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Clarify Azure file share backup approaches and benefits
Updated the section on automated file share backups to include two backup approaches: vaulted backup and snapshot backup. Added details on the benefits and considerations for each backup method.
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#### Automated file share backups
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You can automate and manage your Azure file shares snapshots. Automating snapshot backups with Azure Backup is the recommended approach. The following diagram shows how automatic backups of file shares can be restored from a Recovery Services vault.
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You can protect Azure file shares using two backup approaches: **vaulted backup** and **snapshot backup**. Microsoft recommends vaulted backup for comprehensive protection against data loss, including protection from ransomware attacks and rogue administrator deletion.
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- **Vaulted backup** stores backup data in a Backup vault (offsite copy), supports retention up to 10 years, and provides protection against storage account deletion and ransomware. This is the recommended approach for comprehensive data protection.
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- **Snapshot backup** creates snapshots that are stored locally within the storage account and managed via Recovery Services vault metadata. While faster for restore operations, snapshot backups cannot protect against storage account-level deletion or ransomware targeting the storage account. The following diagram shows how automatic snapshot backups can be restored:
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:::image type="content" source="../media/file-share-automated.png" alt-text="Diagram that shows how Azure file shares snapshots are restored from a Recovery Services vault in Azure Backup." border="false":::
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- Azure Backup keeps the metadata about the snapshot backup in the Recovery Services vault, but no data is transferred. This method provides you with a fast backup solution that has built-in backup and reporting.
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1. Azure Backup keeps the metadata about the snapshot backup in the Recovery Services vault, but no data is transferred. This method provides you with a fast backup solution that has built-in backup and reporting.
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- When Azure Backup is enabled on the file share, the soft delete feature is also enabled.
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1. When Azure Backup is enabled on the file share, the soft delete feature is also enabled.
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- You can configure snapshot backups for daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly retention.
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1. You can configure snapshot backups for daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly retention.
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### Things to consider when using file share backups
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- **Consider alerts and reporting**. You can configure alerts for backup and restore failures and use the reporting solution provided by Azure Backup. These reports provide insights on file share backups.
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- **Consider backup approach choice**. Choose vaulted backup for comprehensive protection including ransomware resilience and long-term retention up to 10 years. Choose snapshot backup when you need faster restore times for short-term scenarios and have other protection measures for the storage account itself.
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- **Consider self-service restore**. Azure Backup uses server endpoint Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) snapshots. You might consider giving advanced users the ability to restore files themselves.
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- **Consider on-demand backups**. Azure Backup policies are limited to scheduling a backup once a day. If a user creates a file in the morning and works on it all day, a nightly backup doesn't include the new file. For these reasons, consider on-demand backups for the most critical file shares.
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- **Consider file share organization**. Organize your file shares according to how you intend to store the data in backups. You might separate your file shares for backup according to public facing data versus internal file shares.
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- **Consider code deployments**. If a bug or application error is introduced with the new deployment, you can go back to a previous version of your data on that file share. To help protect against these scenarios, you can take a share snapshot before you deploy new application code.
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- **Consider code deployments**. If a bug or application error is introduced with the new deployment, you can go back to a previous version of your data on that file share. To help protect against these scenarios, you can take a share snapshot before you deploy new application code.

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