#Microsoft Azure Storage

Before configuring the Azure Blob storage location, note the following:

• The supported Azure account kinds are Storage and StorageV2, both with the Standard performance tier. For details on creating a storage account, refer to the Microsoft article: Create a storage account.

• Before adding the Azure storage account to the Cloud Backup interface, make sure it can be accessed by AvePoint products. For details, refer to Allow AvePoint Agent Servers to Access Your Storage Account.

• If you use Microsoft Azure Blob Storage to store backup data for Azure VM and Azure Storage, navigate to Storage account > Settings > Configuration > Permitted scope for copy operations, and ensure the permitted scope for copy operations of the storage account used by the storage profile is properly configured as follows:

  • For the storage account within the same Microsoft Entra tenant, you can select the From storage accounts in the same Microsoft Entra tenant option.

  • For the storage account from a different Microsoft Entra tenant, ensure the From any storage account option is selected.

Complete the following steps:

1. Storage type - Select Microsoft Azure Blob Storage from the drop-down list.

2. Access point - Enter the URL for the Blob Storage Service.

3. Container name - Enter the container name you wish to access.

   NOTE

   The entered name must match an existing container.

4. Account name - Enter the corresponding account name to access the specified container.

5. Account key - Enter the corresponding account key to access the specified container.

6. Extended parameters - Enter the following extended parameters if necessary. If you have multiple parameters to enter, use a semicolon (;) to separate the parameters. Refer to the instructions below to add parameters.

   • RetryInterval - Customize the retry interval when the network connection is interrupted. You are allowed to enter any positive integer between 0 and 2147483646 (the unit is in milliseconds). For example, RetryInterval=30000 means that it will try to reconnect every 30000 milliseconds.

     If you do not configure this parameter, the value is 30000 milliseconds by default.

   • RetryCount - Customize the reconnection times after the network connection is interrupted. You are allowed to enter any positive integer between 0 and 2147483646. For example, RetryCount=10 represents when the network connection is interrupted, it can reconnect at most 10 times.

     If you do not configure this parameter, the value is 6 by default.

7. Click Save to save your storage. The storage path cannot be changed once saved, and the storage profile cannot be deleted once the storage has been applied to store the backup data for a region.