M365 connector

Restore SharePoint sites with the Restore Wizard

Use the Restore Wizard to restore all or several of your SharePoint sites at one time.

To restore a SharePoint site as a new site with a new URL to a different tenant, go to Restore a SharePoint site.

To restore one item of your SharePoint site, use the Item Restore.  

Restore SharePoint sites

1. To open the Restore Wizard, to the right of your connector click the Restore icon.

2. Select Restore > Next.

3. Select a snapshot from the time you want to restore. Then click Next.

4. Select SharePoint > Next.

5. Select the sites you want to restore. Then click Next.

6. Select In-place.
Only this option is available when restoring SharePoint sites through the Restore Wizard.

7. Select how to handle duplicate items.

Choose one of the two options:

  • Skip duplicate items: If an item already exists in SharePoint, it will be skipped. All items not found in SharePoint will be added. 
  • Overwrite existing items: If an item already exists in SharePoint, it will be overwritten with the item from the snapshot. All items not found in SharePoint will be added. 

8. Select how to handle versions. 

  • Restore only most recent version: The most recent version of each file and item will be restored as a new version.
  • Restore all versions: All existing versions of each file and item will be overwritten and restored versions will receive new modified dates.

9. Click Next.

10. Review the summary. Then click Next.

Important: List items that are not present in the snapshot you are restoring from but that are present in SharePoint will be deleted. All other SharePoint data will not be deleted