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title: Back up Azure Files in the Azure portal
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description: Learn how to use the Azure portal to back up Azure Files in the Recovery Services vault
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ms.date: 03/05/2025
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Azure Files backup is a native cloud solution that protects your data and eliminates on-premises maintenance overheads. Azure Backup seamlessly integrates with Azure File Sync, centralizing your file share data and backups. The simple, reliable, and secure solution allows you to protect your enterprise file shares using [snapshot](azure-file-share-backup-overview.md?tabs=snapshot) and [vaulted](azure-file-share-backup-overview.md?tabs=vault-standard) backups, ensuring data recovery for accidental or malicious deletion.
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Azure Backup](backup-overview.md) supports configuring [snapshot](azure-file-share-backup-overview.md?tabs=snapshot) and [vaulted](azure-file-share-backup-overview.md?tabs=vault-standard) backups for Azure Files in your storage accounts. You can:
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- Define backup schedules and retention settings.
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- Store backup data in the Recovery Service vault, retaining it for up to **10 years**.
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## Prerequisites
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* Ensure the file share is present in one of the supported storage account types. Review the [support matrix](azure-file-share-support-matrix.md).
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* Identify or create a [Recovery Services vault](#create-a-recovery-services-vault) in the same region and subscription as the storage account that hosts the file share.
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*[Create a backup policy for protection of Azure Files](quick-backup-azure-files-vault-tier-portal.md).
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* If the storage account access has restrictions, check the firewall settings of the account to ensure the exception **Allow Azure services on the trusted services list to access this storage account** is in grant state. You can refer to [this](../storage/common/storage-network-security.md?tabs=azure-portal#manage-exceptions) link for the steps to grant an exception.
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* Ensure that you allow the **Storage account key access** in the required storage account.
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>[!Important]
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>To perform [Cross Subscription Backup (CSB) for protecting Azure Files (preview)](azure-file-share-backup-overview.md#how-cross-subscription-backup-for-azure-files-preview-works) in another subscription, ensure you register `Microsoft.RecoveryServices` in the **subscription of the file share** in addition to the given prerequisites. Learn about the [supported regions for Cross Subscription Backup (preview)](azure-file-share-support-matrix.md#supported-regions-for-cross-subscription-backup-preview).
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[!INCLUDE [How to create a Recovery Services vault](../../includes/backup-create-rs-vault.md)]
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## Configure the backup
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You can configure *snapshot backup* and *vaulted backup* for Azure Files from the *Recovery Services vault* or *File share pane*.
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## Run an on-demand backup job
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Occasionally, you might want to generate a backup snapshot, or recovery point, outside of the times scheduled in the backup policy. A common reason to generate an on-demand backup is right after you configure the backup policy. Based on the schedule in the backup policy, it might be hours or days until a snapshot is taken. To protect your data until the backup policy engages, initiate an on-demand backup. Creating an on-demand backup is often required before you make planned changes to your file shares.
1. Go to the **Recovery Services vault** and select **Backup items** from the menu.
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1. On the **Backup items** pane, select the **Backup Management Type** as **Azure Storage (Azure Files)**.
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1. Select the item for which you want to run an on-demand backup job.
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1. In the **Backup Item** menu, select **Backup now**. Because this backup job is on demand, there's no retention policy associated with the recovery point.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/backup-afs/azure-file-share-backup-now.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing to select Backup now." lightbox="./media/backup-afs/azure-file-share-backup-now.png":::
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1. The **Backup Now** pane opens. Specify the last day you want to retain the recovery point. You can have a maximum retention of 10 years for an on-demand backup.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/backup-afs/azure-file-share-on-demand-backup-retention.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing to choose retention date.":::
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1. Select **OK** to confirm the on-demand backup job that runs.
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1. Monitor the portal notifications to keep track of backup job run completion.
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To monitor the job progress in the **Recovery Services vault** dashboard, go to **Recovery Services vault** > **Backup Jobs** > **In progress**.
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# [File share pane](#tab/file-share-pane)
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1. Under the **Operation** section, select **Backup**.
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>Azure Backup locks the storage account when you configure protection for any file share in the corresponding account. This feature provides protection against accidental deletion of a storage account with backed up file shares.
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* Don't delete snapshots created by Azure Backup. Deleting snapshots can result in loss of recovery points and/or restore failures.
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* Don't remove the lock taken on the storage account by Azure Backup. Deletion of the lock can make your storage account prone to accidental deletion. Learn more [about protect your resources with lock](/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/lock-resources).
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title: Quickstart - the Azure portal for Azure Files vaulted backup
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description: Learn how to back up your Azure Files to vault-tier with the Azure portal.
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title: Quickstart - Create a backup policy for Azure Files using Azure portal
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description: Learn how to create a backup policy to get started with backing up Azure Files using the Azure portal.
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# Quickstart: Configure vaulted backup for Azure Files using Azure portal
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# Quickstart: Create a backup policy for Azure Files using Azure portal
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This quickstart describes how to configure vaulted backup for Azure Files using the Azure portal. You can also configure backup with [Azure CLI](quick-backup-azure-files-vault-tier-cli.md) or [Azure PowerShell](quick-backup-azure-files-vault-tier-powershell.md).
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[Azure Backup](backup-overview.md) supports configuring [snapshot](azure-file-share-backup-overview.md?tabs=snapshot) and [vaulted](azure-file-share-backup-overview.md?tabs=vault-standard) backups for Azure Files in your storage accounts. Vaulted backups offer an offsite solution, storing data in a general v2 storage account to protect against ransomware and malicious admin actions. You can:
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This quickstart describes how to create a backup policy to get started with backing up Azure Files using the Azure portal. Azure Backup policy for Azure Files defines how and when backups are created, the retention period for recovery points, and the rules for data protection and recovery.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/tutorial-backup-azure-files-vault-tier-portal/create-backup-policy.png" alt-text="Screenshot shows how to start creating a Backup policy." lightbox="./media/tutorial-backup-azure-files-vault-tier-portal/create-backup-policy.png":::
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2. On the **Start: Create Policy** pane, select the **Datasource type** as **Azure Files (Azure Storage)**, select a Recovery Services vault by clicking **Select vault**, and then select **Continue**.
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>-**Vault-Standard tier**: This tier provides comprehensive data protection.
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[Configure backup for Azure Files using Azure portal](tutorial-backup-azure-files-vault-tier-portal.md#configure-backup).
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