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Protecting Azure SQL: Quick reference guide

Updated over 4 months ago

Here is a step-by-step guide to get started with configuring your Azure SQL resources for backup and restore.

Before you begin

Ensure that you have the appropriate Microsoft authorization, that is a User Access Administrator or Owner role assigned before you proceed with onboarding subscriptions to your management console.

Quick steps to deploy, onboard, and configure Azure resources for backup and restore.

Step

Action

Step 1: Get started with Enterprise Workloads

Log into the management console and ensure that you have the following in place:

  1. Create and manage Administrators and Admin Groups.

  2. Enable organizations. Alternatively, you may use the Default Organization.

For more information, see Quick reference guide to deploy Enterprise Workloads.

Step 2: Onboard Azure Subscriptions

  1. Register your Azure Tenant and authorize Druva to onboard new Azure subscriptions.
    ​Note: ​Make sure the subscription has Microsoft.KeyVault registered within the resource provider section.

  2. Select a preferred Druva storage to back up your data from a specific Azure Region.

You can then view and manage your subscriptions discovered right from the management console.

Step 3: Backup Azure SQL resources

  1. Configure the backup settings by creating backup policies.
    This defines the backup schedule and snapshot retention.

  2. Manually configure Azure SQL resources for backup.

Step 4: Perform a Full Restore

On successful backup, you can restore your SQL resources to the same storage region or across regions.

For more information, see Restore Azure SQL databases

Related Keywords: Azure SQL QRG

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