About the Backup Exec Exchange Agent

Last published : Apr 02, 2026
The Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft Exchange Server (Exchange Agent) lets you integrate backups of Microsoft Exchange Server databases with network backups without separate administration or dedicated hardware.
The Exchange Agent provides the following features:
  • Restore individual items from backups for which you enable Granular Recovery Technology.
  • Restore to a PST file.
  • Restore public folders.
  • Restore a database to a specific drive and a path.
  • Recreate a mailbox account.
  • Search for a specific message to restore.
  • Restore individual databases from snapshot backups by using the Recovery Database feature.
  • Seeding of an Exchange Server database copy. Seeding adds a database copy to a location on another mailbox server in a database availability group (DAG).
  • Off-host backup with Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) for Exchange Server.
For information about the best practices to use Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft Exchange Server, refer to Backup Exec Best Practices.
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