Restoring a SharePoint Online Project Web Application to Another Project Web Application Site (Out of Place)

You can restore a SharePoint Online Project Web App to another PWA site.

By default, the existing files and folders are overwritten during the restore operation.

Before You Begin

1. Ensure that a PWA site exists at the source location with the same name as the PWA that is getting restored.

2. If time sheet is configured, ensure that the same fiscal period exists at the destination Project Web App.

3. For a PWA that is configured with Active Directory Enterprise Resource Pool Synchronization, perform a save and synchronize operation to ensure that the users are added.

4. In PWA Settings, click Timesheet Managers, and add the correct users.

Procedure

1. From the navigation pane, go to Protect > Office 365.

   The Office 365 Overview page appears.

2. On the Apps tab, click the app.

   The Overview page of the app appears.

3. On the Sites tab, select the site that contains the project you want to restore, and then click Restore > Restore documents.

   A list of SharePoint Online folders and projects appears.

4. Select the project to restore, and then click Restore. You can also search for a project from the Search box.

   The Restore options tool appears.

5. On the Destination tab, leave SharePoint Online selected.

6. Under SharePoint online, select Restore the data to another location, specify the restore location, and then click Next.

   • To restore the project to a different client, move the Restore to a different client toggle key to the right, and then in the Destination client list, select the client where you want to restore.

   • Beside the Destination path box, click Browse, select a PWA site, and then click Submit.

   The Options tab appears.

7. Beside If document exists, specify what to do with existing items:

   • To not overwrite existing items, select Skip.

   • To overwrite existing items, select Unconditionally overwrite.

8. Configure any of the additional options, and then click Next:

   • To restore deleted items, select Include deleted items.

   • To restore only the ACLs, select Restore ACLs only.

   • To restore the workflow definitions and alerts, select Restore workflow definition and alerts only.

   • To restore only the latest version of the site, select Restore latest version only.

   • To skip lookup metadata for items being restored, select Skip lookup metadata.

   The Review tab appears.

9. Review your selections, and then click Submit.

   The Summary tab appears.

10. Click Close.