Summary and resources
Azure Files file share backup is a native, cloud-based backup solution that protects your data in the cloud. Azure Backup eliminates extra maintenance overhead involved in on-premises backup solutions. The Azure Backup service smoothly integrates with Azure File Sync. You can centralize your file share data along with your backups.
In this module, you identified features and usage cases for Azure Backup. You reviewed how to create and configure options for an Azure Recovery Services vault. You explored how to implement on-premises file and folder backups. You discovered how to configure the Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS) agent.
The main takeaways from this module are:
Azure Backup simplifies the process of backing up your on-premises and cloud resources.
The Backup center for Azure Backup lets enterprises govern, monitor, operate, and analyze their backups in Azure.
Azure Backup integrates with existing Azure services to enable management at scale and provides detailed reports on backups.
Azure Backup uses the MARS agent to back up files and folders from on-premises machines and Azure VMs.
Backups are stored in Recovery Services vault.
Learn more
What is the Azure Backup service?. This article reviews the benefits of Azure Backup.
Back up Azure file shares in the Azure portal. The article covers the steps to using Azure Backup for file and folder backups.
Create and configure a Recovery Services vault. This article describes how to create and configure an Azure Backup Recovery Services vault that stores backups and recovery points.
Manage Azure file share backups. This article shows how to monitor and create reports for Azure file and folder backups.
Install the Azure Backup MARS agent. This article explains how to install the Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS) agent. MARS is also known as the Azure Backup agent.
Learn more with self-paced training
Introduction to Azure Backup. This training module Evaluate helps you determine if Azure Backup is appropriate for your backup needs.
Design a solution for backup and disaster recovery. This training module reviews the bigger picture of backup and recovery solutions for the cloud.
Implement hybrid backup and recovery with Windows Server IaaS. This training module includes information on Azure Backup file and folder recovery.