Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 backup products send their reports to a mailbox. A forwarding rule passes a copy on to BackupSentinel.

1. Forward with a mail flow rule

   In the Exchange admin center, go to Mail flow → Rules and create a rule that sends a copy of your backup report emails to the address. Match on the sender or on a word in the subject, so only the reports are forwarded.

2. Or forward from the mailbox

   Alternatively, create an inbox rule on the mailbox that receives the reports and have it forward them to the address.

How reports find their backup

The built-in rule applies to reports with Microsoft 365, M365 or Office 365 in the subject, and reads the result but not a job name. Forward each product's reports to the address of the backup they belong to. Forwarding must keep the original subject and body.

Check it works

Run the job once, or wait for the next scheduled run. Within a minute the report appears under the backup, or in the Inbox when it could not be matched. A product's own "send test email" is not a backup result: expect it in the Inbox, where you can ignore it.

What BackupSentinel does with Microsoft 365 reports