#Admin Portal Settings

To protect your Admin Portal Settings environment using AvePoint Cloud Backup for IaaS + PaaS, follow these steps:

1. Connect your tenant.

   • If you want to protect your Microsoft Entra tenant via AvePoint services, your tenant owner or service administrators must first connect the tenant to AvePoint Online Services. See for details.

2. Configure the service app profile.

   • Set up the app profile for the service app required to protect the admin portal settings. Use your Microsoft 365 Global Admin Account to consent to the application. See Create a Service App and Grant Consent for details.

3. Configure a service account profile.

   • Create a service account profile if you want to protect the following properties. For details on configuring a service account profile, refer to .

     • If you want to back up and restore the Microsoft 365 Defender or Exchange settings through the Admin Portal Settings service, you can choose to configure a service account profile for this tenant with a Global Administrator or Exchange Administrator user role, or you can go to the Azure portal to add this service app with the Exchange Administrators role. For details on assigning an app the Exchange administrator role, refer to .

     • To back up and restore the Self Service Group Management property of the Groups General settings for Microsoft Entra ID > Groups, you must configure a service account profile in the AvePoint Online Services interface with a service account with the Cloud Application Administrator role.

4. Create the backup scope.

   • Navigate to the Cloud Backup for IaaS + PaaS > Backup page and create a backup scope for the Microsoft Entra tenant that you want to protect. Define the protected components, configure the backup start time, and ensure the data retention policy meets your organization’s needs. The backup job will run once a day. See Create a New Backup Scope for Admin Portal Settings for details.

     *Note: With a trial subscription, you can only have one backup scope.

5. Monitor and manage backups.

   • Regularly monitor the backup status and ensure that backups are running as scheduled. See Monitor Your Backup for details.

   • Use the Backup Analysis report to monitor your backup statistics. See for details.

6. Test restores.

   • Periodically test the restore process to ensure that you can recover data quickly and accurately. See Restore Admin Portal Settings for details.

   • Compare backups to ensure you are restoring the correct data. See Use the Compare Method for details.