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- How to Temporarily Disable Exchange Web Services Throttling
How to Temporarily Disable Exchange Web Services Throttling
| KB ID: | 4198 |
| Product: |
Veeam Data Cloud
for Microsoft 365 Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 |
| Published: | 2021-08-18 |
| Last Modified: | 2026-10-28 |
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Purpose
This article documents how to temporarily disable Exchange Web Services API throttling, potentially improving Exchange backup performance in Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365.
Note: Throttling may only be disabled temporarily; this should be sufficient to allow Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 to perform the initial full backup.
Cause
Solution
How to temporarily disable EWS Throttling Policy
- Go to admin.microsoft.com and sign in with administrator credentials
- On the left Navigation panel, expand the Support section and select New service request
If this option is unavailable, click Show all at the bottom of the Navigation panel.
- In the panel that appears on the right side, type EWS into the search box and select the "Increase EWS throttling policy" option from the auto-complete list.
- Click the "Run Tests" button to determine the current throttling state:
- After the test completes one of three results will be presented:
- "The Exchange Web Services are Throttled." with an option to request the throttling be temporarily changed.
After clicking "Update Settings," a confirmation message will be shown.
- "The Exchange Web Services are Throttled." with a note advising to create a new service request with Microsoft Support to change the throttling policy.
- "Your Exchange Web Services are not currently throttled." with a note stating when throttling will be reapplied.
More Information
More details regarding Exchange Web Services throttling can be found here: EWS throttling in Exchange.
Should you experience any challenges during the completion of this procedure or have questions on EWS throttling, please reach out to Microsoft support.
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