Merge pull request #215997 from v-amallick/Oct-20-2022-QualityStrategy

Quality Strategy - Content freshness - SPT backup to Az using DPM

Author: v-dirichards

articles/backup/backup-azure-backup-sharepoint.md

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 title: Back up a SharePoint farm to Azure with DPM
 description: This article provides an overview of DPM/Azure Backup server protection of a SharePoint farm to Azure
-ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 03/09/2020
+ms.topic: how-to
+ms.date: 10/27/2022
+author: v-amallick
+ms.service: backup
+ms.author: v-amallick
+ms.custom: engagement-fy23
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-# Back up a SharePoint farm to Azure with DPM
+# Back up a SharePoint farm to Azure with Data Protection Manager
 
-You back up a SharePoint farm to Microsoft Azure by using System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) in much the same way that you back up other data sources. Azure Backup provides flexibility in the backup schedule to create daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly backup points and gives you retention policy options for various backup points. DPM provides the capability to store local disk copies for quick recovery-time objectives (RTO) and to store copies to Azure for economical, long-term retention.
 
-Backing up SharePoint to Azure with DPM is a very similar process to backing up SharePoint to DPM locally. Particular considerations for Azure will be noted in this article.
+This article describes how to back up and restore SharePoint data using System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM). The backup operation of SharePoint to Azure with DPM is similar to SharePoint backup to DPM locally.
 
-## SharePoint supported versions and related protection scenarios
+System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) enables you back up a SharePoint farm to Microsoft Azure, which gives an experience similar to back up of other data sources. Azure Backup provides flexibility in the backup schedule to create daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly backup points, and gives you retention policy options for various backup points. DPM provides the capability to store local disk copies for quick recovery-time objectives (RTO) and to store copies to Azure for economical, long-term retention.
 
-For a list of supported SharePoint versions and the DPM versions required to back them up see [What can DPM back up?](/system-center/dpm/dpm-protection-matrix#applications-backup)
+In this article, you'll learn about:
 
-## Before you start
+> [!div class="checklist"]
+> - SharePoint supported scenarios
+> - Prerequisites
+> - Configure backup
+> - Monitor operations
+> - Restore SharePoint data
+> - Restore a SharePoint database from Azure using DPM
+> - Switch the Front-End Web Server
 
-There are a few things you need to confirm before you back up a SharePoint farm to Azure.
+## SharePoint supported scenarios
 
-### Prerequisites
+For information on the supported SharePoint versions and the DPM versions required to back them up, see [What can DPM back up?](/system-center/dpm/dpm-protection-matrix#applications-backup).
 
-Before you proceed, make sure that you have met all the [prerequisites for using Microsoft Azure Backup](backup-azure-dpm-introduction.md#prerequisites-and-limitations) to protect workloads. Some tasks for prerequisites include: create a backup vault, download vault credentials, install Azure Backup Agent, and register DPM/Azure Backup Server with the vault.
+## Prerequisites
 
-Additional prerequisites and limitations can be found on the [Back up SharePoint with DPM](/system-center/dpm/back-up-sharepoint#prerequisites-and-limitations) article.
+Before you proceed to back up a SharePoint farm to Azure, ensure that you've met all the [prerequisites for using Microsoft Azure Backup](backup-azure-dpm-introduction.md#prerequisites-and-limitations) to protect workloads. The tasks in prerequisites also include: create a backup vault, download vault credentials, install Azure Backup agent, and register DPM/Azure Backup Server with the vault.
+
+For other prerequisites and limitations, see [Back up SharePoint with DPM](/system-center/dpm/back-up-sharepoint#prerequisites-and-limitations).
 
 ## Configure backup
 
-To back up SharePoint farm you configure protection for SharePoint by using ConfigureSharePoint.exe and then create a protection group in DPM. For instructions, see [Configure Backup](/system-center/dpm/back-up-sharepoint#configure-backup) in the DPM documentation.
+To back up the SharePoint farm, configure protection for SharePoint using *ConfigureSharePoint.exe*, and then create a protection group in DPM. See the DPM documentation to learn [how to configure backup](/system-center/dpm/back-up-sharepoint#configure-backup).
 
-## Monitoring
+## Monitor operations
 
-To monitor the backup job, follow the instructions in [Monitoring DPM backup](/system-center/dpm/back-up-sharepoint#monitoring)
+To monitor the backup job, see [Monitoring DPM backup](/system-center/dpm/back-up-sharepoint#monitoring).
 
 ## Restore SharePoint data
 
 To learn how to restore a SharePoint item from a disk with DPM, see [Restore SharePoint data](/system-center/dpm/back-up-sharepoint#restore-sharepoint-data).
 
-## Restore a SharePoint database from Azure by using DPM
+## Restore a SharePoint database from Azure using DPM
+
+To recover a SharePoint content database, follow these steps:
 
-1. To recover a SharePoint content database, browse through various recovery points (as shown previously), and select the recovery point that you want to restore.
+1. Browse through various recovery points (as shown previously), and select the recovery point that you want to restore.
 
-    ![DPM SharePoint Protection8](./media/backup-azure-backup-sharepoint/dpm-sharepoint-protection9.png)
+    ![Screenshot showing how to select a recovery point from the list.](./media/backup-azure-backup-sharepoint/dpm-sharepoint-protection9.png)
 2. Double-click the SharePoint recovery point to show the available SharePoint catalog information.
 
    > [!NOTE]
-   > Because the SharePoint farm is protected for long-term retention in Azure, no catalog information (metadata) is available on the DPM server. As a result, whenever a point-in-time SharePoint content database needs to be recovered, you need to catalog the SharePoint farm again.
-   >
-   >
+   > Because the SharePoint farm is protected for long-term retention in Azure, no catalog information (metadata) is available on the DPM server. So, whenever a point-in-time SharePoint content database needs to be recovered, you need to catalog the SharePoint farm again.
+
 3. Select **Re-catalog**.
 
-    ![DPM SharePoint Protection10](./media/backup-azure-backup-sharepoint/dpm-sharepoint-protection12.png)
+    ![Screenshot showing how to select Re-recatalog.](./media/backup-azure-backup-sharepoint/dpm-sharepoint-protection12.png)
 
     The **Cloud Recatalog** status window opens.
 
-    ![DPM SharePoint Protection11](./media/backup-azure-backup-sharepoint/dpm-sharepoint-protection13.png)
+    ![Screenshot showing the Cloud Recatalog status window.](./media/backup-azure-backup-sharepoint/dpm-sharepoint-protection13.png)
+
+    Once the cataloging is finished and the status changes to *Success*, select **Close**.
 
-    After cataloging is finished, the status changes to *Success*. Select **Close**.
+    ![Screenshot showing the cataloging is complete with Success state.](./media/backup-azure-backup-sharepoint/dpm-sharepoint-protection14.png)
 
-    ![DPM SharePoint Protection12](./media/backup-azure-backup-sharepoint/dpm-sharepoint-protection14.png)
-4. Select the SharePoint object shown in the DPM **Recovery** tab to get the content database structure. Right-click the item, and then select **Recover**.
+4. On the DPM **Recovery** tab, select the *SharePoint object* to get the content database structure, right-click the item, and then select **Recover**.
 
-    ![DPM SharePoint Protection13](./media/backup-azure-backup-sharepoint/dpm-sharepoint-protection15.png)
-5. At this point, follow the recovery steps earlier in this article to recover a SharePoint content database from disk.
+    ![Screenshot showing how to recover a SharePoint database from Azure.](./media/backup-azure-backup-sharepoint/dpm-sharepoint-protection15.png)
+5. To recover a SharePoint content database from disk, see [this section](#restore-sharepoint-data).
 
-## Switching the Front-End Web Server
+## Switch the Front-End Web Server
 
-If you have more than one front-end web server, and want to switch the server that DPM uses to protect the farm, follow the instructions in [Switching the Front-End Web Server](/system-center/dpm/back-up-sharepoint#switching-the-front-end-web-server).
+If you've more than one front-end web server, and want to switch the server that DPM uses to protect the farm, see [Switching the Front-End Web Server](/system-center/dpm/back-up-sharepoint#switching-the-front-end-web-server).
 
 ## Next steps