Getting Started with Datto Backup for Microsoft Azure: Azure Files
Datto Backup for Microsoft Azure: Azure Files is a backup solution purposefully built to protect the resources of Microsoft Azure tenants in the Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure.
Environment 
- Datto Backup for Microsoft Azure: Azure Files
Description
Datto Backup for Microsoft Azure: Azure Files provides resource backups for all commercial Microsoft Azure regions. Currently, the resource backup options include File Shares within the Microsoft Azure tenant but will be expanding.
Backup data will be housed in the following geographical locations. Azure Tenants in one of these locations will use the offsite storage listed.
- US
- Canada
- Netherlands
- Germany
- Australia
- UK
Microsoft Azure Tenants housed in other locations will store their data in one of the available locations based on proximity, compliance, and load balance.
Management Portal 
Datto Backup for Microsoft Azure: Azure Files is managed through the UniView portal (backup.net). In the Dashboard you can see all of the protected assets, their policies, and recent backup information across Datto Endpoint Backup v2 (if used) and Datto Backup for Microsoft Azure: Azure Files. The Dashboard also allows you to create restores, all from the same window.
Under Microsoft Azure in the collapsible menu on the left-hand side, the Tenants page can be used to manage and add Microsoft Azure tenants, while the Policy Management page can be used to edit and create the backup policies used for the assets protected with Datto Backup for Microsoft Azure: Azure Files.
Requirements
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The Microsoft Azure user that is used to add the protected Azure tenants will need to be a Global Admin Account.
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Storage Accounts configured cannot have network rules set to deny all public access. Accounts with such rules will prevent resources from being displayed or added.
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Only file shares configured with SMB access will be available. NFS shares cannot be added at this time.
Policy Management
The policies are used to determine the backup and retention period for the assets of a protected Azure tenant. These policies are applied to all assets of a specified type in an Azure tenant. For more information on creating backup policies, adjusting settings, and managing current policies, refer to: Microsoft Azure – Policy Management.
Protecting a Resource
Assets are included for protection during the initial onboarding of an Azure tenant. For more information on adding Azure tenants and resource management refer to: Microsoft Azure – Tenants .
For more information on how new resources can be included for protection, refer to: Automatic Inclusion .
Restore
Currently Datto Backup for Microsoft Azure: Azure Files offers Azure File Restore. For more information on restoring protected assets, refer to Azure File Restore.
