Restore Microsoft 365 OneNote Notebooks
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Note: OneNote Notebooks are saved as part of a user's OneDrive backup into a “Notebooks” folder. They can not be recreated in Microsoft 365 during a restore process; the only option to recover a Notebook is to download the OneNote package from backup, upload it to your OneDrive, and then share it with the user. You can also email single Notebook pages to the user.
Locate the Notebook
When you need to restore OneDrive Notebooks for a user, follow these steps:
- Navigate to the Syncro Tenant's Details Page.
- In the Cloud Backups section, locate the row for “OneDrive” in the Service column, then click Restore:
The Backup Portal displays the OneDrive page. - In the left side panel, click to select the Notebooks folder (you'll find it under root):
All existing revisions display on the right. - Select the version you want to recover, then click Download OneNote Package. A .zip file downloads.
- Extract all the files from the .zip file.
- Open any of the .one files inside the folder. The Notebook opens in OneNote, in read-only mode.
Share the Notebook, Pages, or Sections
- Click File from the main navigation in the top-left corner of the page. You'll see all the OneNote Notebooks under the Info/Notebook information page.
- For the Notebook you want to share, click Settings, then “Share or Move:”
- You'll be asked to upload the notebook to your OneDrive. It will be placed directly under the Root folder in your OneDrive.
- Open the Notebook from in your OneDrive or with the OneNote application.
- To share the Notebook with another user, you can either Invite that user to view or edit the notebook, or you can click Copy Link to share it with users who need to access.
Alternatively, to share a copy of a specific Page/Section with a user via email, follow these steps:
- Select the Notebook page to share. (You can only share one page at a time.)
- In the top-right corner of the Notebook page in OneNote, click Share, then select “Email Copy of Page.”
An email with the contents of the selected page from your Notebook open, and you can send it to another user.
Note: The contents of the Notebook page are placed in the email body, not in an attachment.