Entra ID

This tab allows you to explore all available backups, perform restorations, and roll back all active and deleted AD objects.

• Backup Explorer
• Quick Recovery

Backup Explorer

This tab allows you to explore all available backups and their details using intuitive widgets.

To explore a particular backup:

1. Navigate to Backup > Entra ID > Entra ID > Backup Explorer.
2. Select the domain in which you would like to explore backups from the drop-down in the top-left corner.
3. Click the Calendar icon located in the top-right corner to select a date range to view backups within that specific timeframe.
4. All the backups that occurred within the specified time period will be displayed.
5. View details like the Backup Type, Initiated By, the Backup Date & Time, the Time Taken for each backup to complete, and the Status of the backup operation.
6. Click a backup in the graph to view the total number of backed-up objects and the types of changes made to these objects. Click a tile to filter down to specific objects.
7. Click the Search icon to search for specific objects based on the Object Name.
8. In the table directly below, view the Object Name, Change Type, Object Type, and No. of Attribute Changes.
9. Click a link in the No. of Attribute Changes field to open a pop-up with details of the object's attributes, their backup values, and their current values.
10. To restore objects, select any and click the Restore button below.

Quick Recovery

This tab allows you to granularly restore all Entra ID objects to their state before deletion or modification.

• Restore Entra ID objects
• Restore deleted Entra ID objects

Restore Entra ID objects

To restore Entra ID objects:

1. Navigate to Backup > Entra ID > Entra ID > Quick Recovery > Object History.
2. Select the domain that contains the objects you would like to restore from the drop-down in the top-left corner.
3. To filter for objects, simply click one of the tiles. The options include Total Objects, Total Users, Total Groups, and Total Devices. To filter for other objects, use the Object Type drop-down in the table below.
4. Click the Search icon to search for specific objects based on the Object Name.
5. Select the objects that you wish to restore.

Restore deleted Entra ID objects

This section allows you to review the attributes of deleted Entra ID objects and restore them to the last known versions before the objects were deleted. This feature in ADManager Plus is not related to the native Entra ID Recycle Bin.

Entra ID lets you set a retention period for the deleted objects. This prevents the objects from being permanently deleted for the set duration. Once the objects have exceeded the retention period, they will be permanently purged from Entra ID's Recycle Bin. ADManager Plus allows you to restore objects that are in Entra ID's Recycle Bin or even those that have been permanently removed from Entra ID's Recycle Bin.

To restore deleted Entra ID objects:

1. Navigate to Backup > Entra ID > Entra ID > Quick Recovery > Deleted Objects.
2. Select the domain that contains the deleted objects you would like to restore from the drop-down in the top-left corner.
3. To filter for objects, simply click one of the tiles. The options include Total Deleted Objects, Deleted Users, Deleted Groups, and Deleted Devices. To filter for other objects, use the Object Type drop-down in the table below.
4. Click the link in the Backup Version field in the table to view the attributes and values of the objects that will be restored.
5. Check the boxes beside the objects that you wish to restore and click Restore.

Note: If you have configured ADManager Plus with a service account instead of a domain administrator account, you’ll be prompted to provide the credentials of a user who can write to Entra ID . If the account used to configure ADManager Plus can write to Entra ID, select Use default domain credential and click Yes. If not, unselect Use default domain credential, provide the credentials of a user who can write to Entra ID, and click Yes.