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--- title: Azure Resource Manager and Bicep files description: Azure Resource Manager and Bicep files for use with Recovery Services vaults and Azure Backup features ms.topic: sample ms.date: 06/03/2025 ms.custom: - mvc - devx-track-bicep - devx-track-arm-template - build-2025 ms.service: azure-backup author: AbhishekMallick-MS ms.author: v-mallicka # Customer intent: As a cloud administrator, I want to utilize Azure Resource Manager and Bicep templates for Azure Backup configurations, so that I can efficiently manage and automate backup operations for various Azure resources. --- # Azure Resource Manager and Bicep files for Azure Backup This article provides the links to a repository of Azure Resource Manager and Bicep files for Recovery Services vaults, Backup vaults, and Azure Backup features. For JSON or Bicep syntax and properties, see [`Microsoft.RecoveryServices`](/azure/templates/microsoft.recoveryservices/allversions) and [`Microsoft.DataProtection`](/azure/templates/microsoft.dataprotection/allversions) resource types. | Template | Description | |---|---| |**Recovery Services vault** | | | [Create a Recovery Services vault](https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/quickstarts/microsoft.recoveryservices/recovery-services-vault-create)| Create a Recovery Services vault. The vault can be used for Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery. | | [Create Recovery Services vault with backup policies](https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/quickstarts/microsoft.recoveryservices/recovery-services-create-vault-with-backup-policies) | Create a Recovery Services vault. You can optionally configure backup policies, system identity, backup storage type, Cross Region Restores, and enable diagnostics logs and a delete lock. | | [Create Recovery Services vault and Enable Diagnostics](https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/quickstarts/microsoft.recoveryservices/recovery-services-create-vault-enable-diagnostics) | Template creates a Recovery Services vault and enables diagnostics for Azure Backup. | |**Back up virtual machines**| | | [Back up Resource Manager VMs](https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/quickstarts/microsoft.recoveryservices/recovery-services-backup-vms) | Use the existing Recovery Services vault and Backup policy to back up Resource Manager-virtual machines in the same resource group.| | [Back up IaaS VMs to Recovery Services vault](https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/quickstarts/microsoft.recoveryservices/recovery-services-backup-classic-resource-manager-vms) | Template to back up classic and Resource Manager-virtual machines. | | [Create Weekly Backup policy for IaaS VMs](https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/quickstarts/microsoft.recoveryservices/recovery-services-weekly-backup-policy-create) | Template creates Recovery Services vault and a weekly backup policy, which is used to back up classic and Resource Manager-virtual machines.| | [Create Daily Backup policy for IaaS VMs](https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/quickstarts/microsoft.recoveryservices/recovery-services-daily-backup-policy-create) | Template creates Recovery Services vault and a daily backup policy, which is used to back up classic and Resource Manager-virtual machines.| | [Deploy Windows Server VM with backup enabled](https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/quickstarts/microsoft.recoveryservices/recovery-services-create-vm-and-configure-backup) | Template creates a Windows Server VM and Recovery Services vault with the default backup policy enabled.| |**Monitor Backup jobs** | | | [Use Azure Monitor logs with Azure Backup](https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/demos/backup-oms-monitoring) | Template deploys Azure Monitor logs with Azure Backup, which allows you to monitor backup and restore jobs, backup alerts, and the Cloud storage used in your Recovery Services vaults.| | [Set up notifications for backup alerts using Azure Monitor](https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/quickstarts/microsoft.recoveryservices/recovery-services-create-alert-processing-rule) | Template to enable you to set up email notifications for your Recovery Services vaults using Azure Monitor. | |**Back up SQL Server in Azure VM** | | | [Back up SQL Server in Azure VM](https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/quickstarts/microsoft.recoveryservices/recovery-services-vm-workload-backup) | Template creates a Recovery Services vault and Workload specific Backup Policy. It Registers the VM with Azure Backup service and Configures Protection on that VM. Currently, it only works for SQL Gallery images. | |**Back up Azure File shares** | | | [Back up Azure File shares](https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/quickstarts/microsoft.recoveryservices/recovery-services-backup-file-share) (daily) | This template configures protection for an existing Azure file share by specifying appropriate details for the Recovery Services vault and backup policy. It optionally creates a new Recovery Services vault and backup policy, and registers the storage account containing the file share to the Recovery Services vault. | | [Backup File share](https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/quickstarts/microsoft.recoveryservices/recovery-services-backup-file-share-hourly) (hourly) | This template configures hourly protection for an existing Azure File share by specifying appropriate details for the Recovery Services vault and backup policy. It optionally creates a new Recovery Services vault and backup policy, and registers the storage account containing the File share to the Recovery Services vault. | | **Backup vault** | | | [Creates Backup vault](https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/quickstarts/microsoft.dataprotection/backup-vault-basic) | Template creates a Backup Vault. The vault can be used for Azure Database for PostgreSQL backup, Azure Blobs backup, Azure Disk backup. | | **Backup Azure Disk** | | | [Create Disk and enable protection](https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/quickstarts/microsoft.dataprotection/backup-create-disk-enable-protection) | Template creates a disk and enables protection via Azure Backup. | | **Backup Azure Blobs** | | | [Create storage account and enables blobs protection](https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/tree/master/quickstarts/microsoft.dataprotection/backup-create-storage-account-enable-protection) | Template creates storage account and enables blobs protection via Azure Backup.