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  2. Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide
  3. Protect SharePoint sites and data
  4. Backup and restore support for SharePoint Online
  5. Supported and unsupported SharePoint Objects, Properties, Settings, and Types for backup and restore
Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide

Supported and unsupported SharePoint Objects, Properties, Settings, and Types for backup and restore

Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection supports the following PrincipalTypes:

The following table lists the supported and unsupported settings and types at different levels in SharePoint.

Table:

Levels in the SharePoint structure

Supported

Unsupported

Site collection level

Sharing

-

Site and sub-site level

  • User interfaces

    • Title, description, and logo

    • Quick launch

    • Top link bar

    • Navigation elements

  • Site columns and content types

  • Site Administration

    • Regional settings

  • Site features

  • Site collection administration

    • SharePoint Designer Settings

Managed metadata and lookup columns

List level

  • List name, description, and navigation

  • Versioning settings

  • Advanced settings

  • Validation settings

  • List columns and content types

    Calculated, Choice, Currency ($, ¥, €), Date and time, Hyperlink or picture, Image, Location, Multiple lines of text, Number (1, 1.0, 100), Person or Group, Single line of text, Task outcome, and Yes and No check box.

Managed metadata, Lookup columns, and external metadata

SharePoint Files in document libraries

File data and properties associated to the content type for the file.

Properties not associated to content type for the file like item property bag, comment.

SharePoint Items in lists

Properties associated with the content type for the item, list item attachments.

Properties not associated to the content type for the file like item property bag, comments.

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