How long does it take for Azure Resources to be restored after re-enabling a the Azure Subcription?

Question

I have re-enabled an Azure Subscription by removing the spending limit. All the resources are enabled once again, but the data of the resources is gone. For example, in the Storage Accounts the containers are gone, the schemas in an Azure SQL are gone as well, and the revisions of all the Azure Container Apps are gone as well. Will the data be restored or is there some way I can access a data back up?

Answer 1

Hello Rodrigo , Welcome to MS Q&A

To effectively address the data loss issue after re-enabling your Azure Subscription, it's important to know if you had any backup solutions or recovery options set up for your resources prior to the subscription being disabled. Additionally, identifying the specific Azure services or resources from which you're attempting to recover data will help in providing targeted assistance.

And If there were no backups or recovery solutions configured for your Azure resources, restoring the data might not be possible. Azure requires an explicit backup policy to be in place for data protection.

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Deepanshu

Answer 2

Hi @Rodrigo Morales,

Adding to @Deepanshu katara

When an Azure subscription reaches its spending limit, the services are disabled, but the data in your storage accounts should remain available as read-only. Once the spending limit is removed and the subscription is re-enabled, you should have full access to your storage accounts and databases again

Check the below possible recovery actions to be taken.

1. Azure Storage Account (Containers Missing)

• Check Soft Delete: If blob soft delete was enabled, you can recover deleted blobs. Navigate to the Storage Account > Blob service > Containers, and check if there’s an option to restore deleted blobs.
• Check Snapshots & Versioning: If blob versioning or snapshots were enabled, you can restore previous versions.
• Check Azure Backup: If you had Azure Backup configured for the storage account, restore it from there.
• Check Activity Logs: Go to Monitor > Activity Logs and filter by Delete operations to see if someone deleted the containers.

2. Azure SQL Database (Schemas Missing)

• Point-in-time Restore: If your database was deleted, you can restore it using Azure SQL point-in-time restore from the Backups blade.
• Long-term Backup: If you had long-term retention enabled, check under SQL Managed Backup for available snapshots.
• Check Transaction Log: If the schema was dropped but the database is intact, you may be able to recover it using SQL Server transaction log restore (if applicable).

3. Azure Container Apps (Revisions Missing)

• Check Azure Revisions: Go to Azure Container Apps > Revisions and see if they were deactivated instead of deleted.

Feel free to reach out if you have any further questions or need additional information—I’m happy to assist!

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