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Azure Backup and Restore

Difficulty: Beginner
Duration: Up to 2 hours and 46 minutes
Students: 302
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Description

Introduction

All virtual machine disks have a built-in backup system as part of the service level agreement with Azure, however, the settings for the virtual machines are not covered by this.

In this Lab, you will see how to backup and restore a virtual machine.

 

In this Lab exercise, you will:

Start with a pre-existing virtual network and a single virtual machine. Then, you will complete the below tasks.

  • Create an Azure Recovery Service Vault
  • Connect to the VM with RDP
  • Install IIS on the lab VM with PowerShell
  • Backup the VM
  • Perform a restore of the VM

Updates

Nov 23, 2021 - Updated security permission issue with the storage account resource

 

 

Covered topics

Microsoft Azure
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Lab steps

Logging in to the Microsoft Azure Portal
Create an Azure Recovery Vault
Connect to the VM and Install IIS
Backup a Virtual Machine
Perform a restore

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