Overview of Entra Backup and Recovery
John Savill's Technical Training gives a quick walkthrough of Microsoft Entra Backup and Restore, explaining how snapshots and recovery complement existing protections like soft delete and protected actions.
Overview of Entra Backup and Recovery
John Savill's Technical Training walks through Microsoft Entra Backup and Restore and how it fits alongside existing safety features like soft delete and protected actions.
What Entra Backup and Restore adds
- Daily snapshot of Entra state
- Ability to restore state from backup
- A difference report to understand what changed between states
- End-to-end recovery flow
How it complements other protections
- Soft delete
- Used as an additional recovery mechanism for deleted items.
- Protected actions
- Helps prevent or reduce the risk of destructive actions.
Chapter timestamps
- 00:00 - Introduction
- 00:17 - Entra daily snapshot
- 01:45 - Restoring state
- 02:50 - Difference report
- 04:34 - Recovering
- 05:13 - Soft delete
- 07:08 - Protected actions
- 09:36 - Complete solution
- 10:10 - Close