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How You Can Use the Agent to Perform Document Level Backups and Restores

This type of operation should be used for a granular level of backup and restore, such as backing up individual folders, restoring individual messages. It should also be used as a supplement to database level backups.

Document level backup and restore lets you:

• Perform folder level backups and message level restores. Document level backup supports advanced filtering during backup and offers advanced configuration options.
• Maximize performance and flexibility by supporting complete messaging single instance storage, multi-threading, and by offering the most granular level of restore.
• Simplify many administrative tasks, such as auditing, migration, pruning, and aging.
• Back up many messaging objects including posts, tasks, notes, journal entries, mail messages, events, appointments, meeting requests, and contacts.

Note: The agent does not support backing up Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving data and Microsoft Personal Archives at document level granularity. Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving is a process of archiving Exchange Server 2010 SP1 and later mailbox data to cloud-based storage locations. Personal Archives is Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and later functionality that lets Exchange users create personal archives of their Exchange Server data. For more information about Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving and Personal Archiving, see the Microsoft website.

The agent provides you with additional capabilities such as:

• Migration support
• Job continuation

For more information, see Performing Document Level Backups and Restores.