bwya77 / IntuneBackupAndRestore

PowerShell Module that queries Microsoft Graph, and allows for cross-tenant Backup & Restore actions of your Intune Configuration.

Intune Backup & Restore

This PowerShell Module queries Microsoft Graph, and allows for cross-tenant Backup & Restore actions of your Intune Configuration.

Intune Configuration is backed up as (json) files in a given directory.

Installing IntuneBackupAndRestore

# Install IntuneBackupAndRestore from the PowerShell Gallery
Install-Module -Name IntuneBackupAndRestore

Prerequisites

• Requires AzureAD PowerShell Module (Install-Module -Name AzureAD)
• Requires MSGraphFunctions PowerShell Module (Install-Module -Name MSGraphFunctions)
• Connect to Microsoft Graph using the Connect-Graph PSCmdlet first.

Features

Backup actions

• Administrative Templates (Device Configurations)
• Administrative Template Assignments
• Client Apps
• Client App Assignments
• Device Compliance Policies
• Device Compliance Policy Assignments
• Device Configurations
• Device Configuration Assignments
• Device Management Scripts (Device Configuration -> PowerShell Scripts)
• Device Management Script Assignments
• Software Update Rings
• Software Update Ring Assignments

Restore actions

• Administrative Templates (Device Configurations)
• Administrative Template Assignments
• Client App Assignments
• Device Compliance Policies
• Device Compliance Policy Assignments
• Device Configurations
• Device Configuration Assignments
• Device Management Scripts (Device Configuration -> PowerShell Scripts)
• Device Management Script Assignments
• Software Update Rings
• Software Update Ring Assignments

Please note that some Client App settings can be backed up, for instance the retrieval of Win32 (un)install cmdlets, requirements, etcetera. The Client App itself is not backed up and this module does not support restoring Client Apps at this time.

Examples

Example 01 - Full Intune Backup

Start-IntuneBackup -Path C:\temp\IntuneBackup

Example 02 - Full Intune Restore

Start-IntuneRestoreConfig -Path C:\temp\IntuneBackup
Start-IntuneRestoreAssignments -Path C:\temp\IntuneBackup

Example 03 - Restore Intune Assignments

If configurations have been restored:

Start-IntuneRestoreAssignments -Path C:\temp\IntuneBackup

If reassigning assignments to existing (non-restored) configurations. In this case the assignments match the configuration id to restore to.
This allows for restoring if display names have changed.

Start-IntuneRestoreAssignments -Path C:\temp\IntuneBackup -RestoreById $true

Example 04 - Restore only Intune Compliance Policies

Invoke-IntuneRestoreDeviceCompliancePolicy -Path C:\temp\IntuneBackup

Invoke-IntuneRestoreDeviceCompliancePolicyAssignments -Path C:\temp\IntuneBackup

Example 05 - Restore Only Intune Device Configurations

Invoke-IntuneRestoreDeviceConfiguration -Path C:\temp\IntuneBackup

Invoke-IntuneRestoreDeviceConfigurationAssignments -Path C:\temp\IntuneBackup

Example 06 - Compare two Backup Files for changes

# The DifferenceFilePath should point to the latest Intune Backup file, as it might contain new properties.
Compare-IntuneBackupFile -ReferenceFilePath 'C:\temp\IntuneBackup\Device Configurations\Windows - Endpoint Protection.json' -DifferenceFilePath 'C:\temp\IntuneBackupLatest\Device Configurations\Windows - Endpoint Protection.json'

Known Issues

• Does not support backing up Intune configuration items with duplicate Display Names. Files may be overwritten.
• Unable to restore Client App Assignments for Windows Line-of-Business Apps (MSI)