{"id":68262,"date":"2025-12-18T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T08:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/?p=68262"},"modified":"2025-12-18T08:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T07:21:09","slug":"how-to-backup-microsoft-entra-id-with-veeam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/how-to-backup-microsoft-entra-id-with-veeam\/","title":{"rendered":"How to backup Microsoft Entra ID with Veeam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-68268 size-full\" title=\"how-to-backup-microsoft-entra-id-with-veeam-01\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/how-to-backup-microsoft-entra-id-with-veeam-01.jpg\" alt=\"how-to-backup-microsoft-entra-id-with-veeam-01\" width=\"602\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With latest versions of <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/veeam-backup-and-replication-13-released\/\">Veeam Backup &amp; Replication<\/a> it is possible to backup Microsoft Entra ID to enhance the protection of cloud services used by your Organization.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) is <strong>Microsoft's cloud-based identity<\/strong> and access management service. It helps organizations manage user identities, secure access to cloud applications, and protect resources.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Retrieve the Tenant ID in Entra ID<\/h2>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Using your preferred browser, log in to the <a href=\"https:\/\/entra.microsoft.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft Entra ID portal<\/a> admin portal to <strong>retrieve your Tenant ID<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Once logged in, navigate to\u00a0<strong>Home<\/strong>\u00a0and copy the <strong>Tenant ID<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-68269\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/how-to-backup-microsoft-entra-id-with-veeam-02-600x406.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"406\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Add Microsoft Entra ID in Veeam<\/h2>\n<p>To backup Microsoft Entra ID, access the Veeam console and go to the <strong>Inventory<\/strong> area.\u00a0Enter the <strong>Microsoft Entra ID<\/strong> section and click <strong>Add Microsoft Entra ID Tenant<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-68270\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/how-to-backup-microsoft-entra-id-with-veeam-03-600x343.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"343\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>If you do not have a <strong>General Proxy<\/strong> configured within your <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/veeam-hardened-repository-iso-installazione-pt-1\/\">Veeam infrastructure<\/a>, you will receive an error message.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68271\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/how-to-backup-microsoft-entra-id-with-veeam-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"139\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>If a General Proxy is available, the configuration wizard will open. Paste the previously copied <strong>Tenant ID<\/strong> and optionally add a <strong>Description<\/strong>. Click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-68272\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/how-to-backup-microsoft-entra-id-with-veeam-05-600x427.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"427\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Cache<\/strong> to specify the <strong>Cache repository<\/strong> to use. Click <strong>OK<\/strong>\u00a0then <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-68273\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/how-to-backup-microsoft-entra-id-with-veeam-06-600x427.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"427\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Select the\u00a0<strong>Create a new account<\/strong>\u00a0option to allow Veeam to create the application used to communicate with Azure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-68274\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/how-to-backup-microsoft-entra-id-with-veeam-07-600x427.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"427\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>This article has been written for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">StarWind blog<\/a>\u00a0and can be found in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/blog\/how-to-backup-microsoft-entra-id-with-veeam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this page<\/a>. It covers the full procedure to backup Microsoft Entra ID with Veeam.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Restore Microsoft Entra ID<\/h2>\n<p>To perform a restore, right-click the previously backed-up Tenant and select <strong>Restore<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-68307\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/how-to-backup-microsoft-entra-id-with-veeam-08-600x353.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"353\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>A list of backed-up items is displayed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-68308\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/how-to-backup-microsoft-entra-id-with-veeam-09-600x356.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>To restore an object, select it and click\u00a0<strong>Restore &gt; Full restore<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-68310\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/how-to-backup-microsoft-entra-id-with-veeam-10-600x339.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Wrap up<\/h2>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Today, every organization faces the concern of having its <strong>infrastructure compromised<\/strong> by hackers or ransomware attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">The only reliable strategy to stay protected is to adopt an <strong>efficient backup solution<\/strong> capable of safeguarding infrastructure such as Microsoft Entra ID, enabling quick restoration of services in case of failure or disruption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Using <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/veeam-worker-su-proxmox-ve-errore-cannot-access-a-closed-stream\/\">Veeam Backup &amp; Replication<\/a>, it is possible to easily backup Microsoft Entra ID.<\/p>\n<p>Read the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.starwindsoftware.com\/blog\/how-to-backup-microsoft-entra-id-with-veeam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full article<\/a>\u00a0on StarWind blog.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"signature\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/firma.jpg\" alt=\"signature\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With latest versions of Veeam Backup &amp; Replication it is possible to backup Microsoft Entra ID to enhance the protection of cloud services used by your Organization. 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It helps organizations manage user identities, secure access to cloud applications, and protect resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":68268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"no","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"linkedin_93tdZWzMZc_93tdZWzMZc":"","facebook_2879994398731222_17841400390232720":"","twitter_113568041_113568041":"","mastodon_115463926174894442_115463926174894442":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[{"account":"linkedin_93tdZWzMZc_93tdZWzMZc","service":"linkedin","timestamp":1772622426,"status":"error"},{"account":"facebook_2879994398731222_17841400390232720","service":"facebook","timestamp":1766044887,"status":"queued"},{"account":"twitter_113568041_113568041","service":"twitter","timestamp":1772622406,"status":"success"},{"account":"mastodon_115463926174894442_115463926174894442","service":"mastodon","timestamp":1772622440,"status":"success"}],"rop_publish_now_status":"queued","footnotes":""},"categories":[2138,933],"tags":[1682,579,3054,3055,2124],"class_list":["post-68262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backup-en","category-veeam-en","tag-azure","tag-backup-en","tag-entra-id","tag-microsoft","tag-tenant","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}