By Sergiu Gatlan
Publication Date: 2026-03-06 14:21:00
Microsoft will soon begin rolling out a significant upgrade to Microsoft 365 Backup to speed up recovery by allowing administrators to restore individual files and folders.
Microsoft 365 Backup is a SharePoint, OneDrive, and Exchange backup and restore service designed to protect against data loss from ransomware, accidental deletion, or data corruption.
Until now, Microsoft 365 Backup worked at the site or drive level, with a single corrupted or deleted file triggering a time-consuming full restore. With the new granular restore capabilities, admins can browse and search existing restore points for protected SharePoint sites and OneDrive accounts, then select only the specific files or folders they need to recover.
The feature is available exclusively to tenants with Microsoft 365 Backup already enabled and can only be used by admins assigned the SharePoint Backup Administrator role. End users are not directly affected by this change, as restore operations will only be…
