This section lets you configure a backup schedule for your Azure AD tenant.
Backup Settings
To set up a backup schedule for the Azure AD tenant:
- Navigate to Backup → Azure AD → Settings → Backup Settings.
- Click the
icon located in the Action column of the tenant.
- Select the frequency at which full backups must be made from the list of options available: Weekly or Monthly.
- Select the frequency at which incremental backups must be made from the list of options available: Hourly, Daily, or Weekly.
- Click Save. Once you have created a backup schedule, you can edit it any time by clicking the icon.
Archive Settings
Backup archival involves creating copies of backup files for long-term retention. The archival process is needed to avoid losing backups after a certain period and ensure the availability and accessibility of data in the event of data loss, system failures, or disasters.
You can access the following from this page:
Indexed data
- This is the backup data that can easily be recovered as it is available for performing restorations.
- Backup retention for indexed data is set to 6 months at default.
- You can manually specify the period for which the indexed data needs to be available for performing restorations.
- Minimum retention period for indexed data is 3 months and maximum is 12 months.
Archived data
- This is the backup data which has been archived for storage. You can index archived data at any time to perform restorations.
- After one full backup is completed, we will take a snapshot of the previous full backup in the archive repository, but the latest full backup will not be archived.
- Archive backup retention is set to 24 months at default.
- You can also manually specify the period for which the archived data needs to be available in the storage.
- Minimum retention period for archived data is 12 months and maximum is 60 months.
Editing archive settings
- Navigate to the Backup tab > Azure AD > Settings > Archive Settings.
- Specify the number of months the archived data has to be retained in the Retain archived data for field.
- Specify the number of months the indexed data has to be retained in the Retain indexed data for field.
- Click Save.
Indexing and de-indexing
- Click Show Archives at the top-right corner. The below information is displayed on the page:
- No. of Archives: The total number of backup archives in the archive repository.
- Total Archives Size: Total space occupied by the archived data.
- No. of Indexed Archives: The total number of indexed archives available for performing restorations.
- Total Indexed Archive Size: Total space occupied by the indexed data.
- Select the archive(s) you wish to index and click the Index Archive button. Similarly, select the archive(s) you wish to de-index and click the Deindex Archive button.
