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Immediate recovery of a deleted Purview account - production issues!

PJ Johnson 0 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2026-05-05T18:20:22.83+00:00

We need the Purview Account named restored immediately. It was deleted when the resource group was deleted. Can this be restored?

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  1. SAI JAGADEESH KUDIPUDI 3,115 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2026-05-14T23:32:03.42+00:00

    Hi PJ Johnson,

    Unfortunately, once a Microsoft Purview account is deleted — especially as part of a Resource Group deletion — the Purview account itself cannot currently be restored through a native recovery or soft-delete process.

    At this time, Microsoft Purview does not support account-level restore after deletion. If the resource group and associated Purview account were removed, the recommended approach is to recreate the Purview account and then reconnect/reconfigure the required data sources, scans, collections, and governance settings.

    If backups or infrastructure-as-code templates (ARM/Bicep/Terraform) were previously used, those may help accelerate redeployment and configuration recovery.

    If needed, please also verify whether any metadata exports, scan configurations, or lineage information were previously retained externally, as those may assist with rebuilding the environment more quickly.

    You can review the official Microsoft documentation here:

    Microsoft Purview account documentation

    Delete a Microsoft Purview account

    Resource group deletion behavior in Azure

    Hope this helps. If you have any follow-up questions, please let me know. I would be happy to help.

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