How to Change M365 Teams "Skip Backup" Messages to [Info] in AhsayCBS?

March 25, 2026

Product Version

AhsayCBS / AhsayOBM: 10.3.0 or above

Operating System

All Platforms

Description

Currently, the following warning message will be shown when there are unselected users in Microsoft 365 Backupset (Teams & Channels):

[warn] Messages for users "%M365_username%" in Channel %ChannelName% ("%TeamID%, %ChannelID") will skip to backup cause users are not selected

Some users do not want to be alerted for those unselected users; a debug option has been added in AhsayCBS v10.3 to change those warning messages to info.

Cautions:

Be aware that changing these warning messages to the [info] type will mean that excluded users will no longer be flagged as warnings, potentially causing data gaps to go unnoticed during routine report reviews. Administrators should ensure that any unselected users are intentionally excluded to avoid accidental data loss.

Solution

For AhsayCBS Run-on-Server Backup:

  1. Stop AhsayCBS services
  2. Locate cbs.opt under %AhsayCBS%\conf\ (e.g. C:\AhsayCBS\conf\cbs.opt)

  3. Add the following debug option to the file:

    com.ahsay.obx.core.backup.office365.Office365TeamsBackupMgr.suppressSkipBackupNoneSelectedWarn=true
  4. Start AhsayCBS services

For AhsayOBM Run-on-Client Backup:

  1. Stop AhsayOBM services
  2. Locate cb.opt under %AhsayOBM%\ (e.g. C:\AhsayOBM\cb.opt)

  3. Add the following debug option to the file:

    com.ahsay.obx.core.backup.office365.Office365TeamsBackupMgr.suppressSkipBackupNoneSelectedWarn=true
  4. Start AhsayOBM services
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