{"id":19004,"date":"2022-06-03T09:40:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T09:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/?p=19004"},"modified":"2026-03-26T05:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T05:49:10","slug":"sharepoint-sca-instructions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/sharepoint-sca-instructions","title":{"rendered":"SharePoint SCA Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two permissions are illustrated, they are independent of each other. You can select the permission most appropriate for your environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The steps to create and configure a new user in Office 365, for use as a Backup user in BackupAssist 365 can be found <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/365\/documentation\/references\/setup-backup-user.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>:&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n  <li>\n    As the Backup User, authenticate to the SharePoint Tenant\u2019s Admin Site. 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The screenshots here show a site called \u201cPermissions Demo\u201d.\n    <br><br><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/rev-751-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/rev-751-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18994\" style=\"width:500px;text-align:center;\" align=\"center\"><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n  <\/li>\n  <li>\n    From the dropdown menu, select <i>Permissions -&gt; Manage additional admins<\/i>\n    <br><br><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/rev-751-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/rev-751-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18994\" style=\"width:600px;text-align:center;\" align=\"center\"><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n  <\/li>\n  <li>\n    Add the backup user\u2019s name and click <i>save<\/i>.\n    <br><br><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/rev-751-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/rev-751-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18994\" style=\"width:500px;text-align:center;\" align=\"center\"><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n  <\/li>\n  <li>\n    It may take some time for the SharePoint permissions to be fully updated.\n  <\/li>\n  <li>\n    Once the SharePoint permissions have synchronised, the SharePoint site will be available to select in BackupAssist 365.\n    <br><br><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/rev-751-5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/rev-751-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18994\" style=\"width:400px;text-align:center;\" align=\"center\"><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n    <figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\">\n      <table style=\"border-collapse:collapse;border:none;width:100%;background:#DDF1DB;border-radius:5px;\">\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td style=\"width:9%;pading:30px;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;color:#282561;text-align:left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/note.svg\"><\/td>\n            <td style=\"width:91%;pading:30px;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;color:#282561;text-align:left;\"><b>Note:<\/b> If there was a SharePoint Subsite under the \u201cPermissions Demo\u201d site, then by default, that site will be available in <i>BackupAssist 365<\/i> too.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/figure>\n    <div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/rev-751-6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/rev-751-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18994\" style=\"width:400px;text-align:center;\" align=\"center\"><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n  <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>You should now repeat this process for other sites that you want to back up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note \u2013 this process is time consuming, and we are now working on a more automated, temporary workaround that will enable you to grant permissions for all sites in a single PowerShell script.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This document demonstrates a manual process whereby an existing SharePoint Online site can be configured for backup by a BackupAssist 365 Backup User.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":17568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[763],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backupassist-365"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - 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