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keywords: windows server back up; back up windows server; back up and disaster recovery
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ms.service: backup
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ms.topic: tutorial
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ms.date: 2/14/2018
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ms.date: 8/22/2018
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ms.author: saurse
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> * Perform an ad-hoc back up
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## Log in to Azure
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## Sign in to Azure
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Log in to the Azure portal at http://portal.azure.com.
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Sign in to the Azure portal at http://portal.azure.com.
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## Create a Recovery Services vault
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![open Recovery Services vault](./media/tutorial-backup-windows-server-to-azure/full-browser-open-rs-vault_2.png)
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2. On the **Recovery Services vaults** menu, click **Add**.
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2. On the **Recovery Services vaults** menu, click **Add**.
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![provide information for vault](./media/tutorial-backup-windows-server-to-azure/provide-vault-detail-2.png)
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3. In the **Recovery Services vault** menu,
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3. In the **Recovery Services vault** menu,
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- Type *myRecoveryServicesVault* in **Name**.
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- The current subscription ID appears in **Subscription**.
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The Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS) agent creates an association between Windows Server and your Recovery Services vault. The following procedure explains how to download the agent to your server.
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1. From the list of Recovery Services vaults, select **myRecoveryServicesVault** to open its dashboard.
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1. From the list of Recovery Services vaults, select **myRecoveryServicesVault** to open its dashboard.
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![provide information for vault](./media/tutorial-backup-windows-server-to-azure/open-vault-from-list.png)
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2. On the vault dashboard menu, click **Backup**.
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2. On the vault dashboard menu, click **Backup**.
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3. On the **Backup Goal** menu:
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3. On the **Backup Goal** menu:
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- for **Where is your workload running?**, select**On-premises**,
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- for **What do you want to backup?**, select **Files and folders** and **System State**
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* for **Where is your workload running?**, select **On-premises**,
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* for **What do you want to backup?**, select **Files and folders** and **System State**
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![provide information for vault](./media/tutorial-backup-windows-server-to-azure/backup-goal.png)
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4. Click **Prepare Infrastructure** to open the **Prepare infrastructure** menu.
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5. On the **Prepare infrastructure** menu, click **Download Agent for Windows Server or Windows Client** to download the *MARSAgentInstaller.exe*.
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![provide information for vault](./media/tutorial-backup-windows-server-to-azure/backup-goal.png)
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4. Click **Prepare Infrastructure** to open the **Prepare infrastructure** menu.
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5. On the **Prepare infrastructure** menu, click **Download Agent for Windows Server or Windows Client** to download the *MARSAgentInstaller.exe*.
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![prepare infrastructure](./media/tutorial-backup-windows-server-to-azure/prepare-infrastructure.png)
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The installer opens a separate browser and downloads **MARSAgentInstaller.exe**.
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6. Before you run the downloaded file, click the **Download** button on the Prepare infrastructure blade to download and save the **Vault Credentials** file. This file is required for connecting the MARS Agent with the Recovery Services Vault.
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6. Before you run the downloaded file, on the Prepare infrastructure menu click **Download** and save the **Vault Credentials** file. Vault credentials are required to connect the MARS Agent with the Recovery Services vault.
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6. On the **Specify Backup Schedule (System State)** page, specify the time of the day, or week when backups need to be triggered for System State and click **Next**
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6. On the **Specify Backup Schedule (System State)** page, specify the time of the day, or week when backups need to be triggered for System State and click **Next**.
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7. On the **Select Retention Policy (System State)** page, select the Retention Policy for the backup copy for System State and click **Next**.
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7. On the **Select Retention Policy (System State)** page, select the Retention Policy for the backup copy for System State and click **Next**
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8. Similarly, select the backup schedule and retention policy for selected files and folders.
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8. On the **Choose Initial Back up Type** page, leave the option **Automatically over the network** selected, and then click **Next**.
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9. On the **Confirmation** page, review the information, and then click **Finish**.
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10. After the wizard finishes creating the backup schedule, click **Close**.
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9. On the **Choose Initial Back up Type** page, select **Automatically over the network**, and click **Next**.
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10. On the **Confirmation** page, review the information, and click **Finish**.
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## Perform an ad-hoc back up
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## Next steps
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In this tutorial you used the Azure portal to:
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> [!div class="checklist"]
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> * Create a Recovery Services vault

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