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Tutorial: Return Azure Data Box and verify data upload to Azure

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Return Data Box and verify data upload to Azure

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This tutorial describes how to return Azure Data Box and verify the data uploaded to Azure.

In this tutorial, you will learn about topics such as:

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Prerequisites

Prepare to ship

Ship Data Box to Microsoft

Verify data upload to Azure

Erasure of data from Data Box

Before you begin, make sure:

You've have completed the Tutorial: Copy data to Azure Data Box and verify.
Copy jobs are complete and there are no errors on the Connect and copy page. Prepare to ship can't run if copy jobs are in progress or there are errors in the Connect and copy page.

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After the data copy is complete, you prepare and ship the device. When the device reaches Azure datacenter, data is automatically uploaded to Azure.

Before you prepare to ship, make sure that copy jobs are complete.

Go to Prepare to ship page in the local web UI and start the ship preparation.
Turn off the device from the local web UI. Remove the cables from the device.

The next steps are determined by where you're returning the device.

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Make sure the data copy to the device completed and the Prepare to ship run was successful.

Based on the region where you're shipping the device, the procedure is different. In many countries/regions, you can use Microsoft managed shipping or self-managed shipping.