Step 5. Review Microsoft Entra Application Permissions
At the Application Permission Check step, you can review new permissions that must be granted to the Microsoft Entra application to back up and restore data of your Microsoft 365 organizations with modern app-only authentication.
You can update permissions of the Microsoft Entra application manually. For more information, see What You Do After Upgrade.
The following table lists new permissions:
|
API |
Permission name |
Type |
Usage |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Microsoft Graph |
User.Read.All |
Application |
Backup, restore |
Accessing Exchange mailboxes that belong to a user (getting mailbox IDs). |
|
User.Read.All |
Delegated |
Restore |
Accessing Exchange mailboxes that belong to a user (getting mailbox IDs). |
|
|
MailboxItem.ImportExport.All |
Application |
Backup, restore |
Exporting Exchange mailbox item data and creating a session to import an Exchange mailbox item. |
|
|
MailboxItem.ImportExport |
Delegated |
Restore |
Creating a session to import an Exchange mailbox item. |
|
|
MailboxItem.Read.All |
Application |
Backup, restore |
Accessing Exchange mailbox items to do the following:
|
|
|
MailboxItem.Read |
Delegated |
Restore |
Accessing Exchange mailbox items within a mailbox folder in a mailbox. |
|
|
MailboxFolder.ReadWrite.All |
Application |
Backup, restore |
Accessing Exchange mailbox folders to do the following:
|
|
|
MailboxFolder.ReadWrite |
Delegated |
Restore |
Creating a new mailbox folder or subfolder in a user mailbox. |

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