Sharepoint (Microsoft 365) Ahsay Limitations on AhsayOBM

July 21, 2025
  • Document Libraries, List Items and their default Column Types will be supported, excluding customized Apps and SharePoint App Store applications.
  • Most of site lists will be supported, except for certain list types that will be skipped to restore due to API limitation, for example is Microfeed in Classic Team Site.
  • Site logos will NOT be restored, it is suggested revisiting the site setting page and manually add the missing images if necessary.
  • User-defined workflow templates will NOT be supported for backup and restore.
  • Recycle Bin will NOT be supported for backup and restore.
  • Most of Site level settings will NOT be restored, except for those essential to support the successful restore of the backup items e.g. Manage Site Feature / Site Collection Feature.

  • Most of List level settings (including List view) will NOT be restored, except for those essential to support the successful restore of backup items, e.g. item checkout settings.

    Following restore, it is suggested revisiting the relevant settings if necessary. This may affect list column ordering and visibility after restoring.

  • Restoring External Data column is NOT supported if external content type has been deleted via SharePoint Designer.
  • Restoring of multiple Value of managed metadata column when the key name (column name) contains space is NOT supported.
  • Restoring of list with local managed metadata column to alternate location is NOT supported.
  • The restore of SharePoint documents or folders with the following characters: / \ | *: “< > in item name to a Windows local computer is not supported. As Windows does not support these characters for either a file or folder name.
  • Restoring Newsfeed items in Modern Team Site will not publish the items to Homepage automatically, user will need to navigate to Site Content > Page Library click on each individual news item and “Post” the news one by one manually.
    • Backup User (except for Global Admin) may not have permission to back up the site collection even if he/she can view it in the backup source tree. FOR EACH site collection, the user can backup it only if he/she is assigned as a site admin of that site collection.
      • If the user is assigned as site admin of the root level site collection only, he/she is not automatically added as site admin of other site collection under that root level site collection (i.e. If user is to backup specific site collection under the root, he/she has to be added as site admin of that specific site collection under the root also).
      • For site collection that can be viewed by user in the source tree which he/she is not yet assigned as a site administrator:
        • when user expand the node of that site collection, access denied error pop-up will be given.
        • when user tick such site collection to backup, access denied error will be given in the backup log.
AhsayOBM