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In the Service Provider Console 7.0, Veeam service providers can deploy Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365. This allows them to offer Microsoft 365 backup and recovery services to their customers, managing the protection of Microsoft 365 data including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Microsoft Teams data.

Reference:

Veeam Service Provider Console Documentation: Backup for Microsoft 365

Veeam Cloud & Service Provider Program Guide

By adding a capacity tier to the Scale-out Backup Repository and enabling the 'Copy' option, the administrator can create a backup that automatically copies data to a different media type (object storage) and also ensures that the data is offsite. This is accomplished without creating additional backup or backup copy jobs. The 'Copy' option allows for immediate copying of backups to the capacity tier, meeting the criteria specified.

Reference:

Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide: Scale-Out Backup Repository

Veeam Help Center: Capacity Tier and Archive Tier Configuration

To change a backup copy job from periodic mode to immediate mode, the most straightforward approach is D: Create a new backup copy job and delete the original job. Veeam Backup & Replication does not directly allow changing the mode of an existing backup copy job from periodic to immediate within the job settings. Therefore, the recommended practice is to set up a new backup copy job with the desired settings, in this case, immediate mode, which starts copying backups as soon as they are created by the primary backup job. After the new backup copy job is configured and tested to confirm it meets the requirements, the original periodic mode job can be safely deleted. This ensures a seamless transition to the immediate mode operation without risking data protection consistency or coverage.

Creating a backup job based on vSphere tags allows for dynamic addition of new VMware hosted SQL servers. When new VMs are tagged appropriately in vSphere, they are automatically included in the backup job, ensuring all relevant SQL servers are backed up without manual intervention.

Reference: Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, Veeam Dynamic Backup Job Configuration Guide

If VMware Tools (VIX) cannot be used due to security regulations, the backup administrator can use the proxy server as a guest interaction proxy to enable guest file system indexing for a backup job. The guest interaction proxy is responsible for the deployment and coordination of guest processing tasks, such as guest file system indexing, which does not require VIX.

Reference:

Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide: Guest Interaction Proxy

Veeam Knowledge Base: Configuring Guest Interaction Proxies

To meet the specified requirements, configuring a backup copy job in periodic copy (pruning) mode with 62 days of retention and six monthly Grandfather-Father-Son (GFS) restore points is the best approach. This setup allows for daily backups for up to two months and weekly backups for up to six months, aligning with the desired restore capabilities.

Reference: Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, Veeam GFS Retention Policy Explanation

Veeam Plug-ins for Enterprise Applications provide a transactionally consistent backup of databases and their database logs. This ensures that the backup is not only complete but also consistent at a transactional level, capturing all transactions up to the point of the backup. This is crucial for databases to ensure data integrity and consistency when restored.

Reference: Veeam Plug-ins for Enterprise Applications Guide, Veeam Database Backup Best Practices