To enable SharePoint archiving, the Enterprise Vault Microsoft SharePoint component needs to be installed and configured on the SharePoint server computer. SharePoint must be installed and configured on the target server to be archived before Enterprise Vault components are installed. The Enterprise Vault Admin Service is installed automatically with the Enterprise Vault Microsoft SharePoint component.

Before configuring the Enterprise Vault Server for archiving, the SharePoint site collections for archiving must exist on the SharePoint server. In Enterprise Vault Administration Console, you can then create objects for SharePoint archiving tasks, Policies and Targets.