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3 | 3 | title: Back up Azure Files FAQ
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4 | 4 | description: In this article, discover answers to common questions about how to protect your Azure file shares with the Azure Backup service.
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| - ms.date: 10/14/2022 |
| 5 | + ms.date: 11/28/2024 |
6 | 6 | ms.topic: faq
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7 | 7 | ms.service: azure-backup
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8 | 8 | author: AbhishekMallick-MS
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9 | 9 | ms.author: v-abhmallick
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| -title: Questions about backing up Azure Files |
| 10 | +title: Frequently asked questions about backing up Azure Files |
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12 | 12 | This article answers common questions about backing up Azure Files. In some of the answers, there are links to the articles that have comprehensive information. You can also post questions about the Azure Backup service in the [Microsoft Q&A question page for discussion](/answers/topics/azure-backup.html).
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82 | 82 | Can I recover from a deleted Azure file share?
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| - If the file share is in the soft deleted state, you need to first undelete the file share to perform the restore operation. The undelete operation will bring the file share into the active state where you can restore to any point in time. To learn how to undelete your file share, visit [this link](../storage/files/storage-files-enable-soft-delete.md?tabs=azure-portal#restore-soft-deleted-file-share) or see the [Undelete File Share Script](./scripts/backup-powershell-script-undelete-file-share.md). If the file share is permanently deleted, you won't be able restore the contents and snapshots. |
| 84 | + If the file share is in the soft deleted state, you need to first undelete the file share to perform the restore operation. Undelete operation will bring the file share into the active state where you can restore to any point in time. To learn how to undelete your file share, visit [this link](../storage/files/storage-files-enable-soft-delete.md?tabs=azure-portal#restore-soft-deleted-file-share) or see the [Undelete File Share Script](./scripts/backup-powershell-script-undelete-file-share.md). If the file share is permanently deleted, you won't be able restore the contents and snapshots. |
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87 | 87 | Can I restore from backups if I stopped protection on an Azure file share?
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152 | 152 | - **Retention**: If you're adding weekly/monthly/yearly retention as part of modifying the policy, all the future recovery points created as part of the scheduled backup will be tagged according to the new policy. All the existing recovery points will still be considered as daily recovery points and so won’t be tagged as weekly/monthly/yearly.
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| - - **Snapshots and recovery points cleanup**: |
| 154 | + - **Snapshots and recovery points clean up**: |
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156 | 156 | - If daily retention is extended, the expiration date of the existing recovery points is updated according to the daily retention value configured in the new policy.
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157 | 157 | - If daily retention is reduced, the existing recovery points and snapshots are marked for deletion in the next cleanup run job according to the daily retention value configured in the new policy, and then deleted.
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273 | 273 | - **Retention**: If you're adding weekly/monthly/yearly retention as part of modifying the policy, all the future recovery points created as part of the scheduled backup will be tagged according to the new policy. All the existing recovery points will still be considered as daily recovery points; so, they won’t be tagged as weekly/monthly/yearly.
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| - - **Snapshots and recovery points cleanup**: |
| 275 | + - **Snapshots and recovery points clean up**: |
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277 | 277 | - If daily retention is extended, the expiration date of the existing daily recovery points is updated according to the daily retention value configured in the new policy.
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278 | 278 | - If daily retention is reduced, the existing daily recovery points and snapshots are marked for deletion in the next cleanup run job according to the daily retention value configured in the new policy, and then deleted.
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