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title: "Get-VBREntraIDTenantItem"
description: "This cmdlet returns Entra ID items that a backup contains."
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breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Microsoft EntraID Support > Tenant Backups > Get-VBREntraIDTenantItem"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
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# Get-VBREntraIDTenantItem

## Short Description
Returns Microsoft Entra ID items that a backup contains.

**Product Edition**: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

## Syntax
```
Get-VBREntraIDTenantItem -Backup <VBREntraIDTenantBackup> -Type <VBREntraIDTenantItemType> [-Name <String[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet returns Entra ID items that a backup contains.

## Parameters

<table style="width:100%;" class="Blue_Table">
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Parameter</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Description</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Type</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Required</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Position</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Accept Pipeline Input</p>
        </th>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Backup</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the backup from which you want to get Entra ID items.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBREntraIDTenantBackup</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrentraidtenantbackup.md"><code>Get-VBREntraIDTenantBackup</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vbrentraidtenantbackup.md"><code>VBREntraIDTenantBackup</code></a></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Name</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an array of item display names. The cmdlet will return items with these display names.</p><p><strong>Note</strong>: This parameter accepts wildcard characters.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>String[]</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Type</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the type of items that you want to return.</p><p><strong>Note</strong>: Conditional Access policies are available only in Enterprise Plus and Veeam Universal License.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBREntraIDTenantItemType</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>

`<CommonParameters>`

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see [ Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_commonparameters?view=powershell-7).

## Output Object
The cmdlet returns the array of [`VBREntraIDTenantItem`](vbrentraidtenantitem.md) objects that define settings of Entra ID items.

## Examples

::: example
### Example 1. Getting Groups by Name

This example shows how to get backed-up groups whose displayed name start with `"grp"`.

```
$backup = Get-VBREntraIDTenantBackup -Name "Tenant backup"
$groups = Get-VBREntraIDTenantItem -Backup $backup -Type Group -Name "grp*"
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBREntraIDTenantBackup`](get-vbrentraidtenantbackup.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$backup` variable.
2. Run the `Get-VBREntraIDTenantItem` cmdlet. Specify the following settings:

   - Set the `$backup` variable as the `Backup` parameter value.
   - Specify the `Type` and `Name` parameter values.
   - Save the result to the `$groups` variable.

:::

::: example
### Example 2. Getting All Administrative Units

This example shows how to get backed-up administrative units.

```
$backup = Get-VBREntraIDTenantBackup -Name "Tenant backup"
$units = Get-VBREntraIDTenantItem -Backup $backup -Type AdminUnit
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBREntraIDTenantBackup`](get-vbrentraidtenantbackup.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$backup` variable.
2. Run the `Get-VBREntraIDTenantItem` cmdlet. Specify the following settings:

   - Set the `$backup` variable as the `Backup` parameter value.
   - Specify the `Type` parameter value.
   - Save the result to the `$units` variable.

:::

## Related Commands

[`Get-VBREntraIDTenantBackup`](get-vbrentraidtenantbackup.md)