Microsoft Defender for IoT

Back up and restore OT network sensors from the sensor console - Microsoft Defender for IoT

4 September 2026Doc update+4 / −4 lines

In brief

The documentation now specifies that SMB credentials authenticate with the shared backup folder and updates the description of GUI-based sensor maintenance tasks. Page metadata was also updated.

What Defender admins need to know

Administrators get clearer guidance when configuring sensor backup and restore procedures.

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sudo nano /etc/samba/user
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Add ~~your~~the SMB server credentials used to authenticate with the shared backup folder, in the following format:
```
username=<user name>
```

Next steps

For ~~more information,~~GUI-based sensor maintenance tasks, see Maintain OT network sensors from the GUI.

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ --- title: Back up and restore OT network sensors from the sensor console - Microsoft Defender for IoT description: Learn how to back up and restore Microsoft Defender for IoT OT network sensors from the sensor console.-ms.date: 06/12/2026+ms.date: 07/03/2026 ms.topic: how-to-ms.custom: sfi-ropc-nochange, msecd-doc-authoring-1014+ms.custom: sfi-ropc-nochange, msecd-doc-authoring-1016 ai-usage: ai-assisted --- @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ We recommend saving your OT sensor backup files on your internal network. To do     sudo nano /etc/samba/user     ``` -1. Add your SMB server credentials in the following format:+1. Add the SMB server credentials used to authenticate with the shared backup folder, in the following format:     ```text    username=<user name>@@ -160,4 +160,4 @@ For more information, see the [OT sensor CLI reference](cli-ot-sensor.md#restore  ## Next steps -For more information, see [Maintain OT network sensors from the GUI](how-to-manage-individual-sensors.md).+For GUI-based sensor maintenance tasks, see [Maintain OT network sensors from the GUI](how-to-manage-individual-sensors.md).