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Veritas Alta™ SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide

Last Published: 2024-08-01

Product(s): Veritas Alta SaaS Protection (1.0)

API permissions for the Exchange Online

If you use the Microsoft 365 App Registrations mode to configure the connector for your Exchange workload, Veritas Alta SaaS Protection must have the API permissions listed in the following table. In the Microsoft 365 App Registration mode, a single app has all the following permissions assigned, whether permissions are applicable to the workload being backed up by the connector to which the apps are assigned. The delegated permissions are mentioned in the following tables; all other permissions are app permissions.

Table: List of API permissions required for Exchange Online backup and restore

API Name	Claim value	Permission	Description by Microsoft	Used by Veritas Alta SaaS Protection
Microsoft Graph	MailboxSettings.Read	Read all user mailbox settings.	Allows the app to read user's mailbox settings without a signed-in user. Does not include permission to send mail.	To read mailbox type when using the Graph Management API mode.
	Group.ReadWrite.All	Read and write all groups.	Allows the app to create groups, read all group properties and memberships, update group properties and memberships, and delete groups. Also allows the app to read and write conversations. All of these operations can be performed by the app without a signed-in user.	To add impersonation accounts as members to Microsoft 365 Groups/Teams to back up and restore their mailboxes in the Graph Management API mode.
	Directory.Read.All	Read directory data.	Allows the app to read data in your organization's directory, such as users, groups and apps, without a signed-in user.	To fetch a list of users within a tenant and obtain a list of mailboxes using the Graph Management API mode.
	RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory	Read and write role management data for Microsoft Entra ID.	Allows the app to read and manage the role-based access control (RBAC) settings for your company's directory, without a signed-in user. This includes instantiating directory roles and managing directory role membership, and reading directory role templates, directory roles and memberships.	To add impersonation accounts as administrators to role assigned Microsoft 365 groups to backup and restore their mailboxes using Graph Management API mode.
Office 365 Exchange Online	full_access_as_app	Use Exchange Web Services with full access to all mailboxes.	Allows the app to have full access by Exchange Web Services to all mailboxes without a signed-in user.	To backup/ and restore data from all types of mailboxes. No other granular permissions are provided by Microsoft for Exchange Web Services.
Office 365 Exchange Online	Exchange.ManageAsApp	Manage Exchange as an application.	Allows the app to manage the organization's Exchange environment without any user interaction. It includes mailboxes, groups, and other configuration objects. To enable management actions, an admin must assign the appropriate roles directly to the app.	To allow Exchange Online PowerShell access for the following operations when the PowerShell Management API mode is used: Gather a list of mailboxes and their details. Add impersonation accounts to Microsoft 365 Group/Teams mailboxes. Get permissions assigned to mailboxes to capture ACLs.