Assignment of the ApplicationImpersonation Role Fails With Error

Challenge In Microsoft 365 organizations using modern app-only authentication, an attempt to assign the ApplicationImpersonation role, which is required for data restore with Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange , fails with the following error:...

Veeam Backup & Replication Install Fails with: "A later version of Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange is already installed."

Challenge When attempting to install Veeam Backup & Replication version 12.1, 12.2, or 12.3 on a machine where Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 version 8 is already installed, the Veeam Backup & Replication install fails with the error: A later version of Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange is...

Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Teams Error: "Tab type is not supported"

Challenge The Tenants of a Service Provider, who has recently upgraded to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 version 7.0.0.3604 P20230512, may receive the following error when attempting to restore using Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Teams: Tab type is not supported. Cause This error occurs because th...

Export report email from Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange is sent in an unexpected language

Challenge Export reports sent by Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange are illegible or unexpectedly contain Chinese characters. Cause The issue is caused by an encoding conflict. By default, Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange uses UTF-16 character encoding, and the issue appears under followi...

Release notes for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 4a

Challenge Release Notes for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 4a. Cause Please confirm you are running Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 version 2.0, 3.0 or 4.0 prior to installing the new version 4a 4.0.0.1553. You can check the product version under Help About in the Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365...

Exploring VBO365 backups: Understanding Different Restore Scopes

Challenge You can explore backups in three different scopes: Backup Job , Organization , All organizations. Consider the following organizations added to the Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 backup infrastructure; each of these organizations uses its own backup repository to store data: Organizatio...

Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange Error: "Incompatible Veeam Backup for Office 365 server version"

Challenge When attempting to restore data Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange, Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SharePoint or Veeam Explorer for Microsoft OneDrive for Business, the following error occurs: Incompatible Veeam Backup for Office 365 server version received: X.X.X.XXX, expected:...

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v2 cumulative patch KB2809

Challenge Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v2 cumulative patch KB2809. Cause Please confirm you are running Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 version 2.0.0.567 or 2.0.0.594 see KB2765 for more details prior to installing this cumulative patch KB2809. You can check the product version under Help About ...

Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange Javascript Execution Vulnerability

Challenge The vulnerability allows execution of arbitrary code in emails containing inline Javascript. NOTE: This has been corrected in Veeam Backup for MIcrosoft Office 365 version 3 and Veeam Backup & Replication version U4a. Cause The affected component is Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange...

Question mark in Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL Server meaning

Challenge In Veeam Explorer for SQL, some databases may be listed with a question mark. Despite the question mark and warning, some restore operations may still function. However, some restore details may not auto-populate due to the lack of metadata. Cause The question mark indicates that metada...

Notification Emails From Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 Are Sent in an Unexpected Language

Challenge Email notifications sent by Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 unexpectedly contain Chinese characters. Cause The issue is caused by an encoding conflict. By default, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 uses UTF-16 character encoding, and the problem appears under the following circumstances: Us...

Guest Processing for Microsoft SQL Server Results in Logon Failure Error

Challenge When performing any of the following operations, the following error occurs: Back up of SQL Server transaction logs. Truncation of SQL Server transaction logs. Collection of SQL instances metadata for Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL. While the error message varies depending on the actu...

Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 2

More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version Challenge Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 2 Cause Please confirm you are running version 9.5.0.580, 9.5.0.711, 9.5.0.802, or 9.5.0.823 prior to...

Veeam Explorer for SQL (VESQL): Unable to pass current account's context to the mount server

Challenge When attempting to restore a database using Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL Server with the "Use current account" option, the following error occurs: Access is denied: unable to pass current account's context to the mount server, please supply credentials and try again. Cause Veeam...

Configuring a SQL staging server to a Veeam Explorer gives “error: 25”

Challenge When configuring a staging SQL server for Veeam Explorers, the following error appears when a malformed server name is provided: A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify th...

Using V8 U-AIR wizards to restore Exchange 2003 and 2007

This KB article documents the procedure for restoring Application Items for Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007. The Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange does not support these versions of Exchange. In o...

Restoring Encrypted Databases with Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL Server

Challenge Restoring an encrypted database with Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL Server fails with one of the following errors: Cannot find server certificate with thumbprint '' Transparent Data Encryption is not available in the edition of this SQL Server instance. You are unable to check "Perfor...

How to enable FILESTREAM and install RBS APIs in SQL for VESP

This KB article documents information that other users have found useful when configuring FILESTREAM and/or installing RBS APIs to work with Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SharePoint...

Veeam Explorer for Exchange (VEX) Restore Failure - HTTP Error 501 – Load Balancer

Challenge The following KB is only relevant if a Load Balancer is being used. When attempting to use the "Restore to " function the restore fails with "HTTP Error 501". The following will be found in the logs: Item restore failed: The request failed with HTTP status 501: Invalid Request. Error:...

Failed to load jet library

Challenge The following error occurs when attempting to perform a restore using Veeam Explorer for Exchange: "Failed to load jet library from C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Backup\ExchangeExplorer\ESE\V15\ese.dll" Solution To solve, upgrade to Internet Explorer 10+ as it contains the necessary Windows file...