Backup too slow, takes nearly 3 hours to write a ~ 53Mb backup dump file compressed

[sunshine69]

Hi Team,

I am not sure whether it is what it is or something I can optimize. My backup scripts now takes around 3 hours for that size of dump. The compression in the subject mentioned is zstd with level 3.

The backup script is simple - it is a ansibel template and will be rendered before run

Import-Module EntraExporter
Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Authentication

# Define the Application (Client) ID and Secret
$ApplicationClientId = '{{ ApplicationClientId }}' # Application (Client) ID
$ApplicationClientSecret = '{{ ApplicationClientSecret }}' # Application Secret Value
$TenantId = '{{ TenantId }}' # Tenant ID

# Convert the Client Secret to a Secure String
$SecureClientSecret = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $ApplicationClientSecret -AsPlainText -Force

# Create a PSCredential Object Using the Client ID and Secure Client Secret
$ClientSecretCredential = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $ApplicationClientId, $SecureClientSecret
# Connect to Microsoft Graph Using the Tenant ID and Client Secret Credential
Connect-MgGraph -TenantId $TenantId -ClientSecretCredential $ClientSecretCredential -NoWelcome
# $TenantPath points to the local directory where we save our backup
$TenantPath = '{{ TenantPath }}'
Export-Entra $TenantPath -All -CloudUsersAndGroupsOnly

Please help if anything that can be optimized or I am doing something completely idiot. Thanks

[ztrhgf]

Have you tried EntraExporter 2.* version?

Pipeline run time depends on the tenant size, so if you have thousands of resources, users, ... it takes time.