diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9adcc3f..54e09ee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -360,6 +360,9 @@ the databases)**.
 
 ##### Azure
 
+Visit https://portal.azure.com/ All the resources we used are defined in a
+`rapid-prereview` resource group.
+
 1. Install Azure CLI (see
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/?view=azure-cli-latest)
 2. Run `az login` to login to the CLI
@@ -386,10 +389,8 @@ Some basic info about the service health can be found at https://rapid-prereview
 
 Backups are stored in a blob storage container on azure.
 
-- Install AzCopy see
-  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-use-azcopy-v10
-  (on a mac you can put the binary in `/usr/local/bin` so it's available in the
-  PATH.
-- run `azcopy login` to authenticate
-- run `npm run backup` **Be aware that this will source the production
+1. Install Azure CLI (see
+   https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/?view=azure-cli-latest)
+2. Run `az login` to login to the CLI
+3. Run `npm run backup` **Be aware that this will source the production
   environment variables.**
diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index cb04c61..b6de948 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,14 @@
 
 COUCH_URL=${COUCH_PROTOCOL}//${COUCH_USERNAME}:${COUCH_PASSWORD}@${COUCH_HOST}:${COUCH_PORT}
 
-## TODO pipe to azcopy
 npx couchbackup --url ${COUCH_URL} --db rapid-prereview-index | gzip > rapid-prereview-index.txt.gz
 npx couchbackup --url ${COUCH_URL} --db rapid-prereview-docs | gzip > rapid-prereview-docs.txt.gz
 npx couchbackup --url ${COUCH_URL} --db rapid-prereview-users | gzip > rapid-prereview-users.txt.gz
+
+az storage blob upload --account-name rapidprereviewprivate --container-name "rapid-prereview-backups" --name "rapid-prereview-index.txt.gz" --file "rapid-prereview-index.txt.gz"
+az storage blob upload --account-name rapidprereviewprivate --container-name "rapid-prereview-backups" --name "rapid-prereview-docs.txt.gz" --file "rapid-prereview-docs.txt.gz"
+az storage blob upload --account-name rapidprereviewprivate --container-name "rapid-prereview-backups" --name "rapid-prereview-users.txt.gz" --file "rapid-prereview-users.txt.gz"
+
+rm rapid-prereview-index.txt.gz
+rm rapid-prereview-docs.txt.gz
+rm rapid-prereview-users.txt.gz