Microsoft Entra built-in rolePublic reference

Entra Backup Reader

Read all aspects of Microsoft Entra Backup, such as list all preview jobs, recovery jobs, backup snapshots, and create preview jobs.

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Documented resource actions

4 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/standard/read	List Microsoft Entra backups (for example, backup IDs and timestamps), view difference reports, and list recovery jobs and their associated properties.