SC-300 Practice Question 3417

Exam: SC-300
Domain: Implement and manage user identities
Difficulty: easy
An administrator deleted a critical user account by mistake 12 days ago. How can this user account be restored without restoring from offline backups?

Answer Options

A
Restore the user from Deleted Users in the admin center within 30 days
B
Recreate the user account manually with a new Object ID
C
Restore the Active Directory NTDS.dit database from tape
D
Run a hard drive file recovery utility on the client PC

Correct Answer

A: Restore the user from Deleted Users in the admin center within 30 days

Explanation

Deleted user accounts are held in the Microsoft Entra ID Deleted Users recycle bin in a soft-deleted state for 30 days and can be restored directly via portal or PowerShell.