You have two Azure virtual machines named VM1 and VM2.

1. Download the file recovery script for VM1. 2. Run the file recovery script on VM2. 3. Copy the file by using File Explorer. 4. Unmount the disks.

Azure Backup ' s file-level recovery for Azure virtual machines works by generating a script from a specific recovery point stored in the Recovery Services vault; once that script is downloaded and executed on a target machine, it mounts the recovery point ' s disks there as local volumes. To restore a single file from VM1 ' s backup onto VM2 with the least administrative effort, an administrator first downloads the file recovery script generated for the desired VM1 recovery point, then runs that script directly on VM2 -- the target machine where the file needs to end up -- which mounts the recovery point ' s volumes locally on VM2. Once the volumes are mounted and visible, the desired file is copied using ordinary File Explorer navigation, browsing to the mounted recovery point volume and copying Important.docx to its destination on VM2. Finally, the mounted disks are unmounted to clean up the temporary recovery point volumes once the file has been retrieved. This approach avoids restoring the entire virtual machine or provisioning any separate infrastructure just to retrieve one file, minimizing administrative effort as required.