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Set up Azure Backup in Windows Admin Center

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Windows Admin Center Azure Backup

With Windows Admin Center you have a great new web-based management experience for Windows Server. With Microsoft efforts to bring Hybrid Cloud capabilities closer to your on-premises systems, they added support for Azure Backup in Windows Admin Center. This allows you to simply configure Azure Backup for your Windows Server with a couple of clicks.

Setting up a cloud backup of a server is simple and saves you a lot of time and resources. It is especially great if you have a small environment in your datacenter or hosted at a different service provider, where having an own backup infrastructure doesn’t make much sense.

Configure Azure Backup in Windows Admin Center

Windows Admin Center Azure Backup

First you will need to register your Windows Admin Center to Microsoft Azure. This can be done in the settings of Windows Admin Center. If you haven’t done this yet, the wizard will guide you through. After this is done you can go to the Azure Backup Extension in Windows Admin Center and sign in. You can now configure Azure Backup directly in Windows Admin Center.

Configure Azure Backup in Windows Admin Center

This will Azure Backup client on Windows Server and as well as in Microsoft Azure. It will create the Recovery Services Vault and the necessary resources

Windows Admin Center Setting up Azure Backup

Register Recovery Services Resource Provider

If you get the error message “Error Failed to create Microsoft Azure Recovery Services Vault. Detailed error: Das Abonnement ist nicht für die Verwendung des Namespace  Microsoft.RecoveryServices” registriert.” You will need to register the Recovery Services Resource Provider in you Azure Subscription.

Register Azure Recovery Services Resource Provider

Configure and Recover from Azure Backup

Windows Admin Cenetr Azure Backup Settings

After Azure Backup is fully configured, you can see the configuration, the latest recovery points and you also will be able to recover data.

I hope this post was helpful and showed you how simple it is to back up your servers to the cloud using Windows Admin Center and Azure Backup. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment.

Configure Azure Hybrid Services in Windows Admin Center Video Series

I have created a short video series which shows how to set up the Azure Hybrid services directly from Windows Admin Center. You can start with the intro here and then follow the different videos, and check out our overview blog about Configure Azure Hybrid Services in Windows Admin Center.

YouTube video (YouTube video)

Besides, you can also have a look at my other blog post about how to set up Azure hybrid cloud services.

Also, check out my blog post about Microsoft investments in Windows Server 2019. You can download Windows Admin Center here. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment.How to buy Azure Stack HCI Solutions

WAC is also part of the Azure Stack HCI solutions, check out my blog about it.

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Thomas Maurer
Thomas is the EMEA Global Black Belt (GBB) for Sovereign Cloud at Microsoft, helping organizations across the region harness Microsoft’s sovereign, hybrid, multicloud, and edge solutions. He works directly with C-level leaders and technical teams to remove roadblocks, accelerate digital transformation, and shape long-term cloud strategies that meet business and regulatory needs. With over 15 years of experience in cloud and datacenter, including his previous role as Principal Program Manager and Chief Evangelist for Azure Hybrid, he combines deep technical expertise with a passion for customer success. He specializes in creating scalable architectures, solution accelerators, and thought leadership that drive adoption and innovation on Azure. Thomas is a passionate community advocate and frequently speaks at industry events such as Microsoft Ignite and Microsoft TechDays. He shares his expertise through his Cloud and Datacenter Blog at www.thomasmaurer.ch and on LinkedIn and X.com www.twitter.com/thomasmaurer.

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12 responses

  1. Ricardo Avatar
    Ricardo

    Sooo… how do you modify it, once is set up?

    Reply
  2. mike Avatar
    mike

    Hello i have that error when register my admin center :
    Mensagem
    Não foi possível registar a aplicação “WindowsAdminCenter-https://10.0.0.100” no Azure Active Directory. Erro: ajax error 500

    Ws2019 std
    you can help me ?

    Reply
    1. Thomas Maurer Avatar
      Thomas Maurer

      Interesting, do you have the error in English? ;)

      Reply
  3. Josh Avatar
    Josh

    How do you edit the job or add more drives,folders, or files to the job after you create it?

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    1. Thomas Maurer Avatar
      Thomas Maurer

      There is an Azure Backup Agent installed on your machine. It has a management snap-in for the MMC. You can find this in the start menu.

      Reply
  4. Brian Avatar
    Brian

    Hi

    Great post – do you know anything about SQL backup support? As of now, its only Windows Server backup – do you know if application backup is on the roadmap for WAC Azure Backup?

    Reply
  5. der Avatar
    der

    How much it costs? I can’t find info on MS pages.

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    1. Thomas Maurer Avatar
      Thomas Maurer

      Hi You can find pricing details here: https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/backup?WT.mc_id=thomasmaurer-blog-thmaure

      it is basically instance + storage consumed. Let me know if you need more on that :)

      Reply
  6. Nazim Avatar
    Nazim

    Thank’s for your blog post.
    I would like to know if there’s a way to manage already backed up VMs with WAC ?

    Reply
  7. sanjey Avatar
    sanjey

    Couldn’t register application in Azure Active Directory

    Couldn’t register application “Windows AdminCenter in Azure Active Directory
    Error: ajax error 500
    localhost

    Reply
  8. MN Avatar
    MN

    Trying to set this up and receiving an error. We already have backups running on our Azure Cloud VMs and the resource provider is already registered. Any idea how to resolve?

    Failed to get Microsoft Azure Recovery Services Vaults. Detailed error: The operation is not permitted for namespace ‘Microsoft.RecoveryServices’. List of permitted provider namespaces is ‘Microsoft.Authorization,Microsoft.Billing,Microsoft.Education,Microsoft.Features,microsoft.insights,Microsoft.NotificationHubs,Microsoft.Resources,Microsoft.Sql,Microsoft.Subscription,microsoft.support,microsoft.visualstudio,Microsoft.Web’.

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    1. Thomas Maurer Avatar
      Thomas Maurer

      Do you have the latest version of Windows Admin Center installed? And is the Azure Backup Extension up to date?

      Reply

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