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title: "Specifying Daily Schedule"
description: "To create a daily schedule for the backup policy, at the Schedule step of the wizard, specify the following: Turn on the Daily Retention toggle to open the Daily schedule window."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vdcazure/userguide/policy_schedule_daily.html"
breadcrumb: "User Guide > Performing Backup > Creating VM Backup Policies > Step 5. Specify Policy Schedule > Specifying Daily Schedule"
dateModified: "2026-11-06"
---

# Specifying Daily Schedule

To create a daily schedule for the backup policy, at the **Schedule** step of the wizard, specify the following:

1. Turn on the **Daily Retention** toggle to open the **Daily schedule** window.
2. In the **Snapshots** field, select hours when the backup policy will create VM snapshots.
3. In the **Backups** field, select hours when the backup policy will create VM backups.

   ::: tip

   Use the **Select All**, **Clear All** and **Undo** buttons to make selection easier.

   :::

4. From the **Run at** drop-down list, select days when the backup policy will run.
5. In the **Snapshot Settings** section, specify the following:

   1. In the **Numbers of snapshots per hour** field, specify the number of VM snapshots that the backup policy will create within an hour.
   2. In the **Snapshots to keep** field, specify the number of snapshots that you want to keep. If this limit is exceeded, Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft Azure will remove the earliest snapshot from the chain. 

6. In the **Backup Settings** section, specify the retention period to keep VM backups in days or months.

::: important

Your monthly invoice amount may vary depending on the backup frequency and retention settings. To avoid additional costs, adjust the backup policy settings to keep fewer restore points in the snapshot chain.

:::

[![Specify Daily Retention](images/daily_retention.png "Specify Daily Retention")](images/daily_retention.png){.toggle scale=60}