---
title: Azure Storage repository
description: With Elastic Cloud Enterprise, you can enable your Elasticsearch clusters to regularly snapshot data to Microsoft Azure Storage. Add your Azure Storage...
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/4232/deploy-manage/tools/snapshot-and-restore/azure-storage-repository
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Enterprise
---

# Azure Storage repository
With Elastic Cloud Enterprise, you can enable your Elasticsearch clusters to regularly snapshot data to Microsoft Azure Storage.

## Add the Azure repository

Add your Azure Storage Container as a repository to the platform:
1. [Log into the Cloud UI](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/4232/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-enterprise/log-into-cloud-ui).
2. Go to **Platform > Repositories** and add the following snapshot repository configuration under the advanced mode:
   If needed, set additional options for configuring chunk_size, compressions, and retries. Check the [supported settings](/elastic/docs-content/pull/4232/deploy-manage/tools/snapshot-and-restore/azure-repository#repository-azure-repository-settings).
   ```json
   {
     "type": "azure",
     "settings": {
       "account": "AZURE STORAGE ACCOUNT NAME",
       "sas_token": "AZURE SAS_TOKEN",
       "container": "BACKUP-CONTAINER"
     }
   }
   ```

Snapshots are stored in the container you provide. Use the repository name you define here to configure your Elasticsearch clusters for snapshotting to this repository.

## Configure your deployment for Azure snapshots

To save deployment snapshots to the Azure repository:
1. Configure your deployment to [snapshot to the Azure repository](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/4232/deploy-manage/tools/snapshot-and-restore/cloud-enterprise).

The cluster should then have snapshots enabled and and begins snapshotting immediately. You can configure the how frequently snapshotting occurs on the **Snapshots** in the **Elasticsearch** menu.