Restore Overview
Restoring backed-up data means different things depending on the workload and how you want the data back. BYOVault provides several distinct restore mechanisms, each covering a specific case.
Version history browsing
Every version of a file or mail item that BYOVault has ever backed up is retained and browsable, not just the most recent one. Browsing version history is the starting point for any restore — it is how you find the specific version to act on. See Version History.
Direct download
Any backed-up file can be decrypted and streamed directly to your browser without touching the source Microsoft 365 tenant or file server at all. See Download a File.
In-place restore: SharePoint & OneDrive
Drive-inject writes a backed-up file back into its original SharePoint or OneDrive location via Microsoft Graph. See In-Place Restore: SharePoint & OneDrive.
In-place restore: Exchange
Exchange-inject writes a backed-up message back into a mailbox and folder, including cross-mailbox restore into a mailbox other than the one it was originally backed up from. See In-Place Restore: Exchange.
File-server restore-to-original-location
For on-prem file servers, a restore request is queued for the file server agent, which polls for it, downloads and decrypts the file, writes it back to its original path on the source machine, and reports completion back to BYOVault. See File Servers.