Manual Registration for Azure Source

To start protecting your Microsoft Azure services, check the Azure requirements and then register Azure as a data source in Cohesity DataProtect as a Service.

  1. In DataProtect as a Service, navigate to Sources > + Register Source, and then select Azure.

  2. Click Start Registration.

    The Register Azure Source form appears.

  3. In the Domain Name field, enter the unique tenant ID assigned by Azure, and then select the Destination cloud region. For information on getting the tenant ID, see Get tenant ID.

  4. Select the Azure services you want to register:

    • Azure VM

    • Azure SQL

    • Entra ID

    Azure VM is selected by default.

  5. Click Continue.

  6. In the Azure App ID field, enter the application ID assigned by Azure during the service principal creation process.

  7. In the Azure App Secret Key field, enter the application secret key for setting up the authentication for the service principal.

  8. Click Continue.

  9. In the Azure Subscription ID field, enter the subscription IDs of the subscriptions where the VM or Azure SQL database or Entra ID you want to protect belongs to.

  10. Click Register.

Next > Once you register the Azure source, you must set up a SaaS Connection (not applicable for Entra ID) for each region under each Azure subscription in your Azure source.