Getting started with backup policies - AWS Organizations

Getting started with backup policies

Follow these steps to get started using backup policies.

  1. Learn about the permissions you must have to perform backup policy tasks.

  2. Learn about some best practices we recommend when using backup policies.

  3. Enable backup policies for your organization.

  4. Create a backup policy.

  5. Attach the backup policy to your organization's root, OU, or account.

  6. View the combined effective backup policy that applies to an account.

For all of these steps, you sign in as an IAM user, assume an IAM role, or sign in as the root user (not recommended) in the organization's management account.

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