If you need to restore a significant amount of Entra ID data, use the restore wizard at the Connector level. This allows you to restore all groups, users, administrative units, roles, service principals, app registrations, and policies simultaneously.

We recommend restoring all objects together to ensure that relationships between them are fully recreated.

Restore Entra ID data

1. Open the Connectors page.

2. Point to the connector and click the Restore icon.

3. Click Next to proceed.

4. Select the desired snapshot.

5. Select the folders you want to restore and click Next.

6. Review the summary and click Restore. 

Important: Restoring service principals

Service principals cannot be restored if their corresponding app registrations are missing from the tenant. To ensure all service principals are successfully restored, we recommend restoring them alongside their related app registrations. 

If the app registration linked to a service principal belongs to a different tenant, the service principal will still be restored, even if the app registrations folder is not included in the restore.

What happens when you restore

For detailed information about what is restored and any limitations, please refer to our specific documentation articles:

Restore an Entra ID user
Restore an Entra ID group
Restore an Entra ID administrative unit
Restore an Entra ID role
Restore an Entra ID service principal
Restore an Entra ID app registration
Restore an Entra ID policy