Azure Analysis Services backup to azure blob storage using User Managed Identity

Question

Hi everyone,

I have an azure analysis services that i want to make backups to azure blob storage.
The problem is, i am not able to do that since the company policies does not allow to use access keys.

Is there any way i can configure the backups to use an user managed identity?
or is it possible to create a local backup and then upload to azure blob storage?

Best regards.

Answer 1

Hello Rui Domingos (JTA Consulting S A),

Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum.

Azure Analysis Services currently does not natively support using User Managed Identities for backups to Azure Blob Storage. However, there are a couple of alternative approaches you can consider:

• Create a local backup of your Azure Analysis Services database, use Azure CLI or Azure PowerShell with a User Managed Identity to upload the backup file to Azure Blob Storage.
• Create an Azure Automation account with a User Managed Identity, develop a runbook that performs the backup and uploads it to Azure Blob Storage and schedule the runbook to run at desired intervals.

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