Release
Microsoft Entra adds a seven-day safeguard against irreversible identity deletion
Help Net Security · By Anamarija Pogorelec ·
The Brief
- Microsoft Entra's Hard Deletion Protection is now in preview.
- It gives administrators a seven-day window to recover selected identities before permanent deletion.
- The feature is meant to guard against accidental or malicious deletion of critical identities.
Why it matters
Permanent deletion of an identity can break access to critical systems, and this preview gives administrators a recovery window for selected identities.
Who’s affected
- Microsoft Entra administrators
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Microsoft Entra’s Hard Deletion Protection, now in preview, gives administrators a seven-day window to recover selected identities before they can be permanently erased. The feature is designed to help organizations respond to accidental or malicious deletion of critical…