System Requirements

Make sure that your Microsoft organizations and backup infrastructure components meet requirements listed
below.

• Microsoft Exchange organizations

• Microsoft SharePoint organizations

• Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 server

• Backup proxy servers

Supported Microsoft Exchange Organizations

The following table lists supported Microsoft Exchange versions.

Microsoft Exchange Comments

Office 365 service families, standalone services and plans for Business,
Microsoft Office 365 Education, and Government* hosted by Microsoft are supported. For more
Exchange Online information about system requirements and limitations for Microsoft Office 365,
see this Microsoft article.

Microsoft Exchange
Server 2019
For more information about limitations for backup and restore of mail items, see
(compatibility support),
Considerations and Limitations.
2016 or 2013 (on-
premises)

*Government support is experimental.

NOTE:

Throttling policies for Exchange Online cannot be managed in the Office 365 interface.

Supported Microsoft SharePoint Organizations

The following table lists supported Microsoft SharePoint versions.

Microsoft SharePoint Comments

Office 365 service families, standalone services and plans for Business, Education,
Microsoft Office 365 and Government* hosted by Microsoft are supported. For more information about
SharePoint Online system requirements and limitations for Microsoft Office 365, see this Microsoft
article.

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 Microsoft SharePoint Comments

For more information about hardware and software requirements for Microsoft
SharePoint Server 2019/2016, see:
Microsoft SharePoint
Server 2019, 2016 • Hardware and software requirements for SharePoint Server 2016
• Hardware and software requirements for SharePoint Server 2019

*Government support is experimental.

Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 Server

The following table lists system requirements for the host machine with Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365.

Specification Requirement

The following hardware is required:

• CPU: any modern multi-core x64 processor, 4 cores minimum.
• Memory: 8 GB RAM minimum. Additional RAM and CPU resources
improve backup, restore and search performance.
Hardware
Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 also requires a minimum size of
8 GB of RAM for VMs with dynamic memory allocation.
• Disk Space: 500 MB for product installation and additional free space
for the configuration database (depending on the amount of
organizations, jobs and sessions) and product logs.

Only 64-bit version of the following operating systems are supported:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2019
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Microsoft Windows 10
OS
• Microsoft Windows 8.x
• Microsoft Windows 7 SP1

Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 server can be deployed on the
following core editions:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016 LTSC, 1709
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

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 Specification Requirement

The following software is required:

• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 or later.
• Windows C Runtime and Update (UCRT) in Windows. For more
information, see this Microsoft article.

Software • To use PowerShell cmdlets for backup and restore, Windows

PowerShell 2.0 or later is required. When using Windows 2012 or 2012
R2, Windows PowerShell 2.0 Engine must be installed regardless of the
current PowerShell version.
• For more information about Microsoft Office 365 system requirements
and limitations, see this Microsoft article.

IMPORTANT!

Consider the following:

• When you install Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange, Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SharePoint
(including Veeam Explorer for Microsoft OneDrive for Business), Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Teams
and Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 on different servers, the OS version on computers with
Veeam Explorers must be the same or later than the OS version on a computer with Veeam Backup
for Microsoft Office 365.
• Veeam Explorers can only be installed on a machine hosting Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365
5.0 or the Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 Console component. You can also use a machine
with Veeam Backup & Replication 10 or later that is deployed either along with any of these
components, or as an independent solution.

Backup Proxy Server

The following table lists system requirements for machines that you plan to use as backup proxy servers.

Specification Requirement

The following hardware is required:

• CPU: any modern multi-core x64 processor, 4 cores minimum.
• Memory: 8 GB RAM minimum. Additional RAM and CPU resources
improve backup, restore and search performance.
Hardware
Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 also requires a minimum size of
8 GB of RAM for VMs with dynamic memory allocation.
• Disk space: 300 MB for backup proxy installation and additional free
space for configuration database (depending on the amount of
organizations, jobs and sessions) and backup proxy logs.

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 Specification Requirement

Only 64-bit version of the following operating systems are supported:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2019
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

OS • Microsoft Windows 10
• Microsoft Windows 8.x
• Microsoft Windows 7 SP1

Proxy servers can be deployed to the following core editions:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2019
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016 LTSC, 1709
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

The following components are required:

• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 or later.
• Windows C Runtime and Update (UCRT) in Windows. For more
information, see this Microsoft article.
Other
For a machine used as a workgroup backup proxy, the following settings are
required:
• The Remote Registry service must run on the target machine. The
service startup type must be set to Automatic.
• Windows Firewall must be turned off on the target machine.

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Used Ports
The following table lists required ports that must be opened for inbound/outbound requests in Veeam Backup
for Microsoft Office 365.

NOTE:

Data communication between Microsoft Office 365 organizations and Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office
365 is performed through an SSL connection.

From To Protocol Port Description

Microsoft TCP 443 Required to connect to Microsoft

Exchange Exchange Online organizations.
Online

Microsoft TCP 443 Required to connect to Microsoft

SharePoint SharePoint Online organizations.
Online

On-premises HTTP 5985 Required to connect to on-premises

Microsoft (HTTPS) (5986 — Microsoft SharePoint organizations
SharePoint used by through the WinRM port.
Server default)

On-premises TCP 80 or 443 Required to connect to on-premises

Veeam Backup for
Microsoft Microsoft Exchange organizations.
Microsoft Office
Exchange
365 Server
Server

Backup Proxy TCP 9193 Required to manage inbound/outbound

Server (used by traffic when interacting with the Veeam
default) Backup for Microsoft Office 365 server.

Make sure to open this port on a backup

proxy server.

TCP 445 This port is used to:

• Install and manage the
Veeam.Archiver.Proxy service on a
target proxy machine.
• Perform RPC requests.

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