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:

Step 5. Review Microsoft Entra Application 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:

  • Get mailbox item properties.
  • Get mailbox items that were added, deleted, or updated in a mailbox folder.

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:

  • Read properties and relationships of a mailbox folder.
  • Get mailbox folder objects that were added, deleted, or removed from a user mailbox.
  • Create a new mailbox folder or subfolder in a user mailbox.

MailboxFolder.ReadWrite

Delegated

Restore

Creating a new mailbox folder or subfolder in a user mailbox.

Step 5. Review Microsoft Entra Application Permissions

Related Topics

Permissions for Modern App-Only Authentication

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