- software:squirrel

admin_guides

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-26T02:49:59+00:00

🛠️ Squirrel Admin Guides Welcome to the Squirrel Admin Guides section. This area is dedicated to IT administrators and technical staff who are responsible for deploying, configuring, and managing the Squirrel Archiving platform. These guides are designed to assist with common day-to-day tasks, platform setup, system configuration, and troubleshooting — all with the goal of helping you run Squirrel effectively across your SharePoint environment.

archive_restore_path

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-26T02:33:04+00:00

📂 Archive/Restore by Path in Squirrel 🔍 Overview The Archive/Restore by Path feature in Squirrel allows administrators to target specific folders within SharePoint sites for archiving or restoration. Instead of acting at the entire site level, this feature provides

archived_files

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-03-28T00:58:27+00:00

🗄️ Squirrel Archived Files Overview The Archived Files section in Squirrel provides administrators with a centralized view of all archived documents across connected SharePoint sites. From this interface, you can efficiently search, review, and restore files on demand.

archived_queue

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-08-28T06:09:23+00:00

📥 Squirrel Activity Monitor The Activity Monitor section in Squirrel gives administrators real-time visibility into the active and pending workloads in the archive and restore process. ---------- 📂 Select Activity Monitor from the Squirrel menu. 📋 You’ll now see all documents that are queued and processing for archiving and restore by Squirrel.

doclib_path_exclusions

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-23T04:05:07+00:00

Excluded Libraries and Paths The Excluded Libraries and Paths feature in Squirrel allows administrators to prevent specific document libraries or folder paths from being archived. Exclusions are useful when certain content should remain in SharePoint and never be captured by the automated archiving policy (for example: temporary working areas, test libraries, or personal team folders).

end_user_archive

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-05-01T07:08:24+00:00

How to Archive Files with Squirrel Click here for more information about Squirrel Self Service Archiving on the official SmiKar website. Squirrel makes archiving old or unneeded files simple for end users, directly from SharePoint. This guide shows you how to archive a file using Squirrel’s Self Service Archiving feature. What happens when you archive a file?

end_user_guides

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-26T02:51:18+00:00

👩‍💻 Squirrel End User Guides Welcome to the Squirrel End User Guides section. This area is designed to help everyday SharePoint and Teams users understand how to interact with files that have been archived by the Squirrel platform. Whether you’re looking to restore a file, understand what a stub file is, or figure out why a file looks different in SharePoint — this section is for you.

end_user_restore

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-05-01T07:09:46+00:00

How to Restore Files with Squirrel Click here for more information about Squirrel Rehydration on the official SmiKar website. Squirrel makes restoring archived files quick and easy for end users, right from within SharePoint or Microsoft Teams. This guide shows you how to restore a file that has been archived. What happens when a file is archived?

faqs

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-26T02:52:14+00:00

❓ Squirrel Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Welcome to the Squirrel FAQ page. This section addresses the most common questions from both administrators and end users about how the Squirrel Archiving platform works, what to expect, and how to resolve common issues.

features

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-04-09T20:43:54+00:00

🐿️ Features of Squirrel Archiving Squirrel is a powerful, user-friendly archiving solution for SharePoint Online, Teams, and OneDrive. Learn more about Squirrel here: Squirrel Archiving on smikar.com Feature Category Feature Description Smart Archiving Automated Archiving

full_site_archive_restore

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-10-09T23:20:13+00:00

🚫 How to Exclude Document Libraries and Paths from Archiving Excluding specific document libraries or folder paths from archiving allows you to prevent Squirrel from processing certain content during automated archiving policies. This is useful when you need to keep active working folders, sensitive directories, or frequently accessed content outside the archive scope.

full_site_restore

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-26T02:47:33+00:00

♻️ How to Restore All Archived Files in a SharePoint Online Site Restoring an entire SharePoint Online site from Squirrel is a streamlined and reliable process. This guide walks you through the steps required to fully restore all previously archived files within a selected site. " ⚠️ Important Note:

getting_started

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-26T02:15:57+00:00

🚀 Getting Started with Squirrel Welcome to Squirrel, the ultimate automated document archiving solution built specifically for SharePoint Online. Whether you're an IT administrator or an end user, this guide will help you get up and running quickly. ----------

limitations

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-01-10T23:46:58+00:00

⚠️ Squirrel Limitations and Operational Constraints This page documents known limitations, design constraints, and platform-dependent behaviours within the Squirrel system. These items reflect the realities of operating within Microsoft 365, SharePoint Online, and Azure, and are provided to support customer administrators, compliance teams, and operational owners in designing, validating, and governing Squirrel deployments.

log_viewer

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-26T02:18:33+00:00

📄 Squirrel Log Viewer 🔍 Overview The Log Viewer in Squirrel is a powerful diagnostic and auditing tool designed for real-time visibility into system operations. It enables both administrators and support staff to monitor key activities such as: - Login attempts - Archive and restore actions - System-level processes - Errors and warnings

logging_in

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-05-01T07:13:08+00:00

🛠️ Squirrel Administrators Portal The Squirrel Administrator Portal gives IT administrators access to the centralized dashboard for managing archive and restore activity, monitoring worker status, and reviewing logs and storage usage. Administrators log in using their

orphaned_files

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-23T01:35:33+00:00

🔍 Squirrel Orphaned Files In the Squirrel system, Orphaned Files refer to archived files that are no longer linked to their original SharePoint site or stub file. These disconnections typically occur due to site deletions, stub removals, or major structural changes within SharePoint.

recycle_bin

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-02-17T02:05:36+00:00

Recycle Bin Capture The Squirrel platform includes a Recycle Bin Capture feature that automatically monitors SharePoint site recycle bins and securely preserves deleted files before they are permanently removed. Captured items are archived off to Azure storage, ensuring they do not consume SharePoint quota while still remaining accessible for compliance, recovery, or audit purposes.

reports

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-08-28T06:28:21+00:00

📊 Reporting in Squirrel The Squirrel platform includes a powerful Reporting feature that provides real-time visibility into archive and restore activity across your SharePoint environment. These reports help administrators monitor usage, track historical trends, and support compliance and storage planning.

restore_buttons

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-03-28T00:49:49+00:00

🧩 Squirrel Archive and Restore Buttons for SharePoint 🔍 Overview The Squirrel Archive and Restore buttons integrate seamlessly with SharePoint, giving users a simple and secure way to archive or restore files with a single click — directly within the SharePoint interface.

restore_limits

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-03-28T00:45:17+00:00

🔔 Squirrel Restore Confirmation Thresholds 🔍 Overview The Restore Confirmation Thresholds page allows administrators to control what happens when a user attempts to restore a large number of files or a large volume of data from SharePoint. Thresholds protect users from accidentally triggering unexpectedly large or slow restore operations by displaying confirmation dialogs — or blocking the restore entirely — before any action is taken.

restore_process

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-01-10T05:29:04+00:00

🔄 File Restore and Rehydration (Stub-Based Restore) In the Squirrel system, file restore (rehydration) is the process of seamlessly returning an archived file from Azure Blob Storage back into SharePoint when a user interacts with a stub file. This page explains how the restore process works when an end user clicks the

restore_queue

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-26T02:32:01+00:00

🔄 Squirrel Restore Queue 📝 Overview The Restore Queue page in Squirrel provides administrators with a real-time view of pending restore requests. It lists files and their associated SharePoint sites for which a restore operation has been initiated but not yet completed.

retention_settings

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-10-05T09:36:21+00:00

⏱️ Retention Settings 🔍 Overview The Retention Settings feature in [Squirrel]() allows administrators to define how long archived files should be retained in Azure Blob storage before being automatically deleted. This is managed on a per-label basis using Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) Sensitivity Labels, providing granular control over file lifecycle policies based on data classification.

search

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-01-12T01:18:15+00:00

🔍 Squirrel Search Squirrel Search provides administrators with a simple way to locate files across SharePoint sites and perform on-demand archive and restore operations directly from the Squirrel portal. This page explains how the Search feature works, how to use it, and what administrators should expect when locating files for archival or rehydration.

site_bulk

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-02-09T03:00:52+00:00

📦 How to Manage Sites in Bulk The Sites Bulk Management feature allows administrators to efficiently include or exclude large numbers of SharePoint sites from automated archiving policies. Instead of updating sites one at a time, you can manage them all at once — either globally or by uploading a targeted list of site URLs with optional custom policy settings.

site_custom_policies

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-09-23T04:56:40+00:00

Site Custom Policies The Site Custom Policies feature in Squirrel allows administrators to create site-specific archiving rules that override the global settings. This is useful when different sites require different retention criteria — for example, keeping large engineering drawings for longer, or excluding temporary project files.

squirrel_dashboard

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-08-28T05:05:57+00:00

📊 Squirrel Dashboard Overview The Squirrel Dashboard provides administrators with a real-time, high-level overview of the platform’s performance, system activity, and archiving impact. It’s designed to give actionable insights at a glance — helping you monitor data movement, track storage savings, and ensure Squirrel is running efficiently.

squirrel_global_settings

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-08-28T05:08:28+00:00

⚙️ Squirrel System Settings 🔍 Overview This document provides a detailed overview of the configurable system settings within the Squirrel archiving platform. Each setting plays a specific role in managing data archiving behavior, file lifecycle policies, storage destinations, and user environment configuration.

squirrel_site_settings

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-08-28T05:26:28+00:00

🏷️ Squirrel Site Settings The Site Settings section in Squirrel allows administrators to manage the archiving behavior and configuration of individual SharePoint sites. This section is part of the Admin Panel and is accessible via Site Archive Settings

stub_files

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-01-10T23:29:55+00:00

🧾 Stub Files Overview In the Squirrel system, Stub Files are lightweight placeholders left in SharePoint after a file has been archived. These files look and feel like the original file to end users, but the actual file data is stored securely in Azure Blob Storage.

support

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-26T03:08:54+00:00

🆘 SmiKar Support Need help using a SmiKar product or having trouble with setup or configuration? You’re in the right place. The SmiKar Support team is here to assist you with technical questions, product guidance, and troubleshooting across our full suite of tools, including:

user_guides

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-26T02:14:51+00:00

🧰 Squirrel Archiving – User Guides Welcome to the Squirrel Archiving User Guides – your central resource for learning how to use and manage Squirrel effectively. Squirrel is a powerful archiving solution designed to help organisations reduce their SharePoint and Teams storage usage while keeping documents accessible to end users. These guides are split into two main categories:

version_history

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-02-13T03:34:30+00:00

📚 Version History (Archived and Restored Files) This page explains how version history is handled by Squirrel when files are archived and later restored back into SharePoint. It is intended to explain how historical versions, authorship, and timestamps behave during the archive and rehydration lifecycle.