Restore-AzureADDeletedApplication

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What if you have removed your critical Azure AD application by mistake and you wish to get it back? Nothing to worry about, In this article, we will discuss how to restore your Azure AD application using the Restore-AzureADDeletedApplication PowerShell command, its syntax, and usage with examples.

Restore-AzureADDeletedApplication

This is a very useful PowerShell command that can help you to restore your deleted Azure AD application.

Syntax

Below is the syntax of the Restore-AzureADDeletedApplication PowerShell command.

Restore-AzureADDeletedApplication
 -ObjectId <String>

Let’s discuss an example of how to use the Restore-AzureADDeletedApplication PowerShell command.

The first thing is, I have used the Remove-AzureADApplication to remove one of my Azure AD applications. see the below screenshot.

restore deleted application azure ad

To cross-check, that the application has been deleted successfully, I have executed the Get-AzureADApplication command with the specified Object ID. Check out the below screenshot. I got the resource not found error.

Get-AzureADApplication Error occurred while executing GetApplication

Now is the time to restore the Azure AD application.

Example:

You can execute the below PowerShell command to restore the specified Azure AD application.

Restore-AzureADDeletedApplication -ObjectId ef68982c-5978-4b9b-8589-ba174f5b8f08

After executing the above command, I got the below-expected output.

ObjectId                             AppId                                DisplayName
--------                             -----                                -----------
ef68982c-5978-4b9b-8589-ba174f5b8f08 07a20682-d07e-4419-857f-f9943a9ea7bf TsinfoApp

See the same output in the below screenshot.

Restore-AzureADDeletedApplication

To cross-check, I have re-executed the PowerShell command and you can able to see, the respective device has been restored successfully.

Restore-AzureADDeletedApplication PowerShell

You can also check out a Video tutorial on the Restore-AzureADDeletedApplication PowerShell command.

Final Thoughts

In this Azure PowerShell article, we discussed the syntax and usage of the Restore-AzureADDeletedApplication PowerShell command with examples of how to use the Restore-AzureADDeletedApplication command. Thanks for reading this article !!!