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himesh05
Sep 15, 2021Copper Contributor
Backup for Windows 365 Cloud PC
Is there an option to backup user's Cloud PC using Azure backup?
nigelm
Mar 04, 2022Brass Contributor
No, no need for backups for Cloud PC
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-365/enterprise/business-continuity-disaster-recovery
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-365/enterprise/business-continuity-disaster-recovery
Aavisek Choudhury
Mar 05, 2022Copper Contributor
Yes, no backup is required for cloud PC, you can save all the user data to one drive, In case of any compute failure Azure automatically identifies compute failures and automatically moves the user workload to another resource in the zone.
- XnXMar 08, 2022Copper ContributorI'm sorry. I do not believe that this is 100% accurate. Not if the user has stored other information in a drive that does not link to a cloud, for example. I'm not sure how it falls under issues of phone number changing, etc.
- jregehrMar 08, 2022Copper Contributorhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-365/enterprise/restore-overview
This is what I'm looking at. This does seem like a full point in time restore?- XnXMar 09, 2022Copper ContributorHere is what I would do. As long as you can get into one of the accountants you can get into them all. It's just a really tedious painstaking process. I'm going to directly write overtop what you wrot. So I apologize, but I think it'll make it a little bit easier for you to understand my logic.
"You can choose to save short-term restore points every 4, 6, 12, 16, or 24 hours. Each Cloud PC will have 10 restore points saved at the intervals that you define in the user setting. For example, if you chose four hour intervals, a Cloud PC will have 10 restore points spread out every four hours over the last 40 hours.
In addition to these configurable short-term restore points, there are also four long-term restore points that aren't configurable. These long-term restore points are saved every seven days.
As time passes and a new restore point is added, the oldest restore point is removed."
IT IS NEEDED that in the above algorithm, either a new user be added, or one that is specifically enrolled in only device management stay consistently. However, even if that's not done........
Risks and results of restoring a Cloud PC
Cloud PCs have same risks as all Windows PCs when performing a full disk restore. These risks and results include:
All changes made to the Cloud PC between the saved restore point and when the restore is started will be lost."
I'm sorry if I'm being obtuse. but there is no difference between a PC and a Cloud PC losing a restore point. Unless I'm missing something? That is why it's usually preferable to have a hard copy of the original Key or at least access to the number therein.
"This lost information includes all data, documents, installed applications, configurations, downloads, and other changes. External data stored in cloud services, like OneDrive, won't be lost."
If you are unable to access onedrive, yes, it will be lost. If you've lost control over your own account, then yes, you can't log into Onedrive.
"Various applications, agents and tools also use rolling passwords, secrets, certificates, and keys. If any of these credentials are updated between the current time and the restore point, the associated service or application will be impacted.
The chances of data loss and automated machine account password updates increase with longer time gaps between the selected restore point and the current time."
I had given my recommendations.
Best practices
To minimize data loss and the risk of a rolling password conflict, choose a restore point that is as close as possible to the current time.
I disagree. If somebody were to steal your computer? That would be bad..... If you've realized, Oh my gosh, I have games on my computer that I haven't played in 30 years, and I don't want to sit here and do all this uninstall, uninstall, uninstall, then. Maybe that's Not a good idea, either
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After a restoration is complete, the user should immediately sign into their Cloud PC to verify that they can successfully connect."
I'm sorry to say this but. To suggest that the best practice would be to see if a user can. Not connect is a major problem.
" If a user can't connect, or experiences unexpected behavior,
If a user can't connect at this point. They're going to be pretty unhappy. They just lost everything. And they're not going to be pleasant to deal with.
"try a second restoration to a different restore point that is more recent. On rare occasions you may need to reprovision/reset a Cloud PC if all restore points have obsolete rolling credentials."
I do not understand this at all. I have other ideas.
Next steps
To get started with the restore feature, you must first configure a new or existing user setting to give users the right permissions. After you’ve done that, admins can:
I'm sorry, but I disagree. Microsoft Azure app stores, whichever. Is allowing the use of their software? And that being said, I. And the only one on my own account. I have like 12 different accounts right now because I'm still trying to solve issues on the back end of Windows 10.
Restore a single Cloud PC (users with permission can also restore their own Cloud PC)
Bulk restore multiple Cloud PCs
Check Known issues with restoring your Cloud PC
My recommendation is to And I'm sorry if I'm not supposed to say this. But I would not use a Google account. At all. I would make sure that my. Hotmail. Was the exact opposite recovery of my Outlook. If neither of those options or any of the options in azure or anything else look peeling, I recommend Github.