Manage the Backup Scopes for Admin Portal Settings
The Admin Portal Settings service is generally available after August 2023 release. You can use the Admin Portal Settings service to protect the Azure portal settings, Microsoft 365 Defender admin settings, Exchange admin portal settings, and Intune settings. For additional details, refer to Admin Portal Settings.
- To create a new backup scope for Admin Portal Settings, refer to [Create a New Backup Scope for Admin Portal Settings](#missing-link).
- For the existing backup scopes, you can perform the following actions:
- Edit – To edit a backup scope, you can select a backup scope and click **Edit** button on the command bar, or you can click the **Edit** button when you are viewing the backup scope details. For details on the backup scope settings, refer to [Create a New Backup Scope for Admin Portal Settings](#missing-link).
- Delete – To delete a backup scope, you can select a backup scope and click **Delete** button on the command bar, or you can click the **Delete** option from the More actions list when you are viewing the details of a backup scope. You can also select multiple backup scopes to delete. When deleting backup scopes, you can select how to handle your backup data: keep the data and follow the configured retention policy, keep the data for 30 days before deletion, or delete the backup data immediately
- Run backup now – If you want to start a backup immediately, you can select a backup scope and click **Run backup now**, or you can click the **Run backup now** from the More actions list when you are viewing the details of a backup scope.
