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Automated Farm Backup
Automated Farm Backup - be able to set and configure scheduled farm backups, including varying the location based on disk space, and by context (e.g. rule based ,if any modification occur on site XYZ, then backup XYZ 1 day afterwards).
45 votes -
Backup and Restore of Production SharePoint Online Site Collections
I am doing some business continuity planning and have a couple of questions. I know that our SharePoint Online site collections are backed up every 12 hours and that backups are kept for 14 days. If we are planning to make a change to a site collection containing forms, SharePoint Designer workflows, and Site Columns and Content Types, is there a way to use this support service to request a special site collection backup before we start? Alternatively is there a way to do an local backup of the information before we start making changes? If it is not currently…
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The file’s name changes to a messy code when using decompression software to download files
If you download multiple files using decompression software, the file’s name will change to a messy code.
I really want this function can be improved.8 votes -
Folder level restore/ versioning in SP
Would like to see folder level restore functionality in SP online. Currently a large gap between file level restore and using the MS site collection restore.
Seems a real drop off compared to the on prem SBS servers MS are encouraging us to replace with SP, and one of my big worries WRT cryptolocker infecting a whole site16 votes -
SharePoint Online Backup Retention Period increase
Increase backup retention period in Sharepoint Online from 14 days to a much longer period, ideally up to a year. Allow admins to request restore of single files or entire sites up to a year back.
15 votes -
Create a copy-SPOsite
It would be nice to be able to copy a site to a new site
We have a range of test sites
At a time these gets to a point in time where they move from test site to production sites
But there is no possibility to rename/copy a siteOnly posibility I have found is to create a template including contence - but it has a 50 mb limit
13 votes -
The file’s name is messy code when downloading files from SharePoint
If you download multiple files in Windows 7 environment, the file’s name will turn to a messy code.
I really want this function can be improved.8 votes -
Please enable granular restore capabilities! Item Level, Folder Level, etc
Please enable granular restore capabilities! Item Level, Folder Level, etc
Or, at the very least, please add the ability to restore a site collection to an alternate path. The restores right now are not acceptable for a service that houses production data. Overwriting an entire site collection for specific pieces of content is very destructive!
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let a business know when you are permanantly deleting their data from a user by more than a statement in small print you have 30 days
need a back up or restore that the customer recieves of all documents being deleted before deletion
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Recycle Bin - Ability to see full Name of deleted document and associated properties
It's impossible to see the full document name of most of the deleted items that I have in the Site Collection Recycle Bin. I thought I would be able to just expand the columns to get that information - but nothing is allowed.
There are lots of documents that start with the same first part of the name - and what will identify the document that needs to be restored is in the part that isn't displayed. There seems to be no way to view the full name.
There is no way to edit the view to give more details…
1 vote -
restore fail
Using the SharePoint recycle bin locks up when trying to restore a file or folder that has already been replaced. When we delete a file and try to restore from the recycle bin if the file / folder is in the SharePoint site the restore hangs. I tried the same process using the Power shell commands and the command just hangs, I waited 24 hours and the recovery process never recovered anything?
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Stop trying to alter the usage database that lives in an Always-On Availability Group during patching
The issue with databases that live in an Always-On Availability Group is that they can’t be “Altered”. The patching script is trying to alter the database and set the log to simple. This causes an error. The work around is below but causes us to add extra steps to the patching process. Can you find a way to patch and stop alter the database log method?
Fix:
So the solution for this particular problem scenario is to remove the Usage Logging database from the Availability Group while you are patching. You can do this safely, assuming that you have all…1 vote -
1 vote
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Improve restore-spfarm scriptability
Add functionality to allow for Restore-SPFarm to be scripted. for example restoring a Search Service Application with a less than trivial topology is brutal.
Perhaps allow us to pass a response handler code-block or function that you call with the prompt request and that is responsible for providing each response.
1 vote
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