Microsoft Entra built-in rolePublic reference

Entra Backup Administrator

Manage all aspects of Microsoft Entra Backup, such as create recovery jobs and manage backup snapshots.

Documented resource actions

6 documented actions

These are Microsoft's documented resource actions, separate from Graph OAuth permissions and tenant assignments. Descriptions are shown as supplied in the reference.

Action	Description
microsoft.directory/auditLogs/standard/read	Read standard properties on audit logs, excluding custom security attributes audit logs
microsoft.directory/backup/preview/cancel	Cancel a Microsoft Entra backup operation to compare a backup snapshot with the current state.
microsoft.directory/backup/preview/create	Create a Microsoft Entra backup operation that allows a user to compare a backup snapshot with the current state.
microsoft.directory/backup/recovery/cancel	Cancel a Microsoft Entra recovery operation to recover the contents of a backup snapshot
microsoft.directory/backup/recovery/create	Create a Microsoft Entra recovery operation that allows a user to recover the contents of a backup snapshot.
microsoft.directory/backup/standard/read	List Microsoft Entra backups (for example, backup IDs and timestamps), view difference reports, and list recovery jobs and their associated properties.