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 directory objects. It supports users that are not synchronized from on-premises systems, cloud-only groups, applications, and service principals. Entra Agent ID objects are covered through their underlying identity types. How the recovery window works Entra generally retains … More
Source: Help Net Security · 2026-11-12