How to configure Azure resources

Last published : Apr 02, 2026
You can configure Azure resources by selecting a Subscription and an existing Recovery Services Vault or create a new Recovery Services Vault. Based on your selection, you can view a list of virtual machines. You can monitor the replication health of virtual machines and enable replication of on-premises virtual machines, whose hosts are configured with Azure Site Recovery.
If you configure disaster recovery to Azure Site Recovery for the first time, no virtual machines are available for replication when you go to the Instant Cloud Recovery tab.
To configure Azure resources
  1. On the Instant Cloud Recovery tab, click Configure Azure resources.
You can go to the Azure portal for more information about Azure Site Recovery.
  1. On the Configure Azure Resources wizard, select the cloud environment that you want to use for the configuration.
The cloud environments are displayed. For example, Azure, Azure China, Azure Germany, Azure US Government Cloud.
  1. Click Next.
The Microsoft logon dialog box appears.
Perform the steps in the following order:
  • Note the device code.
  • Go to the Microsoft authentication link to give Backup Exec access to your environment and then click OK.
https://microsoft.com/devicelogin
Note: The device code expires after 15 minutes. If authentication fails, try the operation again.
Refer to the Required permissions section in the Microsoft documentation for more information:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/resource-group-create-service-principal-portal
  • Global administrator for the Active Directory tenant of the Azure subscription or has the permissions to create apps in the tenant.
  • Owner or User Access Administrator for the Azure subscription.
After the logon is complete, you are redirected to the Configure Azure Resources wizard.
Based on your Azure account, the list of your Subscriptions is retrieved from the Azure portal.
  1. Select the Azure Subscription that you want to use for the configuration.
    Note: Ensure that you only select a valid Subscription.
If there are no Subscriptions created for the Azure account, a message is displayed. You must go to the Azure portal and create the Subscription. After the Subscription is created, start the configuration again from Step 1.
For more information about how to create an Azure Subscription, refer to the following link:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/free/
  1. Click Next.
Based on the Subscription that you select, a list of Recovery Services Vaults is retrieved from Azure.
  1. Do one of the following:
    To use an existing Recovery Services Vault Do the following in the order listed\:
    1. Select the Recovery Services Vault from the drop-down list. Based on the Recovery Services Vault, the region is displayed. You cannot change the region.
    2. Click Finish .
    To create a new Recovery Services Vault Do the following in the order listed\:
    1. Select Create a new vault from the drop-down list.
    2. Specify a name for the new Recovery Services Vault.
    3. Select the region of the vault from the drop-down list.
    4. Click Finish . A message appears that you will be directed to the Azure portal.
    5. Click OK .
    You are redirected to the Azure portal. On the Azure portal, prepare the infrastructure for the new vault.
Backup Exec retrieves information about the vault, the list of virtual machines based on the infrastructure of the Recovery Services Vault, and displays the information on the Backup Exec console.
The following information is displayed:
Name Displays the name of the virtual machine as displayed on the Azure portal. For ESX or Hyper-V this is display name of the virtual machine.
Replication Health Displays the replication health; whether the virtual machine is replicated successfully or if there are any errors or warnings. The most common statuses for replication health are\:
- Warning
- Healthy
- Critical
- Not replicated
Protection Status Displays the protection status; whether the virtual machine is protected. The most common values for protection status are Protected and Unprotected .
Configuration Issues Displays if there are any configuration issues identified for a virtual machine by Azure and the number of issues.
To view the configuration issues, select the virtual machine, and click View Error Details .
Last Successful Failover Displays the date and time when the last successful failover was completed.
RPO Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
Displays the date and time when the last successful replication was completed.
Validation Errors Displays if there are any validation errors identified for a virtual machine and the number of such errors. To view the validation errors, select the virtual machine, and click View Error Details .
If a virtual machine has validation errors, you cannot protect the machine. You must first resolve the validation errors and then protect the machine.
See About Instant Cloud Recovery.
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