How to determine if the Application or Service Principal can be safely deleted in Entra ID?

EnterpriseArchitect 5,036 Reputation points
2024-02-15T10:08:22.84+00:00

Folks,

I require some assistance and explanation before deleting the App registrations or Enterprise applications based on the below indication:   Owners: empty.

Users and groups: empty.

Sign-in Logs: no activity in the past 30 days (maximum limit).

Audit logs: no activity in the past 30 days (maximum limit).

Provisioning logs: no activity in the past 30 days (maximum limit).

  Can we say the App registrations or Enterprise applications are not in use by any person or systems, hence it is safe to be deleted?

Any help would be highly appreciated.

Thanks,

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  1. Michael Morten Sonne 580 Reputation points MVP
    2024-02-15T18:43:49.6233333+00:00

    Hi, Yes - based on that you write here, there is no activity on the App registrations and Enterprise applications. Under the Enterprise Applications, have to checked all logs here:

    • User sign-ins (interactive)
    • User sign-ins (non-interactive)
    • Service principal sign-ins
    • Managed identity sign-ins

    If still no logs, it should be safe to delete. Let me hear from you.

    1 person found this answer helpful.

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