Restore individual objects and attributes to the same Azure Active Directory tenant from which they were backed up using the Azure Active Directory application.
Note
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Users and groups synced from on-prem Active Directory are set as read-only objects in Azure Active Directory. The synced objects are backed up as part of scheduled backups. When performing a restore operation, note the following:
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The restore operation for synced objects completes successfully but no attributes will be restored from backup as the object is in read-only state.
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If the user or group has been deleted from on-prem Active Directory, it should be restored in on-prem first. If the object is only restored in Azure AD, then the object is restored with the On-premises sync enabled property set to 'No'.
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Restore of mail-enabled security groups are not supported due to a limitation with the Microsoft Graph API.
Procedure
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From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Active Directory.
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Click the Apps tab.
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In the row for the Azure Active Directory app, click the action button
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In the upper-left area of the page, from the list of objects in the backed-up tenant, select an object type to view the objects.
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To find specific objects, in the Search box, enter the name or Object ID of the object you want to restore.
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To toggle the display of deleted items, in the upper-right area of the page, click either Hide deleted items or Show deleted items.
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To download object data as a JSON file, in the row of the object, click the action button
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Select the check boxes for the objects that you want to restore.
When you select an individual object, the attributes appear in the Object properties pane. When multiple objects are selected, the attributes are not displayed.
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In the upper-left area of the page, click Restore.
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If you are restoring deleted Azure objects such as users, enter a password in the New user default password box.
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Click Submit.