Microsoft 365 BaaS - Complete your protection by adding Entra ID

Microsoft 365 now sits at the heart of how most organisations operate. Email collaboration file storage and identity all live within the same platform. While Microsoft delivers a resilient service the responsibility for protecting data configuration and identity still sits with the customer.

This is where Microsoft 365 Backup as a Service becomes essential and why Entra ID must be part of the conversation.

Microsoft 365 data is not immune to loss

Even with built in resilience data can still be lost or impacted through:

• Accidental deletion

• Malicious activity or compromised accounts

• Sync errors or third party application issues

• Misconfigured retention policies

• Ransomware targeting cloud based data

Mailboxes SharePoint OneDrive and Teams are commonly protected. Identity often is not.

Why backing up Entra ID really matters

Entra ID underpins access to Microsoft 365 and many other business critical systems. It controls:

• User and group objects

• Administrative roles and permissions

• Conditional access policies

• Multi factor authentication settings

• Enterprise applications and service principals

If Entra ID is compromised or incorrectly changed the impact is immediate and wide reaching. Users can be locked out or attackers can gain persistent access to systems and data.

Backing up Entra ID allows recovery of:

• Deleted or corrupted users and groups

• Critical conditional access policies

• Application registrations and permissions

• Role assignments and identity configuration

Without a backup rebuilding Entra ID is complex time consuming and introduces unnecessary risk. In many cases organisations do not have full visibility of what has changed until it is too late.

Microsoft does not provide full Entra ID restore

Microsoft does not offer a complete native backup and restore capability for Entra ID. Some elements can be recovered within limited timeframes but there is no true point in time restore for identity configuration.

This gap leaves organisations exposed unless an independent backup solution is in place.

HybrIT Microsoft 365 Backup as a Service with Entra ID

HybrIT delivers Microsoft 365 Backup as a Service that goes beyond basic data protection, covering Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Teams, and Entra ID objects and configuration. All backups are protected by the HybrIT immutable backup layer and are stored within the HybrIT cloud platform.

So if you choose the HybrIT M365 BaaS + Entra ID Backup, this is what you'd be protecting and would immutable as standard:

Area protected	What is included	How it is protected
Exchange Online	Mailboxes shared mailboxes public folders calendars contacts and emails	Item level backup with point in time recovery granular restore of individual items or full mailboxes
SharePoint Online	Sites subsites document libraries lists permissions and metadata	Full site and item level backup with restore to original or alternate location
OneDrive for Business	User files folders and permissions	Versioned backups with granular file and folder restore
Microsoft Teams	Team structure channels tabs files and conversations	Backup of Teams configuration and associated SharePoint and Exchange data
Entra ID users	User accounts attributes and status	Point in time recovery of deleted or changed user objects
Entra ID groups	Security and Microsoft 365 groups membership and properties	Restore of group objects and memberships
Entra ID roles	Administrative role assignments	Recovery of role configuration to prevent loss of privileged access
Conditional access	Conditional access policies and settings	Restore of security policies following misconfiguration or malicious change
Entra ID applications	Enterprise applications app registrations and permissions	Recovery of application configuration and access rights
Backup security	All protected workloads	Immutable backups protected from deletion or modification
Recovery options	All protected workloads	Granular restore full restore and restore to alternate location
Ransomware protection	All protected workloads	Isolated backups with clean recovery points
Retention	All protected workloads	Flexible retention aligned to business and compliance needs

Built for recovery not just retention

Backup only matters if recovery works when it is needed. HybrIT focuses on clear and reliable recovery points, fast restoration of data and identity objects, support from engineers with deep Microsoft 365 and Entra ID experience, and alignment with security compliance and governance requirements.

Speak to HybrIT today

If Microsoft 365 data is not currently backed up now is the time to act. A conversation with the HybrIT team can quickly assess risk and put the right protection in place.

If Microsoft 365 backup is already in place but Entra ID is not included this is a simple add on that can be initiated very quickly. There is no need to redesign the solution and no long lead times.

Speak to the HybrIT team today to ensure Microsoft 365 data and identity are fully protected.

Tel: 0333 015 6701 

Email: hello@hybrit.co.uk