💾 Installing and Registering the Datto Endpoint Backup Agent
Steps Recorded By: Dylan Barrett
Date: July 7, 2025
🔗 Official Install Guide (Datto)
🧭 Installation & Registration Steps (Interactive)
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Go to Datto Downloads Page
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Download the Endpoint Backup for PC's
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Run installer on the computer you are trying to add to your portal
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Once the installer finishes you will be promtped to Log into the Datto Partner Portal
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it will auto navigate to:
Status → Endpoint Backup Status → Register Agent(top-right of the page). -
In the Register Datto Endpoint Backup Agent window:
- Select or create the appropriate Organization.
- Enter the Agent ID.
- Choose a Datacenter – this determines where cloud backups are stored.
Available Datacenter options:- 🇺🇸 United States
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Select the desired Subscription Type.
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Once all fields are completed, click Register.
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Finally, Confirm that the process worked and you can see the new agent in the Datto portal
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Leave the Endpoint on untill it finishes it first backup
Installation & Registration Steps (Non-Interactive)
Followed the information from datto on this KB Article
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Go to Datto Downloads Page
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Download the Endpoint Backup for PC's the MSI installer
- The Link for the MSI installer was located in the KB article above
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In the Partner Center go to "Status" in the Top Navigation Pane
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In the Drop Down Select "Endpoint Backup for PC's Status"
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Select the Company that you would like to install the agent for
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Click on Create RMM Templete
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This will generate a Token for you to use in the Silent Install
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Transfer the MSI file to the endpoint you would like to install on in this example I have sent to C:\Temp
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Change Directory to C:|Temp
cd C:\Temp
- Run the Command and replace with the token created from your RMM template
msiexec /i DattoEssentialsx64.msi /qn /norestart REGTOKEN="<token>"
- Ensure Visability in the Datto Partner Portal