Know your Groups dashboard
The Groups dashboard lists all the discovered Groups. This topic explains the dashboard in detail and the actions you can perform on it.
Access path
To access the Groups dashboard, sign in to inSync Management Console and navigate to Microsoft 365 > Groups.
The Groups dashboard has three tabs, All Groups, Configured Groups, Settings.
All Groups
The All Groups tab lists the group name, type of Group (Security, Microsoft 365, Distribution, Mail-enabled Security), number of plans associated with the group, last completed backup status along with date and time, size of the backed up data, app status, last backup status (Backed Up Successfully, Backup Failed, Backed Up With Error, Never Backed Up), status details (shows the error code indicating the reason for data backup failure), and the number of plans associated with the Group.
A Group can have one of the following status:
- Enabled: Storage is assigned to the Group and backup is enabled for the selected Group.
- Disabled: If the backup is disabled for the selected Group.
- Not Configured: The selected Group is not configured for backup.
On this tab, you can perform the following actions:
- Configure backup settings for Groups
- Manually discover the newly added Groups
- Delete the selected Group
- Customize (view or hide) table columns
- View the Groups list in the full-screen mode.
Configured Groups
You can perform the following actions on the Configured Groups tab.
- Manually back up a Group
- Restore data for the selected Groups
- Enable a Group for backup
- Disable a Group for backup
- Filter the Groups list based on the following criteria:
- Group Type
- Plan Name
- Groups with connected Teams
- Last Backup Status
- App Status
- Group Privacy (Public, Private, None)
Settings
On the Settings tab, you can:
- Define auto-configuration settings for Groups backup
- Modify the default or custom backup settings
The dashboard lists all the configured and non-configured Groups.
- When you click any non-configured Group, the Configure for Backup window is displayed.
- When you click any configured Group, the Summary page is displayed.
Summary
- ►The Summary page gives you an overview of the selected Group’s backup details.
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Field
Description
Group Details
View the selected Group details such as it’s name, type, no. of current plans, status, Group site, Group Team, storage region assigned to it, date and time when the Group was added, it’s description, and email ID.
Data Distribution
Analyze the backed up data distribution between Group Site, Private channel sites, Team conversations, Group metadata, and Planner metadata.
Storage consumption
Analyze the backup storage consumption in the last 90 days.
Backup Summary
View backup summary that includes date and time of the last completed backup, last backup status, last backup data, and total backup data.
Backup Settings
Specifies whether custom or default backup settings are applied. Click Edit to modify the custom settings.
Activity Stream
The Activity Stream tab displays the current progress of ongoing backup or restore activities of all Groups.
On this tab, you can:
- Download the log file
- Filter the logs based on Activity, Time, and Status