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In azure have any options to backup and restore the subscriptions

Senthil kumar 680 Reputation points
2026-06-11T09:57:43.97+00:00

Dear Team,

In Azure i am create and using subscriptions. for example i am using for some testing purposes. once done my testing i delete my subscription because of charges. is there any options to backup the whole subscription and restore when ever i wanted with same subscription. so its easy to create all my steps like suppose i am using Databricks, Azure DevOps. no need to create and setup again i will use from my backup.

Thanks.

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Andreas Baumgarten 132.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2026-06-11T10:19:22.3133333+00:00

Hi @Senthil kumar ,

there is no option to backup/restore an Azure Subscription fully.

If you are using the same environment and/or Azure services again and again the easiest way might be to use Infrastructure As Code (IaC) to setup the same environment again.

For IaC you can use Terraform, Bicep or PowerShell.

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Regards

Andreas Baumgarten

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    2026-06-11T09:58:11.1166667+00:00

    Azure does not provide a single “backup and restore the whole subscription” feature. Subscriptions are management and billing containers; backup and restore are done at the resource/workload level, not at subscription level.

    Key points from the available information:

    1. Recovery Services vaults and Backup vaults
      • Azure Backup protects specific workloads (Azure VMs, disks, SQL, Azure Files, etc.) using Recovery Services vaults or Backup vaults.
      • A vault is created in a subscription and region, and backup data is stored there. Backup data cannot be moved to another vault.
      • There is no option to export a full subscription state and later “re-import” it as a backup.
    2. Moving or restoring resources across subscriptions
      • Individual resources (for example, VMs, disks) can be restored to another subscription using Cross Subscription Restore, subject to Azure RBAC and feature limitations.
      • This is per-resource restore, not a subscription-level restore. It does not recreate all services (like Azure DevOps, Databricks, etc.) as a single operation.
    3. Subscription lifecycle
      • To avoid charges, recommended practice is to delete or stop resources, or move them to another subscription, rather than expecting a subscription-level backup.
      • Backup data stored in a vault cannot be moved to a different vault, and there is no mechanism to snapshot an entire subscription configuration.
    4. Resource group naming
      • Resource group names must be unique within a subscription, but can be reused in different subscriptions. This does not change the fact that there is no full-subscription backup/restore.

    For scenarios like test environments, typical approaches are:

    • Use Infrastructure as Code (ARM/Bicep/Terraform, pipelines) to recreate the environment when needed.
    • Use Azure Backup for supported workloads (for example, VMs, disks) if data-level restore is required.

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