Selecting public folders

Select the public folders as described below, and then specify other settings of the protection plan as appropriate.

Public folders consume licenses from your backup quota for Microsoft 365 seats.

To select Exchange Online public folders

  1. Click Microsoft 365.
  2. If multiple Microsoft 365 organizations were added to the Cyber Protection service, expand the organization whose data you want to back up. Otherwise, skip this step.
  3. Expand the Public folders node, and then select All public folders.

  4. Do one of the following:

    • To back up all public folders (including public folders that will be created in the future), click Group backup.
    • To back up individual public folders, select the public folders that you want to back up, and then click Backup.

  5. In the backup plan, configure the following:

    • In Schedule, select the backup frequency.

      This option is configurable if the Advanced Backup pack is enabled for your tenant. For more information, see Setting the frequency of Microsoft 365 backups.

    • In How long to keep, configure the retention rules for the backups.
    • In Encryption, click Specify password.
      • Specify and confirm the encryption password, and then select the encryption algorithm.
      • Click OK.

    • To enable antimalware scan, enable the Backup scan for malware switch.

      The availability of this feature depends on the service quotas that are enabled for your account.

      For more information, see Antimalware scan of mailboxes.