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  2. Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide
  3. Protect OneDrive data
  4. Setting up OneDrive protection with Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection
  5. Configure capture scope for OneDrive connectors
Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide

Configure capture scope for OneDrive connectors

The capture scope for the connector is configured on the Capture scope tab of the connector creation workflow.

Follow these steps to configure the capture scope for a Team site collections connector:

  • Step 1: Determine what to back up and enter the Admin Center URL.

    Choose whether to back up all sites or specific sites and then provide the Admin center URL.

  • Step 2: Configure additional backup options.

    Set preferences such as permission and settings backup.

    See Configure additional backup options for SharePoint/Teams site/ OneDrive connectors.

  • Step 3: (Optional) Configure folder filters.

    Define filters to limit the backup scope to specific folders.

    See Configure Folder filter.

    See Configure Group filter.

To back up the data from all OneDrive sites
  • Click OneDrive Site collections.

  • To enter Admin Site URL and My Site / OneDrive collection base URL:

    • Click the Use default icon next to the respective fields.

      The default URL is populated.

    • Replace the <company> field with the name of the organization or tenant.

  • To restrict the backup scope to specific domains, select the Restrict to users with specific mail domain check box, and enter the domain names.

    Only the data of users from the added domains is included in the backup.

To back up the data from specific OneDrive sites only
  • Click Specific Site collections.

  • Click + Add specific site collection.

  • On the + Add specific site collection page, click the Use default icon next.

    The default URL is populated. Replace <company> with the name of the organization or tenant. Click Add.

  • Repeat the procedure to add more sites as per your backup required.

    The sites are displayed on the screen. You can use the Remove option to remove the selected site from the list.

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