Protect Entra ID

Once you register Azure as a data source in Cohesity DataProtect as a Service, you are ready to protect Entra ID in the Azure source.

  1. In DataProtect as a Service, navigate to Sources, find the registered Azure source, and click on it.

  2. Click the Entra ID tab.

  3. Use the checkboxes to select the objects for protection.

  4. Click Protect.

  5. Choose a policy to specify backup frequency and retention. If you do not have a policy, you can easily create one.

  6. To change or configure any of the additional settings, select More Options and perform the below steps, or else, click Protect.

  7. Under Settings, edit the Start Time if necessary.

  8. In the SLA field, define how long the administrator expects a protection run to take. Enter:

    1. Full. The number of minutes you expect a full protection run, which captures all the blocks in an object, to take.

    2. Incremental. The number of minutes you expect an incremental protection run, which captures only the changed blocks in an object, to take.

  9. If you need to change any of the additional settings, click the down arrow icon next to Additional Settings and click Edit.

  10. Click Protect.

    You can monitor the status of the backup on the Activity page. Also, the Activity tab of a specific Entra ID shows the history of all protection runs, including the one in progress.

    Cohesity DataProtect as a Service starts backing up the Entra ID you selected.

Additional Settings

Settings Description
Pause Future Runs Toggle on this option to stop protection runs from executing. Once you enable this option, no protection runs will be scheduled.
End Date If you need to end protection on a specific date, enable this option to select the date.
Inclusion

By default, all objects are included for protection.
Users cannot be excluded. Use this option if you want to exclude or include specific objects. By creating exclusion and inclusion rules, you can limit the protection to specific types of objects.

The options include:

  • Users

  • Applications

  • Groups

  • Administrative Units

  • Service Principals

  • Contacts

  • Roles and Administrators

  • Devices

The following GIF illustrates the steps to protect an Entra ID in the Azure source:

Next > When the first protection run completes, you will be ready to recover your protected data when and if you need to.