Situation

You are needing to download a SharePoint site, Sub-Site(s), or content from with the sites.


Prerequisites

These are the requirments to be able to download SharePoint sites and content:

  • Full Admin access to the Dropsuite platform


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Downloading SharePoint Sites & Content

Below will list how to download an entire SharePoint site, How to download a sub-site, as well as how to download content from a site.


Downloading a Site

  1. Login to the backup dashboard using your full admin access.

  2. On the backup dashboard, select the "SharePoint" tab.

  3. Locate the main site you need to download and hover over it then clicking "Download".

  4. First, select the date and time of the site you would like to download.

  5. Next, select the site(s) you would like to download from the list of sub-sites or "Site Name" for all sub-sites.

  6. You can then select "Generate Download".

  7. In the next window, confirm the date, time and the site(s) you will be downloading and select "Yes, Continue".

  8. On the SYSTEM STATUS tab, you can then select "Downloads".

  9. Next, select the "SharePoint" tab.

  10. On this page you will be able to view the download information, as well as you will be given a download button to download the content.

Downloading a Sub-Site

  1. On the backup dashboard, select the "SharePoint" tab.

  2. Select the name of the SharePoint site that includes the Sub-Site that's needed to download.
  3. Locate the sub-site and then hover over it to select the "Download" option.

  4. Select the date and time to download, and then select "Generate Download".

  5. In the next window, review the date, time and the site(s) select that will be downloaded, and then click "Yes, Continue".

  6. On the SYSTEM STATUS tab, you can then select "Downloads".
  7. Next, select the "SharePoint" tab.
  8. On this page you will be able to view the download information, as well as you will be given a download button to download the content.

Downloading SharePoint Content

  1. On the backup dashboard, select the "SharePoint" tab.
  2. Select the name of the SharePoint site that includes the Sub-Site that's needed to find content to download.

  3. Select the name of the sub-site.

  4. On this page, select the checkbox beside the content from the sub-site that you wish to download, and then select "Download".

  5. When you select download, you will first be given two options. You can pick to either download the latest version only, or previous versions.

  6. In the next window, confirm your select, and select "Yes, Continue".

  7. On the SYSTEM STATUS tab, you can then select "Downloads".
  8. Next, select the "SharePoint" tab.
  9. On this page you will be able to view the download information, as well as you will be given a download button to download the content.

Important Mentions

These are important things to note when downloading SharePoint sites and content.

  • When you select a date and time, the 3 time options are based on the fact that Dropsuite does 3 backups a day for SharePoint. This would mean that you are selecting one of the 3 backup times from the date selected.