Why Entra ID Protection Matters

Introduction

Microsoft Entra ID serves as the gateway to many critical applications, from Office 365 to Salesforce, enabling seamless access with a single credential. Given its central role in managing access, protecting Entra ID is crucial to safeguarding data, meeting compliance, and ensuring business continuity. 

What is Microsoft Entra? 

Microsoft Entra is Microsoft's new suite of identity and access management (IAM) solutions, which aims to enhance security, streamline identity governance, and improve compliance across an organization’s infrastructure. This suite includes Entra ID (formerly known as Azure Active Directory), which focuses on secure and seamless access to resources for users, and other tools like Entra Permissions Management and Verified ID, which help manage permissions and verify user identities. 

What Changed with Entra ID?

Expanded Scope: Entra ID is part of the broader Microsoft Entra family, which includes:


Microsoft Entra ID Protection dashboard - Risk detection type to MITRE attack type mapping



Why Entra ID Is More Complicated and More Important


NOTE: Entra ID’s complexity and importance stem from its capabilities in securing cloud-based environments, managing diverse applications, and handling the intricacies of modern identity management. This makes it a critical component for any organization adopting cloud-first strategies.

Recovery Challenges 


How do you recover from user mistakes or malicious changes/deletions?  What happens when an Admin erroneously deletes a Group and now users can’t access an important application like M365? User activity tracking could be critical for your organization in a cyber event or litigation.  Long term protection of that information on lower tier storage can become a critical need.


Factors that influence recovery difficulty

Why Protect Entra ID with Veeam?

User Guide for Microsoft Entra ID

Questions...

Data Loss Prevention with Reliable Backup and Recovery

Enhanced Security and Unauthorized Access Prevention

Meeting Compliance Standards with Veeam

Minimize Downtime and Speed Recovery

Boost User Experience and Productivity

How Veeam’s Backup for Microsoft Entra ID Delivers Key Benefits

Best Practices with Veeam for Entra ID Protection

Veeam Backup for Microsoft Entra ID is a solution developed for protection and disaster recovery tasks for Microsoft Entra ID. With Veeam Backup for Microsoft Entra ID, you can perform the following operations:


NOTE: As of January 27, 2025, Microsoft has implemented a policy affecting unlicensed OneDrive user accounts. Any OneDrive accounts that remain unlicensed for more than 93 days will become inaccessible to both administrators and end users. These accounts will be automatically archived, remaining visible through administrative tools but inaccessible until appropriate actions are taken. This change aims to enhance security, compliance, and storage management within organizations. Notably, education tenants are exempt from this policy.


Conclusion

Entra ID is high-value target for cyberattacks!

Protecting Entra ID with a dedicated solution like Veeam is essential to address the challenges of data security, compliance, and operational continuity


ACTION: Make Entra ID protection a priority to keep your organization resilient, productive, and secure!