Azure Files — Let’s create it!

In this guide, we will learn how to create the Azure FileShare. With that, we will also configure the backup of the AzureFile/FileShare with Azure Backup Vault Service.

To start learning it, you will just require an Azure Cloud account and enough access to create and manage the Azure Storage Accounts.

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Assuming you have, let’s start then,

How to create the Azure Files/FileShare?

1. Log on to portal.azure.com
2. Go to the Storage Accounts . You can find it by searching in the top search box.

3. Now click to + Create button on the left to create the Storage Account. Skip this step if you have already had a storage account and you want to use it.

• Select your subscription and resource-group under which you want to create the storage account.
• Enter the name of the storage-account.
• Select the Location of the storage account and the Redundancy .

• You can skip the other settings like Advance , Network , etc as default and at the end click to Create button.

4. Now let’s go to the Storage Account and go to the File Share .

• Enter the FileShare Name and Quota as you want.
• Select the Tier based on your data usage.
• Click onCreate the button.

5. Now, your AzureFile/FileShare account is ready. You can upload the data and ready to start using it.

How to set backup for Azure Files/FileShare?

Azure Files/FileShare used the Azure Backup Vault service to create, manage and store the backup.

1. Inside your FileShare, select the Backup option on the left bottom.
2. To create the new Backup vault, enter the Vault Name and select the Resoruce Groupto create the Vault.
3. Configure the Backup Policy by selecting Edit Policy the option. The backup policy allows to configure Backup Schdule and Backup Retension .

4. Click to Enable Backup . Bingo! your Azure Files/FileShare automated backup is now ready.