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<main> <article class="userContent"> <p>Spanning Backup for Microsoft 365 now supports Teams Conversations.</p> <p>As a Spanning Backup for Microsoft 365 customer, you’re already enjoying automated backup of your critical Teams data stored in SharePoint Online or OneDrive, including Teams Private Channels. Starting today, we are adding support for Microsoft Teams Channel Conversations. While there is no additional cost, you do need to activate this functionality from your Spanning console.</p> <p><iframe src="//fast.wistia.com/embed/iframe/pev0dvf3z7" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" class="importedEmbed-iframe"></iframe></p> <p> </p> <h2 data-id="activate-teams-channel-conversation-backup">Activate Teams Channel Conversation Backup</h2> <ol><li>As a Microsoft 365 Global Administrator navigate to the Settings tab in Spanning Backup for Microsoft 365.</li> <li>Choose the Backups subtab.</li> <li>Click the toggle to turn on Teams Conversation Backup. You will be redirected to the consent screen for your tenant to add the necessary permissions to enable Teams Conversation Backup. Once enable it may take up to an hour for the permissions to be applied by Azure.</li> </ol><p><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6032361/uploads/migrated/JCVHMPX7S2W1/blobid0.png" alt="blobid0.png" class="embedImage-img importedEmbed-img"></img></p> <h2 data-id="manage-teams-channels">Manage Teams Channels</h2> <p>You can choose to backup all Teams Channels or select the Channels to backup. On the Teams Tab, choose Manage Channels. On the Manage Channels page you can choose all Teams Channels or a select few. You can also choose to Automatically Backup New Teams Channels and have the confidence that Spanning Backup for Microsoft 365 will detect and backup new Teams Channels as they are discovered.</p> <p><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6032361/uploads/migrated/5YZM7131PP2V/mceclip0.png" alt="mceclip0.png" class="embedImage-img importedEmbed-img"></img></p> <h2 aria-level="2" data-id="export-teams-conversation-backups">Export Teams Conversation Backups</h2> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Spanning Administrators can search for and export Teams Conversation threads from Spanning Backup for Microsoft 365.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> <ol><li data-leveltext="%1." data-font="Calibri" data-listid="3" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"> <span data-contrast="auto">As a Spanning Administrator, navigate to the Teams tab in Spanning Backup for Microsoft 365.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span> </li> <li data-leveltext="%1." data-font="Calibri" data-listid="3" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"> <span data-contrast="auto">Select a Team by name or search for a team by </span><span data-contrast="auto">Title, Description or </span><span data-contrast="auto">Channel</span><span data-contrast="auto">.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span> </li> <li data-leveltext="%1." data-font="Calibri" data-listid="3" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Expand the Channel and choose View Backups.</span></li> </ol><p><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6032361/uploads/migrated/MKNWZQ8GLBZP/blobid1.png" alt="blobid1.png" class="embedImage-img importedEmbed-img"></img></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">On the channel view page, you will see the conversation threads listed in reverse chronological order. You can change the sort order or use search to </span><span data-contrast="auto">find the specific thread by the initial conversation thread starter. To export specific conversation threads:</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> <ol><li data-leveltext="%1." data-font="Calibri" data-listid="4" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Select the checkbox for one or more threads.</span></li> <li data-leveltext="%1." data-font="Calibri" data-listid="4" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"> <span data-contrast="auto">Click the Export button </span><span data-contrast="auto">and confirm the action </span><span data-contrast="auto">to begin the export. You will be notified in the activity log and by email when the export is complete. (Note</span><span data-contrast="auto">, attachments in Teams are stored in SharePoint and the links in the messages refer to the original file location. To restore </span><span data-contrast="auto">Microsoft T</span><span data-contrast="auto">eams Documents, use the SharePoint restore feature of Spanning Backup </span><span data-contrast="auto">for Microsoft 365.</span><span data-contrast="auto">)</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span> </li> </ol><p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6032361/uploads/migrated/BE8LC26X1KV8/blobid2.png" alt="blobid2.png" class="embedImage-img importedEmbed-img"></img></span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Once the Export is complete, download the zip file from Spanning Backup for Microsoft 365.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> <p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6032361/uploads/migrated/8IFGEKOAPCEX/blobid3.png" alt="blobid3.png" class="embedImage-img importedEmbed-img"></img></span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Extract the zip file to a location of your choosing and open the messages.html file to view the exported content</span><span data-contrast="auto"> in a browser</span><span data-contrast="auto">.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> <p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6032361/uploads/migrated/1PD5KCXXUOXM/blobid4.png" alt="blobid4.png" class="embedImage-img importedEmbed-img"></img></span></p> <h2 aria-level="2" data-id="disable-teams-channel-conversation-backup"> <span data-contrast="none">Disable Teams Channel Conversation Backup</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559738":40,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}"> </span> </h2> <ol><li> <span data-contrast="auto">As a Spanning Administrator</span><span data-contrast="auto">,</span><span data-contrast="auto"> navigate to the Settings tab in Spanning Backup for Microsoft 365.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span> </li> <li> <span data-contrast="auto">Choose the Backups subtab. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span> </li> <li> <span data-contrast="auto">Click the toggle to turn off Teams Conversation Backup. Once </span><span data-contrast="auto">dis</span><span data-contrast="auto">able</span><span data-contrast="auto">d,</span><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-contrast="auto">the Teams Conversation</span><span data-contrast="auto">s</span><span data-contrast="auto"> backups will be </span><span data-contrast="auto">deleted</span><span data-contrast="auto"> in 30 days. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span> </li> </ol><p><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6032361/uploads/migrated/QOG8H53RRCRL/blobid5.png" alt="blobid5.png" class="embedImage-img importedEmbed-img"></img></p> </article> </main>