Nightly Database Backups
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TouchPoint backs up your data nightly and preserves backups on a rolling daily, weekly, and monthly basis for up to 2 years. If you would like to receive a copy of the nightly backups, we support the **Azure** cloud provider. Just set up an account and `contact TouchPoint Support <https://docs.touchpointsoftware.com/Miscellaneous/EmailSupport.html#contact-support>`_ with the following information.

1. Azure Storage Container Name
2. Azure Connection String

.. tip::
    To find this information, follow these steps.

    1. Go to https://portal.azure.com.
    2. Type ``storage account`` in the `Resources` search bar at the top.
    3. Click on `Storage accounts` under `Services` (not `Storage accounts (classic)`).
    4. Click `+ Create`.
    5. Enter a name in the `Storage account name` field. This is where the TouchPoint backups will go (i.e. ``touchpointbackups``).
    6. Choose the appropriate `Redundancy`. Generally, less redunancy means less cost.
    7. Click `Review + create`.
    8. Click `Create`.
    9. Click the name of the storage container you just created.
    10. Click `Access keys` in the `Security + networking` section.
    11. Click `Show keys` to reveal the `Connection string`.

Our team will make the necessary configuration changes and you will begin receiving a copy of the nightly backups from that point forward.

.. note::
    There is a one-time setup fee of **$50** to script the backups to your account.

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| **Latest Update**  |  **5/16/2023**   |
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