Entra Backup Administrator
Enabled
Description
Manage all aspects of Microsoft Entra Backup, such as create recovery jobs and manage backup snapshots.
Details
Assign the Entra Backup Administrator role to users who need to do the following tasks:
- List all the snapshots in a tenant
- Create a difference report (preview job) of a backup in the past and optionally include scoping filters
- Compare states of changed directory objects that are in backup and recovery scope
- Filter directory objects with supported scoping filters
- Read status of a job
- List all the jobs including preview and recovery jobs
- Trigger recovery jobs and optionally include scoping filters
- Enable or disable hard deletion protection on users, groups, applications, and service principals
Directory Actions5
microsoft.directory/backup/preview/cancelmicrosoft.directory/backup/preview/createmicrosoft.directory/backup/recovery/cancelmicrosoft.directory/backup/recovery/createmicrosoft.directory/backup/standard/read
Graph API Permissions4
Microsoft do not provide a direct mapping between Directory actions and Graph API permissions, despite this being necessary for delegated (interactive) access. MSAdminRoles.com has meticulously compiled a list of the Graph API permissions that each built-in admin role enables you to utilise. Please note this listing is not 100% accurate. Graph API permissions and Entra RBAC operate as two independent authorisation planes and do not map to each other on a one-to-one basis.
BackupRestore-Monitor.Read.AllEntraBackup.Read.AllEntraBackup.ReadWrite.PreviewEntraBackup.ReadWrite.Recovery