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Restore File Share from Azure Backup to Another Storage Account

Your company needs to recover data from a file share, but they do not want to overwrite existing data. You must find a way to restore the file share to a separate storage account, so they can access the data there.

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Level
Beginner
Last updated
Aug 02, 2025
Duration
1h 0m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Create Storage Account
    1. Log in to the Azure Portal using the credentials provided.
    2. Add a new storage account with a globally unique name.
      • Select the pre-provisioned resource group, and use the same location as your lab provided resource group. Leave all other settings as default.
  2. Challenge

    Backup and Restore Data
    1. From vault1, take a backup of the existing file share and all of its data.
    2. Once the backup has completed, restore to the newly created file share within the new storage account.
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