How do I restore OneDrive for Business data?

To restore your backed up OneDrive for Business data, please follow the steps below:

1. Log into your Spanning Backup for Office 365 account.

2. Select the user account that you want to restore data from.

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3. Click the 'Select Action' button, and then 'View Backups'.
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4. Select the OneDrive tab.

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5. Select the OneDrive data that you want to restore.  You can select a single file or folder, multiple files or folders, or your entire OneDrive directory.

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6. Administrators can choose to perform a cross-user restore. Determine whether you would like the selected data to be restored into the same user's account, or a different' user's account within the same tenant. Users can only restore to their own account.

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7. If you selected to restore to a different user, select which user to restore to. Click Next.

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8. Confirm the restore.

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9. Once the restore action has completed, all of your selected data will be restored into a newly created folder in the desired user's active Office 365 OneDrive account, titled 'Restored on (date)'. When the restore has completed, you will also receive a notification via email. 
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If you have any additional questions, please reach out to support@spanning.com.

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