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title: "Backup Copy to Wasabi on Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v7"
slug: "how-do-i-create-a-backup-copy-to-wasabi-on-veeam-backup-for-microsoft-365-v7"
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# Create a Backup Copy to Wasabi on Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v7

[Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v7](https://www.veeam.com/whats-new-backup-microsoft-office-365.html) empowers customers to securely back up Office 365 to on-premises or cloud object storage. Wasabi has been validated to work with Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v7.

Version 7 of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 introduces immutability support for backup copy jobs. This article provides steps to create a backup copy job and enable immutability on backup copy jobs.

For more details about specific features, refer to [Veeam's Documentation](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbo365/guide/?ad=in-text-link&_gl=1*1kipnk7*_ga*NzE2NDU1NDUxLjE2Njk4NDU2ODU.*_ga_PMJS81E58L*MTY3NzYwMTA0MS43Mi4xLjE2Nzc2MDIyMjkuNDQuMC4w).

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The data restoration process is handled by your specific backup software application. As there are many, potential variables that will affect your unique environment, Wasabi strongly recommends that you seek the guidance of your backup software's technical support team in the event that you encounter difficulty or have application-specific inquiries. Veeam Backup for M365 supports immutability only for backup copies.

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To leverage immutable Veeam backups, follow the steps in [Object Lock: Enabling](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/object-locking). Enabling bucket versioning only is not a proper configuration for immutable Veeam backups and can cause problems. If you are simply going to use regular Veeam backups with Wasabi buckets, then bucket versioning is not required.

#### Requirements

- Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v7 installed and licensed.
- Active Microsoft 365 account with two-step authentication turned On.
- Active Wasabi Cloud Storage account.
- A standard Wasabi bucket created with access keys.

## Adding the Organization

Refer to Section 2 of [Creating a backup to Wasabi on Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v7 article](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/how-do-i-create-a-backup-to-wasabi-on-veeam-backup-for-microsoft-365-v7).

## Adding Wasabi Cloud Storage

Refer to Section 3 of [Creating a backup to Wasabi on Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v7 article](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/how-do-i-create-a-backup-to-wasabi-on-veeam-backup-for-microsoft-365-v7).

## Adding Object Storage Repository

Refer to Section 4 of [Creating a backup to Wasabi on Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v7 article](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/how-do-i-create-a-backup-to-wasabi-on-veeam-backup-for-microsoft-365-v7).

## Creating a Backup Copy Job

To create a Backup copy job on Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v7:

1. From the Organizations tab, select the organization that needs to be backed up.****Select the backup to be copied and click **Backup Copy**.

![Screenshot_2023-03-07_at_8.25.36_AM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/13460952971291.png)
2. Select the new object repository (created in [Adding Object Storage Repository](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/how-do-i-create-a-backup-copy-to-wasabi-on-veeam-backup-for-microsoft-365-v7#adding-object-storage-repository)) as the target backup repository. Click **Next** to continue.

![Screenshot_2023-03-07_at_8.26.37_AM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/13460984126619.png)
3. Select when to run the backup copy job and click **Save**. In this example, we chose to run the backup copy job immediately. You can schedule the job to run at different times.
4. Optionally, select **Terminate the job if it exceeds the allowed backup window** and specify the allowed and prohibited hours for the backup copy job by clicking on **Window**. Review [Veeam documentation](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbo365/guide/backup_copy_schedule.html?ver=70) for more details.

![Screenshot_2023-03-07_at_8.27.50_AM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/13460984080411.png)

You will see the backup copy job created when you select your organization.****When you click on the backup copy job, you can see the detailed status for the job.

![Screenshot_2023-03-07_at_8.42.36_AM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/13461307052955.png)
5. Verify that your data is being backed up to Wasabi by logging into the Console. Navigate to the bucket used for the Backup copy job, and look for the copy data folder under backups.

## Enabling Immutability

In version 7 of Backup for Microsoft 365, Veeam introduced immutability support for backup copy jobs. This section details the procedure to create immutable backups using a backup copy job for your Microsoft 365 organization. For more information on creating an object lock enabled bucket, refer to [Object Lock: Enabling](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/object-locking).

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**CAUTION:** Do not enable Bucket-Level Object Retention settings on the Object Lock tab for your bucket. The screenshot below illustrates the correct way to have object lock configured.

![Screenshot_2023-03-01_at_3.28.06_PM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/13323872274331.png)

Enable immutability while configuring your Wasabi Object Storage. Immutability can be enabled when adding object storage to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365. Object storage with enabled immutability can be used only to store backup copies. Immutable object storage cannot be used to store backups from a backup job. For more information, refer to [Veeam's documentation for immutability](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbo365/guide/immutability.html?ver=70).

The immutability period matches the duration of applying the retention policy configured for the backup repository, which is extended with immutable object storage. Backups cannot be deleted or modified for the period set by the retention policy. For more information, refer to [Veeam's documentation on Specify Retention Policy Settings](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbo365/guide/new_repository_4.html).

To create an immutable Wasabi object storage:

1. From the Backup Infrastructure tab, click **Object Storage**, then click **Add Object Storage**.

![Screenshot_2023-03-07_at_9.28.07_AM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/13462678209435.png)
2. Enter a Name for the storage. Click **Next**.

![Screenshot_2023-03-07_at_8.50.03_AM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/13462434238107.png)
3. Select **Wasabi Cloud Storage**. Click **Next**.

![Screenshot_2023-03-07_at_8.50.26_AM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/13462403849371.png)
4. Enter the following details and click **Next** to continue.

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This configuration example discusses the use of Wasabi's us-east-1 storage region. To use other Wasabi storage regions, use the appropriate Wasabi service URL, as described in our [Wasabi Service URLs article](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/what-are-the-service-urls-for-wasabis-different-storage-regions).

![Screenshot_2023-03-07_at_8.50.47_AM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/13462403849499.png)
  - **Service point:** Service URL to use for Wasabi's storage region.
  - **Data center region:** Name of the storage region.
  - **Wasabi S3 credentials:** Access and Secret keys for your Wasabi bucket. If these are not already added, click **Add** and input the Access and Secret key. Click **OK** to add the keys.
5. Select your bucket from the dropdown list. Click **Browse** to select a folder. Create a new folder in the folder window and click **OK**.
6. Click the checkbox for **Make backup copies immutable** to enable immutability for this object storage. Click **Finish** to create the object storage.

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Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 introduces Object Lock functionality for backup copies only. When immutability is enabled, by checking **the Make backup copies immutable** setting for object storage, that object storage will only be available to be used for a backup copy job.

![Screenshot_2023-03-07_at_8.50.57_AM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/13462227074843.png)
7. Add an **Object storage repository**.
8. On the Backup Infrastructure tab, click **Backup Repositories**. Click **Add Repository**.

![Screenshot_2023-03-07_at_10.11.57_AM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/13464135305115.png)
9. Enter a Name and Description. Click **Next**.

![Screenshot_2023-03-07_at_8.52.12_AM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/13464225961499.png)
10. Select **Backup to object storage**and click **Next**.

![Screenshot_2023-03-07_at_8.52.18_AM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/13464225914011.png)
11. Leave the default backup proxy (or select an alternative if you are using one), then click **Browse** to select the local cache path. Create a new cache folder or select an existing one. Click **OK**. Click **Next.**

![Screenshot_2023-03-07_at_8.52.37_AM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/13464225880091.png)
12. Select the previously created Wasabi Object Storage. Click **Next**.

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Optionally, choose to encrypt the data that Veeam uploads to Wasabi. This will be third-party encryption provided by Veeam. For more information, refer to [Veeam's documentation on Data encryption](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbo365/guide/data_encryption.html?ver=70).

![Screenshot_2023-03-07_at_8.52.47_AM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/13464242115995.png)
13. Select the retention period and retention type, as needed. Click **Finish** to create the repository.

Advanced settings for the retention policy can be configured by clicking **Advanced**. For more details, refer to Veeam's documentation on [Retention policy settings](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbo365/guide/new_repository_4.html?ver=70).

![Screenshot_2023-03-07_at_9.58.19_AM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/13464342396059.png)
  - **Retention period:** Select the retention period. Note that this setting cannot be changed for immutable backup repositories.
  - **Snapshot-based retention:** Select this type to keep an item until the restore point of an item's version within the retention coverage.
  - **Item-level retention:** Select this type to keep an item until its creation time or last modification time within the retention coverage.
14. Create a Backup Copy job (follow the steps above in [Creating a Backup Copy Job](/v1/docs/how-do-i-create-a-backup-copy-to-wasabi-on-veeam-backup-for-microsoft-365-v7#creating-a-backup-copy-job)). Select the recently created immutable Object storage repository.
15. Verify that your data is being backed up to Wasabi by logging into the Console. Navigate to the bucket used for Veeam Backups for Microsoft 365 and look for data. Ensure that **show versions** is enabled on the Wasabi Console to view Object lock details.

![Screenshot_2023-03-07_at_9.08.20_AM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/13464587986331.png)