# Restoring Individual Objects in Azure Active Directory

Restore your backed up objects or attributes to the same Azure Active Directory tenant, they were backed up from. You can perform in-place restores using the Azure Active Directory application.

Note

- 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:

  - The restore operation for synced objects completes successfully but no attributes will be restored from backup as the object is in read-only state.

  - 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'.

- Restore of mail-enabled security groups are not supported due to a limitation with the Microsoft Graph API.

## Procedure

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Active Directory.

2. Click the Apps tab.

   The Active Directory page appears with a list of Active Directory and Azure Active Directory apps.

3. In the row for the Azure Active Directory app, click the action button , and then click Restore.

   The Backup content page appears.

4. 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.

5. Optional: To find specific objects, in the Search all box, enter the name of the object type, or you can use the Object ID box to search for objects based on the ID number.

6. To hide deleted items, click the action button , and then click Hide deleted items.

7. To show the list of deleted items, click the action button , and then click Show deleted items only.

8. Select the check boxes for the objects that you want to restore.

   Tip

   When you select an individual object, the attributes of the object appear in the Object properties pane. If you select multiple objects, the object attributes are not displayed.

9. In the upper-left area of the page, click Restore.

   The Restore dialog box appears.

10. To restore the deleted Azure objects like users, select the items to restore, and then enter the user password in the New user default password box.

11. Click Submit.

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