In Cove 26.3, Group-Based Data Protection is now generally available for all customers. This allows users to select Microsoft Entra ID security groups to define how and which groups of Microsoft users are protected in Cove, instead of selecting them one by one. This will help you apply consistent policies across security groups and protect the right user segments without protecting the whole tenant.
Feature releases like Group-Based Data Protection and other enhancements made in Cove 26.3 further our mission to support larger Microsoft tenants.
What’s New in the Cove?
Management Console
HaloPSA Integration Limited Tech Preview
Our ticketing integration with HaloPSA has now entered limited tech preview. With this integration, backup alerts and failures detected in Cove will auto-create tickets in your HaloPSA environment, eliminating the need for manual checks or email-based workarounds.
If you’d like to sign up for the limited tech preview of this integration, register your interest here.
Backup Manager
New Platform Support
Cove Data Protection now officially supports Windows Server 2025 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Customers can now deploy the Backup Manager on systems running these operating systems and protect their workloads using the full range of backup and recovery capabilities.
Microsoft 365 Protection
Group-Based Data Protection GA
Users can now select Microsoft Entra ID security groups to define how and which groups of Microsoft users are protected in Cove, instead of selecting them one by one.
This helps you apply consistent policies across security groups and protect the right user segments (e.g., teachers vs. students, employees vs. contractors) without protecting the whole tenant. This feature currently supports Exchange Online and OneDrive. Key benefits include:
- Better coverage: reduces the risk of missed backups and improves protection consistency through centralized group-based control
- Faster onboarding: select existing security groups to enable protection in a few clicks
- Less manual work: future users added to selected security groups are automatically added for protection
Simply choose your Entra ID security groups to define protected users, and configure protection either by groups or by individual users (per tenant). New group members will be automatically added for protection.
Note: switching to group-based protection will override and clear all individual user selections.
FastTrack Onboarding for SharePoint and Teams
We’re extending our FastTrack Onboarding capabilities to now include SharePoint and Teams, in addition to Exchange Online and OneDrive.
FastTrack Onboarding allows you to protect Microsoft data faster with fewer clicks by providing a streamline onboarding experience. This feature is especially useful when onboarding large or multiple tenants.
Faster Exchange Backups
Exchange backup sessions are now faster by skipping attachment reads for unchanged messages and uses delta statistics during processing. This typically reduces backup duration by approximately 30% (varies by tenant), with environments that have heavy attachment usage realizing a larger reduction in backup duration.
Exchange Online Export to PST Enhancements
Exchange Online Export to PST now supports export of large mailboxes (100 GB+). Additionally, users now have more visibility into the export process by showing the mailbox type and status in the export flow.
Teams Restore Wizard UI Update
The Teams Restore Wizard is now built on our new APEX design system, bringing a more unified and consistent restore experience across the product UI.
Resources and Events
Cove Health Check
Schedule a free, in-depth engagement with a Cove expert to help you uncover unknown gaps in your backup health and configurations that could undermine your recovery efforts. Schedule now
Become a Master of Disaster Recovery
Join this interactive Masterclass on April 23rd that prepares you and your team to respond before a disaster strikes. Register now
Office Hours: Cove Data Protection
Join Head Backup Nerd Eric Harless and Product Management guests on April 27th for Q&A, roadmap updates, practical automation and scripting insights, and to improve your overall chance of a successful data recovery. Register here
Cove 26.2 Release Notes
Cove 26.2 delivered Critical Configuration Changes which allows you to create event-based notifications for critical changes made to your backup policies such as changed retention schedules, modified backup profiles, or deleted devices. Check out last month’s update to learn more. Read now
Legal Disclaimer: Any usage of the product while in Limited Tech Preview or Public Preview is provided as part of early access. Feature may change before General Availability, and performance or availability is not guaranteed.
Billing Disclaimer: PST Export is included in your standard Cove Microsoft 365 Backup licensing. No additional charges apply.
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