Get started: your first Intune backup

This section takes you from a fresh computer to a first successful Intune backup. Follow the pages in order; each one ends where the next one starts.

For an overview before you start, see Intune backup on the product site.

Before you begin

Check the Requirements first. In short, you need:

• A Windows or macOS computer.
• An admin account with an Intune role, such as Intune Administrator.
• Someone who can create an app registration and grant admin consent in Microsoft Entra ID, once per tenant.
• Outbound HTTPS access to Microsoft and to www.tenuvault.com.

Setup checklist

Step	What you do	Where
1	Download and install TenuVault.	Install and update TenuVault
2	Start TenuVault and select Connect your tenant. A new tenant starts a 14 day Pro trial by itself, no card or email; you can also enter a license key.	Start TenuVault for the first time
3	On the Connect step, select Set up with Microsoft sign-in and sign in once with your own admin account. TenuVault creates the app registration in your tenant and signs you in.	Create the app registration
4	Only when another administrator created the app registration: paste the two lines they sent and sign in to your tenant with your own admin account.	Sign in to your tenant
5	Choose whether backups stay on this device or go to your Azure storage account.	Choose where backups are stored
6	Run the first backup, then turn on automatic backups.	Run your first backup

Note

Steps 3 to 6 happen in the app’s guided setup, Set up TenuVault, which walks you through Connect, Sign in, Storage and First backup. The setup saves your progress, so you can close TenuVault, for example while another administrator creates the app registration, and continue later. The pages in this section explain each screen in detail.

After your first backup

• Keep original Win32 installers with free App Backup, separately from policy backups.
• Schedule backups so they run without you.
• Save your recovery key somewhere safe, if backups stay on this device.
• Add the other admins of the tenant with Work with other admins in one tenant.
• Read Security and privacy to understand what TenuVault can access.
• Roll TenuVault out to other admins with Deploy TenuVault in your organization.