Microsoft 365 Backup - Enable Restore Portal

Owned by David von Plenker-Tind
Last updated: Oct 26, 2023
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In order for the tenant Azure organisation to be able to login to the restore portal, Cloudist needs to be granted authentication privileges.

 

Get Application Id from Portal

  1. Login to the portal and navigate to the M365 Backup Service page.

  2. Select the Restore Operators tab.

  3. Click the Information button

  4. Copy the Application Id displayed in the dialogue

Configure Azure Application

Open a PowerShell session and run the following code:

Install-Module AzureAD Import-Module AzureAD' Connect-AzureAD #Authorize with tenant admin credentials New-AzureADServicePrincipal -AppId "<Application Id from Portal>"

Configure Application in Azure

  1. Navigate to Azure Active Directory → Enterprise applications → Overview

  2. Enter the Application ID from previous step into the search your tenant field.

  3. Once it shows up, click on it.

  4. Go to the Permissions tab. Click on the blue bar Grant admin consent for… and accept the dialogue that pops up.

  5. Now the tenant will be able to logon to the Restore Portal.

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