams which you wish to be backed up.
2. Click Action > Activate in the top-right corner, these groups/teams will then be backed up when the scheduled backup is ran.
3. Alternatively, an immediate backup can be performed by selecting Action > Backup Now.

Your Groups/Teams backup has now been activated! If you wish to backup other services such as SharePoint or OneDrive, please see the guides below:

CloudAlly - OneDrive deployment Guide

CloudAlly - SharePoint Deployment Guide