List mailboxProtectionUnits

Article
2025-04-23

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Get a list of mailboxProtectionUnit objects.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	❌	❌	❌

Permissions

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.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	BackupRestore-Configuration.Read.All	Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	BackupRestore-Configuration.Read.All	Not available.

HTTP request

GET /solutions/backupRestore/protectionUnits/microsoft.graph.mailboxProtectionUnit
GET /solutions/backupRestore/exchangeProtectionPolicies/{exchangeProtectionPolicyId}/mailboxProtectionUnits/

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and a mailboxProtectionUnit in the response body.

For a list of possible error responses, see Backup Storage API error responses.

Note

The displayName and email properties are only available for the Delegated permission type.

Examples

Example 1: List all mailboxProtectionUnits in a tenant

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/solutions/backupRestore/protectionUnits/microsoft.graph.mailboxProtectionUnit


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Solutions.BackupRestore.ProtectionUnits.GraphMailboxProtectionUnit.GetAsync();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



mgc solutions backup-restore protection-units graph-mailbox-protection-unit get

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  //other-imports
)


// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
graphMailboxProtectionUnit, err := graphClient.Solutions().BackupRestore().ProtectionUnits().GraphMailboxProtectionUnit().Get(context.Background(), nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

MailboxProtectionUnitCollectionResponse result = graphClient.solutions().backupRestore().protectionUnits().graphMailboxProtectionUnit().get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let mailboxProtectionUnit = await client.api('/solutions/backupRestore/protectionUnits/microsoft.graph.mailboxProtectionUnit')
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);


$result = $graphServiceClient->solutions()->backupRestore()->protectionUnits()->graphMailboxProtectionUnit()->get()->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.BackupRestore

Get-MgSolutionBackupRestoreProtectionUnitAsMailboxProtectionUnit

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

result = await graph_client.solutions.backup_restore.protection_units.graph_mailbox_protection_unit.get()

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

{
  "@odata.nextLink": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/solutions/backupRestore/protectionUnits/microsoft.graph.mailboxProtectionUnit?$skiptoken=M2UyZDAwMDAwMDMxMzkzYTMyNjQ2MTM0NjMzMjM5NjYzNjY0MzczMDM0MzE2NTYzNjEzNzMwNjIzNjMzMzg2MjM0MzM2NDM0MzUzNDMzMzc0MDc0Njg3MjY1NjE2NDJlNzYzMjAxZThmYjY4M2Y3ODAxMDAwMDg4NjA5ODdhNzgwMTAwMDB8MTYxNjk2NDUwOTgzMg%3d%3d",
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mailboxProtectionUnit",
      "id": "2b014d8c-71fe-4d00-a01a-31850bc5b32c",
      "policyId": "9fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
      "directoryObjectId": "384974e2-72cd-48de-a6e8-6985d7c5db90",
      "displayName": "Emily Braun", // Newly Added
      "email": "[email protected]", // Newly Added
      "status": "unprotectRequested",
      "createdBy": {
        "application": {
          "id": "1fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
          "displayName": "Microsoft Enhanced Restore"
        },
        "user": {
          "email": "[email protected]",
          "id": "845457dc-4bb2-4815-bef3-8628ebd1952e",
          "displayName": "User1"
        }
      },
      "createdDateTime": "2015-06-19T12:01:03.45Z",
      "lastModifiedBy": {
        "application": {
          "id": "1fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
          "displayName": "Microsoft Enhanced Restore"
        },
        "user": {
          "email": "[email protected]",
          "id": "845457dc-4bb2-4815-bef3-8628ebd1952e",
          "displayName": "User1"
        }
      },
      "lastModifiedDateTime": "2015-06-19T12:01:03.45Z",
      "error": null
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mailboxProtectionUnit",
      "id": "8f014d8c-71fe-4d00-a01a-31850bc5b32c",
      "policyId": "9fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
      "directoryObjectId": "781d9337-d8f0-456e-92cd-00a3abdd2093",
      "displayName": "Alex Wilber", // Newly Added
      "email": "[email protected]", // Newly Added
      "status": "unprotected",
      "createdBy": {
        "application": {
          "id": "1fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
          "displayName": "Microsoft Enhanced Restore"
        },
        "user": {
          "email": "[email protected]",
          "id": "845457dc-4bb2-4815-bef3-8628ebd1952e",
          "displayName": "User1"
        }
      },
      "createdDateTime": "2015-06-19T12:01:03.45Z",
      "lastModifiedBy": {
        "application": {
          "id": "1fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
          "displayName": "Microsoft Enhanced Restore"
        },
        "user": {
          "email": "[email protected]",
          "id": "845457dc-4bb2-4815-bef3-8628ebd1952e",
          "displayName": "User1"
        }
      },
      "lastModifiedDateTime": "2015-06-19T12:01:03.45Z",
      "error": null
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mailboxProtectionUnit",
      "id": "9b014d8c-71fe-4d00-a01a-31850bc5b32c",
      "policyId": "9fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
      "directoryObjectId": "2d1d9337-d8f0-456e-92cd-00a3abdd2093",
      "displayName": "Shaun Wong", // Newly Added
      "email": "[email protected]", // Newly Added
      "status": "protectRequested",
      "createdBy": {
        "application": {
          "id": "1fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
          "displayName": "Microsoft Enhanced Restore"
        },
        "user": {
          "email": "[email protected]",
          "id": "845457dc-4bb2-4815-bef3-8628ebd1952e",
          "displayName": "User1"
        }
      },
      "createdDateTime": "2015-06-19T12:01:03.45Z",
      "lastModifiedBy": {
        "application": {
          "id": "1fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
          "displayName": "Microsoft Enhanced Restore"
        },
        "user": {
          "email": "[email protected]",
          "id": "845457dc-4bb2-4815-bef3-8628ebd1952e",
          "displayName": "User1"
        }
      },
      "lastModifiedDateTime": "2015-06-19T12:01:03.45Z",
      "error": null
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mailboxProtectionUnit",
      "id": "9b014d8c-71fe-4d00-a01a-31850bc5b32c",
      "policyId": "9fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
      "directoryObjectId": "2e1d9337-d8f0-456e-92cd-00a3abdd2093",
      "displayName": "Janet Green", // Newly Added
      "email": "[email protected]", // Newly Added
      "status": "protected",
      "createdBy": {
        "application": {
          "id": "1fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
          "displayName": "Microsoft Enhanced Restore"
        },
        "user": {
          "email": "[email protected]",
          "id": "845457dc-4bb2-4815-bef3-8628ebd1952e",
          "displayName": "User1"
        }
      },
      "createdDateTime": "2015-06-19T12:01:03.45Z",
      "lastModifiedBy": {
        "application": {
          "id": "1fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
          "displayName": "Microsoft Enhanced Restore"
        },
        "user": {
          "email": "[email protected]",
          "id": "845457dc-4bb2-4815-bef3-8628ebd1952e",
          "displayName": "User1"
        }
      },
      "lastModifiedDateTime": "2015-06-19T12:01:03.45Z",
      "error": null
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mailboxProtectionUnit",
      "id": "9b014d8c-71fe-4d00-a01a-31850bc5b32c",
      "directoryObjectId": "2w1d9337-d8f0-456e-92cd-00a3abdd2093",
      "displayName": "Eddie Brock ", // Newly Added
      "email": "[email protected]", // Newly Added
      "status": "unprotected",
      "createdBy": {
        "application": {
          "id": "1fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
          "displayName": "Microsoft Enhanced Restore"
        },
        "user": {
          "email": "[email protected]",
          "id": "845457dc-4bb2-4815-bef3-8628ebd1952e",
          "displayName": "User1"
        }
      },
      "createdDateTime": "2015-06-19T12:01:03.45Z",
      "lastModifiedBy": {
        "application": {
          "id": "1fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
          "displayName": "Microsoft Enhanced Restore"
        },
        "user": {
          "email": "[email protected]",
          "id": "845457dc-4bb2-4815-bef3-8628ebd1952e",
          "displayName": "User1"
        }
      },
      "lastModifiedDateTime": "2015-06-19T12:01:03.45Z",
      "error": null
    }
  ]
}

Example 2: List all mailboxProtecionUnits under an exchangeProtectionPolicy

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/solutions/solutions/backupRestore/exchangeProtectionPolicies/845457dc-4bb2-4815-bef3-8628ebd1952e/mailboxProtectionUnits

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

{
  "@odata.nextLink": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/solutions/backupRestore/exchangeProtectionPolicies/845457dc-4bb2-4815-bef3-8628ebd1952e/mailboxProtectionUnits?$skiptoken=M2UyZDAwMDAwMDMxMzkzYTMyNjQ2MTM0NjMzMjM5NjYzNjY0MzczMDM0MzE2NTYzNjEzNzMwNjIzNjMzMzg2MjM0MzM2NDM0MzUzNDMzMzc0MDc0Njg3MjY1NjE2NDJlNzYzMjAxZThmYjY4M2Y3ODAxMDAwMDg4NjA5ODdhNzgwMTAwMDB8MTYxNjk2NDUwOTgzMg%3d%3d",
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mailboxProtectionUnit",
      "id": "2b014d8c-71fe-4d00-a01a-31850bc5b32c",
      "policyId": "9fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
      "directoryObjectId": "384974e2-72cd-48de-a6e8-6985d7c5db90",
      "displayName": "Emily Braun", // Newly Added
      "email": "[email protected]", // Newly Added
      "status": "protectRequested",
      "createdBy": {
        "application": {
          "id": "1fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
          "displayName": "Microsoft Enhanced Restore"
        },
        "user": {
          "email": "[email protected]",
          "id": "845457dc-4bb2-4815-bef3-8628ebd1952e",
          "displayName": "User1"
        }
      },
      "createdDateTime": "2015-06-19T12:01:03.45Z",
      "lastModifiedBy": {
        "application": {
          "id": "1fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
          "displayName": "Microsoft Enhanced Restore"
        },
        "user": {
          "email": "[email protected]",
          "id": "845457dc-4bb2-4815-bef3-8628ebd1952e",
          "displayName": "User1"
        }
      },
      "lastModifiedDateTime": "2015-06-19T12:01:03.45Z",
      "error": null
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mailboxProtectionUnit",
      "id": "57014d8c-71fe-4d00-a01a-31850bc5b32c",
      "policyId": "9fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
      "directoryObjectId": "184d9337-d8f0-456e-92cd-00a3abdd2093",
      "displayName": "Alex Wilber", // Newly Added
      "email": "[email protected]", // Newly Added
      "status": "protectRequested",
      "createdBy": {
        "application": {
          "id": "1fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
          "displayName": "Microsoft Enhanced Restore"
        },
        "user": {
          "email": "[email protected]",
          "id": "845457dc-4bb2-4815-bef3-8628ebd1952e",
          "displayName": "User1"
        }
      },
      "createdDateTime": "2015-06-19T12:01:03.45Z",
      "lastModifiedBy": {
        "application": {
          "id": "1fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
          "displayName": "Microsoft Enhanced Restore"
        },
        "user": {
          "email": "[email protected]",
          "id": "845457dc-4bb2-4815-bef3-8628ebd1952e",
          "displayName": "User1"
        }
      },
      "lastModifiedDateTime": "2015-06-19T12:01:03.45Z",
      "error": null
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mailboxProtectionUnit",
      "id": "17014d8c-71fe-4d00-a01a-31850bc5b32c",
      "policyId": "9fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
      "directoryObjectId": "344d9337-d8f0-456e-92cd-00a3abdd2093",
      "displayName": "Shaun Wong", // Newly Added
      "email": "[email protected]", // Newly Added
      "status": "protectRequested",
      "createdBy": {
        "application": {
          "id": "1fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
          "displayName": "Microsoft Enhanced Restore"
        },
        "user": {
          "email": "[email protected]",
          "id": "845457dc-4bb2-4815-bef3-8628ebd1952e",
          "displayName": "User1"
        }
      },
      "createdDateTime": "2015-06-19T12:01:03.45Z",
      "lastModifiedBy": {
        "application": {
          "id": "1fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
          "displayName": "Microsoft Enhanced Restore"
        },
        "user": {
          "email": "[email protected]",
          "id": "845457dc-4bb2-4815-bef3-8628ebd1952e",
          "displayName": "User1"
        }
      },
      "lastModifiedDateTime": "2015-06-19T12:01:03.45Z",
      "error": null
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mailboxProtectionUnit",
      "id": "8f014d8c-71fe-4d00-a01a-31850bc5b32c",
      "policyId": "9fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
      "directoryObjectId": "781d9337-d8f0-456e-92cd-00a3abdd2093",
      "displayName": "Janet Green", // Newly Added
      "email": "[email protected]", // Newly Added
      "status": "protectRequested",
      "createdBy": {
        "application": {
          "id": "1fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
          "displayName": "Microsoft Enhanced Restore"
        },
        "user": {
          "email": "[email protected]",
          "id": "845457dc-4bb2-4815-bef3-8628ebd1952e",
          "displayName": "User1"
        }
      },
      "createdDateTime": "2015-06-19T12:01:03.45Z",
      "lastModifiedBy": {
        "application": {
          "id": "1fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
          "displayName": "Microsoft Enhanced Restore"
        },
        "user": {
          "email": "[email protected]",
          "id": "845457dc-4bb2-4815-bef3-8628ebd1952e",
          "displayName": "User1"
        }
      },
      "lastModifiedDateTime": "2015-06-19T12:01:03.45Z",
      "error": null
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mailboxProtectionUnit",
      "id": "9b014d8c-71fe-4d00-a01a-31850bc5b32c",
      "policyId": "9fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
      "directoryObjectId": "2d1d9337-d8f0-456e-92cd-00a3abdd2093",
      "displayName": "Eddie Brock ", // Newly Added
      "email": "[email protected]", // Newly Added
      "status": "protectRequested",
      "createdBy": {
        "application": {
          "id": "1fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
          "displayName": "Microsoft Enhanced Restore"
        },
        "user": {
          "email": "[email protected]",
          "id": "845457dc-4bb2-4815-bef3-8628ebd1952e",
          "displayName": "User1"
        }
      },
      "createdDateTime": "2015-06-19T12:01:03.45Z",
      "lastModifiedBy": {
        "application": {
          "id": "1fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264",
          "displayName": "Microsoft Enhanced Restore"
        },
        "user": {
          "email": "[email protected]",
          "id": "845457dc-4bb2-4815-bef3-8628ebd1952e",
          "displayName": "User1"
        }
      },
      "lastModifiedDateTime": "2015-06-19T12:01:03.45Z",
      "error": null
    }
  ]
}

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List mailboxProtectionUnits

Permissions

HTTP request

Request headers

Request body

Response

Examples

Example 1: List all mailboxProtectionUnits in a tenant

Request

Response

Example 2: List all mailboxProtecionUnits under an exchangeProtectionPolicy

Request

Response

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