| title | recoveryPreviewJob: getChanges |
|---|---|
| description | Get a paginated collection of change objects that will be applied if the recovery operation is executed. |
| author | yuhko-msft |
| ms.date | 03/04/2026 |
| ms.localizationpriority | medium |
| ms.subservice | entra-id |
| doc_type | apiPageType |
Namespace: microsoft.graph.entraRecoveryServices
[!INCLUDE beta-disclaimer]
Get a paginated collection of recoveryChangeObjectBase objects that will be applied if a recovery operation is executed for the same snapshot and filtering criteria.
This method can only be called on a preview job that has a status of successful. The changes returned represent the differences between the current tenant state and the state at the time of the snapshot.
Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.
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[!INCLUDE rbac-entrarecoveryservices-apis-read]
GET /directory/recovery/snapshots/{snapshot-id}/recoveryPreviewJobs/{job-id}/getChangesDon't supply a function parameter for this method.
This method supports the $top, $skip, and $select OData query parameters to help customize the response. For general information, see OData query parameters. The default and maximum page sizes are 100 and 999 change objects respectively.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization. |
Don't supply a request body for this method.
If successful, this function returns a 200 OK response code and a collection of microsoft.graph.entraRecoveryServices.recoveryChangeObjectBase objects in the response body.
The following example shows a request that retrieves changes where objects in the current tenant will be updated to match the snapshot state.
The following example shows a request.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directory/recovery/snapshots/MjAyNC0wOC0yNlQwMjozMDowMFo=/recoveryPreviewJobs/d3f8e7e8-7e87-4a7f-9d2c-c1c2d7e8e1f1/getChanges[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]
The following example shows the response.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
{
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#directory/recovery/snapshots/MjAyNC0wOC0yNlQwMjozMDowMFo=/recoveryPreviewJobs/d3f8e7e8-7e87-4a7f-9d2c-c1c2d7e8e1f1/getChanges",
"@odata.nextLink": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directory/recovery/snapshots/MjAyNC0wOC0yNlQwMjozMDowMFo=/recoveryPreviewJobs/d3f8e7e8-7e87-4a7f-9d2c-c1c2d7e8e1f1/getChanges?$skiptoken=RFNwdAIAAQAAACA6X1NNVFBfYnJhemlsc291dGhAbWl",
"value":
[
{
"entityTypeName": "user",
"id": "36e07e06-72c1-4b2c-b547-c5084413b88b",
"displayName": "JD",
"recoveryAction": "update",
"deltaFromCurrent":
{
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.user",
"displayName": "John Doe",
"userPrincipalName": "johndoe@example.com",
"mail": "johndoe@example.com",
"jobTitle": "Software Engineer",
"department": "Engineering",
"officeLocation": "Redmond",
"mobilePhone": "+1 555-555-5555",
"businessPhones": ["+1 555-555-5555"],
"preferredLanguage": "en-US",
"accountEnabled": true,
"passwordProfile": {
"forceChangePasswordNextSignIn": false
}
},
"currentState":
{
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.user",
"displayName": "JD",
"userPrincipalName": "johndoe@example2.com",
"mail": "jdoe@example.com",
"jobTitle": "Product Manager",
"department": "Management",
"officeLocation": "San Francisco",
"mobilePhone": "+1 999-999-9999",
"businessPhones": ["+1 555-888-5555"],
"preferredLanguage": "en-SP",
"accountEnabled": false,
"passwordProfile": {
"forceChangePasswordNextSignIn": true
}
}
},
{
"entityTypeName": "user",
"id": "36e07e06-72c1-4b2c-b547-c5084413b88b",
"displayName": "Test Display Name2",
"recoveryAction": "restore",
"deltaFromCurrent":
{
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.user",
"displayName": "Test Display Name1",
"deletedDateTime": null
},
"currentState":
{
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.user",
"displayName": "Test Display Name2",
"deletedDateTime": "2024-08-20T00:00:00Z"
}
},
{
"entityTypeName": "user",
"id": "36e07e06-72c1-4b2c-b547-c5084413b88b",
"displayName": "Test Display Name2",
"recoveryAction": "softDelete",
"deltaFromCurrent":
{
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.user",
"displayName": "Test Display Name1",
"@removed": {
"reason": "changed"
},
"deletedDateTime": "2024-08-26T00:00:00Z"
},
"currentState":
{
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.user",
"displayName": "Test Display Name2",
"deletedDateTime": null
}
},
{
"entityTypeName": "user",
"id": "36e07e06-72c1-4b2c-b547-c5084413b88b",
"displayName": "testUser",
"recoveryAction": "softDelete",
"deltaFromCurrent":
{
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.user",
"@removed": {
"reason": "changed"
},
"deletedDateTime": "2024-08-26T00:00:00Z"
},
"currentState":
{
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.user",
"deletedDateTime": null
}
},
{
"entityTypeName": "group",
"id": "ef043007-ea2e-44ba-a8ff-59c1cfc08dac",
"displayName": "Engineering Team",
"recoveryAction": "update",
"deltaFromCurrent":
{
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.group",
"displayName": "Management Team",
"description": "Group for the engineering team",
"securityEnabled": true,
"visibility": "Private",
"renewedDateTime": "2023-06-01T00:00:00Z",
"members@delta": [
{
"@odata.type": "user",
"id": "632f6bb2-3ec8-4c1f-9073-0027a8c6859",
"@removed": {
"reason": "changed"}
},
{
"@odata.type": "user",
"id": "37de1ae3-408f-4702-8636-20824abda004"
}
],
"owners@delta": [
{
"id": "34567890-3456-3456-3456-3456789012cd",
"displayName": "John Miler",
"userPrincipalName": "johnmiller@example.com"
}
]
},
"currentState":
{
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.group",
"displayName": "Engineering Team",
"description": "Management Team's group",
"securityEnabled": false,
"visibility": "Public",
"renewedDateTime": "2023-07-01T00:00:00Z"
}
},
{
"entityTypeName": "conditionalAccessPolicy",
"id": "863f9620-8b90-4296-b8dc-6ff480da5c8b",
"displayName": "Require MFA for Admins",
"recoveryAction": "update",
"deltaFromCurrent":
{
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.conditionalAccessPolicy",
"displayName": "Require MFA for Finance Team",
"conditions": {
"users": {
"includeUsers": ["finance1", "finance2"],
"excludeUsers": ["backup-account"]
},
"applications": {
"includeApplications": ["financeApp1", "financeApp2"],
"excludeApplications": ["financeApp3"]
},
"signInRiskLevels": ["medium"],
"devicePlatforms": ["iOS", "Android"],
"locations": {
"includeLocations": ["office1", "office2"],
"excludeLocations": ["remote"]
},
"clientAppTypes": ["mobileAppsAndDesktopClients"]
},
"grantControls": {
"operator": "OR",
"builtInControls": ["mfa", "passwordChange"]
},
"sessionControls": {
"applicationEnforcedRestrictions": null,
"cloudAppSecurity": null,
"signInFrequency": {
"value": 14,
"type": "days"
}
},
"state": "enabled"
} ,
"currentState":
{
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.conditionalAccessPolicy",
"displayName": "Require MFA for Admins",
"conditions": {
"users": {
"includeUsers": ["admin1", "admin2"],
"excludeUsers": ["emergency-access-account"]
},
"applications": {
"includeApplications": ["app1", "app2"],
"excludeApplications": ["app3"]
},
"signInRiskLevels": ["high"],
"devicePlatforms": ["windows", "macOS"],
"locations": {
"includeLocations": ["location1", "location2"],
"excludeLocations": ["location3"]
},
"clientAppTypes": ["browser", "mobileAppsAndDesktopClients"]
},
"grantControls": {
"operator": "AND",
"builtInControls": ["mfa", "compliantDevice"]
},
"sessionControls": {
"applicationEnforcedRestrictions": null,
"cloudAppSecurity": null,
"signInFrequency": {
"value": 7,
"type": "days"
}
},
"state": "disabled"
}
}
]
}