Proposed Pull Request Change

📄 Document Links

View on GitHub View on Microsoft Learn

--- title: Back up Exchange server with Azure Backup Server description: Learn how to back up an Exchange server to Azure Backup using Azure Backup Server ms.topic: how-to ms.date: 03/25/2025 ms.update-cycle: 1095-days author: AbhishekMallick-MS ms.author: v-mallicka ms.custom: engagement-fy24 # Customer intent: "As an IT administrator, I want to configure Azure Backup Server to back up an Exchange server, so that I can ensure data protection and facilitate recovery in case of data loss." --- # Back up an Exchange server to Azure with Azure Backup Server This article describes how to configure Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS) to back up a Microsoft Exchange server to Azure. > [!NOTE] > Use this article if you're using **Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS)**. > > If you're using **System Center DPM** instead, see [Back up Exchange Server databases to Azure Backup with System Center DPM](backup-azure-backup-exchange-server.md). ## Prerequisites Before you continue, ensure that Azure Backup Server is [installed and prepared](backup-azure-microsoft-azure-backup.md). ## MABS protection agent To install the MABS protection agent on the Exchange server, follow these steps: 1. Ensure that the firewalls are correctly configured. See [Configure firewall exceptions for the agent](/system-center/dpm/configure-firewall-settings-for-dpm). 2. Install the agent on the Exchange server by selecting **Management > Agents > Install** in MABS Administrator Console. See [Install the MABS protection agent](/system-center/dpm/deploy-dpm-protection-agent) for detailed steps. ## Create a protection group for the Exchange server To create a protection group for the Exchange server, follow these steps: 1. In the MABS Administrator Console, select **Protection**, and then select **New** on the tool ribbon to open the **Create New Protection Group** wizard. 2. On the **Welcome** screen of the wizard, select **Next**. 3. On the **Select protection group type** screen, select **Servers** and select **Next**. 4. Select the Exchange server database that you want to protect and select **Next**. > [!NOTE] > If you are protecting Exchange 2013, check the [Exchange 2013 prerequisites](/system-center/dpm/back-up-exchange). > > In the following example, the Exchange 2010 database is selected.  5. Select the data protection method. Name the protection group, and then select both of the following options: * I want short-term protection using Disk. * I want online protection. 6. Select **Next**. 7. Select the **Run Eseutil to check data integrity** option to check the integrity of the Exchange Server databases. After you select this option, backup consistency checking will be run on MABS to avoid the I/O traffic that's generated by running the **eseutil** command on the Exchange server. > [!NOTE] > To use this option, you must copy the Ese.dll and Eseutil.exe files to the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Azure Backup\DPM\DPM\bin directory on the MABS server. Otherwise, the following error is triggered: >  > > 8. Select **Next**. 9. Select the database for **Copy Backup**, and then select **Next**. > [!NOTE] > If you don't select "Full backup" for at least one DAG copy of a database, logs won't be truncated. > > 10. Configure the goals for **Short-Term backup**, and then select **Next**. 11. Review the available disk space, and then select **Next**. 12. Select the time at which the MABS Server will create the initial replication, and then select **Next**. 13. Select the consistency check options, and then select **Next**. 14. Choose the database that you want to back up to Azure, and then select **Next**. For example:  15. Define the schedule for **Azure Backup**, and then select **Next**. For example:  > [!NOTE] > Online recovery points are based on express full recovery points. Therefore, you must schedule the online recovery point after the time that's specified for the express full recovery point. > > 16. Configure the retention policy for **Azure Backup**, and then select **Next**. 17. Choose an online replication option and select **Next**. If you have a large database, it could take a long time for the initial backup to be created over the network. To avoid this issue, you can create an offline backup.  18. Confirm the settings, and then select **Create Group**. 19. Select **Close**. ## Recover the Exchange database To recover the Exchange database, follow these steps: 1. Select **Recovery** in the MABS Administrator Console. 2. Locate the Exchange database that you want to recover. 3. Select an online recovery point from the *recovery time* drop-down list. 4. Select **Recover** to start the **Recovery Wizard**. For online recovery points, there are five recovery types: * **Recover to original Exchange Server location:** The data will be recovered to the original Exchange server. * **Recover to another database on an Exchange Server:** The data will be recovered to another database on another Exchange server. * **Recover to a Recovery Database:** The data will be recovered to an Exchange Recovery Database (RDB). * **Copy to a network folder:** The data will be recovered to a network folder. * **Copy to tape:** If you have a tape library or a stand-alone tape drive attached and configured on MABS, the recovery point will be copied to a free tape.  ## Next steps * [Azure Backup FAQ](backup-azure-backup-faq.yml) * [Recover data from Azure Backup Server](backup-azure-alternate-dpm-server.md)