Recover file form Azure File Share

Question

I have Created Azure File share for central File management and used to map it on end devices. Noticed one of the folder is missing from our share drive. How to restore deleted/missing files and how long does retention goes back to ?

Answer 1

Hi IT Ab ,

To restore a missing or deleted folder from your Azure File Share,

Using Azure Backup: If you have Azure Backup configured for your file share, you can restore the entire file share or specific files/folders from a restore point.

Go to the Azure portal and navigate to your storage account. Select "Backup" under the "Operations" section. Choose "File Shares" as the data source type. Select the restore point you want to use. Choose the restore location (either the original location or an alternate location). Start the restore operation.

Using Soft Delete: If soft delete is enabled, you can recover deleted files or folders within the retention period:

Navigate to your storage account in the Azure portal,Select "File shares" under "Data storage".Enable "Show deleted shares" to display any shares that have been soft deleted.

Select the deleted share and click "Undelete".

For more information, please refer below:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-files-enable-soft-delete?tabs=azure-portal.

By default, Azure Backup retains restore points for 30 days, but you can configure this period based on your needs, you can set the retention period for soft delete between 1 and 365 days

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