How to recover Accidentally deleted Microsoft Athenticator user

Question

How to recover Accidentally deleted Microsoft Athenticator user

Answer 1

To recover an accidentally deleted user in Microsoft Entra (which is related to Microsoft Authenticator), you can follow these steps:

1. Check the 30-Day Recovery Window: After a user is deleted, their account remains in a suspended state for 30 days. During this time, you can restore the user account along with all associated data.
2. Using Microsoft Entra PowerShell:
   • Connect to Entra with the necessary permissions:

          Connect-Entra -Scopes 'User.Read.All'
     

   • Find the deleted user using the following command:

          Get-EntraDeletedUser -Filter "displayName eq 'User Display Name'"
     

   • Restore the user with their ID:

          Restore-EntraDeletedDirectoryObject -Id 'User-ID'
     

3. Using the Microsoft 365 Admin Center:
   • Go to Users > Deleted users in the Microsoft 365 admin center.
   • Select the user you want to restore and click on Restore user. Follow the prompts to set their password and complete the restoration.
4. Important Notes:
   • Ensure that you have enough licenses available to assign to the restored user.
   • If the deletion occurred more than 30 days ago, the user cannot be restored, and you will need to recreate the account.

By following these steps, you can successfully recover a deleted user in Microsoft Authenticator through the associated Microsoft Entra services.

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References:

• Recover or remove a recently deleted user
• Restore a user in the Microsoft 365 admin center