Export Microsoft 365 policies to JSON format for backup, disaster recovery, and migration. Supports Conditional Access, Named Locations, Authentication Strengths, Intune policies, and more.
AI agents call backup_policies to retrieve information from Microsoft 365 Core MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool exports/reads policy configurations to JSON — a read/query operation with no side effects on the source data. Severity is medium because exported policy data (Conditional Access, Intune, Authentication Strengths) is highly sensitive and could be misused if exfiltrated, but the tool itself does not modify or delete anything.
From the tool's definition Export Microsoft 365 policies to JSON format for backup, disaster recovery, and migration
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Export Microsoft 365 policies to JSON format for backup, disaster recovery, and migration. Supports Conditional Access, Named Locations, Authentication Strengths, Intune policies, and more. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Microsoft 365 Core MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Microsoft 365 Core MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for backup_policies: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Microsoft 365 Core MCP Server. Nothing to install.
backup_policies is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the backup_policies rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for backup_policies. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
backup_policies is provided by the Microsoft 365 Core MCP Server MCP server (roycedamien/m365-core-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Every MCP server has a record like this.
Type a name, get the same breakdown: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, capabilities, recommended policy.
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