Azure Backup

Simplify data protection with built-in backup management at scale.

Overview

The Azure Backup service provides simple, secure, and cost-effective solutions to back up your data and recover it from the Microsoft Azure cloud.

Key Resources

Homepage: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/backup/
Pricing: https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/backup/
SLA: https://azure.microsoft.com/support/legal/sla/backup/
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News

Date News
2/6/2026
Today, Azure Disk Backup protects data by taking regular, crash-consistent snapshots of Azure Disks. These snapshots are stored within your subscription and tenant in a resource group, referred...
11/18/2025
Introduction In today’s digital-first world, even brief downtime can disrupt revenue, reputation, and operations. Azure’s new resiliency capabilities empower organizations to anticipate and...
11/18/2025
Azure Backup has introduced threat detection capabilities for Azure VM backups, powered by Microsoft Defender for Cloud (MDC). This new capability enables customers to assess the health of their...
11/11/2025
Azure Backup vaulted protection for ADLS Gen2 delivers secure, off‑site backups to help organizations meet resilience and compliance goals. Vaulted backups maintain an independent copy of your...
10/9/2025
Announcing the Public Preview of Vaulted Backup for Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS)!Azure Backup now supports vaulted protection for ADLS, delivering secure, off-site backups that ensure business...
9/22/2025
Announcing the General availability of vaulted backup for Azure Files shares premium! Azure Backup brings vaulted protection to Azure Files shares premium, to ensure business continuity and...
8/1/2025
Azure Backup support for agentless multi-disk crash consistent backups for Azure Virtual Machines is now Generally Available.Agentless multi-disk crash consistent backups for Azure VM allows you...
7/30/2025
Architecture Ansys Minerva baseline architecture has four distributed tiers (client, web, enterprise, and resource) in a single Azure availability zone. Each tier aligns to function and...
7/17/2025
Premium SSD v2 delivers high-performance block storage with sub-millisecond latency, high IOPS, and throughput—at a low cost. With Geo Redundant Storage (GRS) and Cross-Region Restore (CRR)...
7/16/2025
Trusted Launch support with standard backup policies enables seamless backup configuration for secure VMs, aligning with Trusted Launch becoming the default across VM creation interfaces. This...
7/11/2025
Azure Backup now supports migration to the enhanced policy for Azure VM backups using standard policy. The migration of VM backups to enhanced policy enables you to schedule multiple backups per...
6/2/2025
Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server now offers a backup solution for supporting long-term backup retention and improved compliance for your PostgreSQL databases using Azure Backup....
5/29/2025
Azure Backup now supports Elastic SAN, offering a fully managed solution for backing up and restoring Elastic SAN volumes. This integration helps protect data against accidental deletions,...
5/21/2025
Premium SSD v2 delivers high-performance block storage with sub-millisecond latency, high IOPS, and throughput—at a low cost. With Geo Redundant Storage (GRS) and Cross-Region Restore (CRR)...
5/20/2025
Announcing the general availability (GA) of vaulted backups by Azure Backup for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - flexible server, a robust and scalable backup solution designed to meet the needs...
4/16/2025
We’re excited to announce the Private Preview of Azure Backup for AKS with support for Azure file share-based Persistent Volumes! With this new capability, customers can now enable snapshot-based...
4/16/2025
Azure Backup now supports transferring your Azure Data Lake Storage backups to the vault. A vault stores backups and recovery points created over time. You can define a backup schedule with daily...
4/8/2025
We are excited to announce the Private Preview of an advanced Threat Detection capability in Azure Backup, now integrated with Microsoft Defender for Cloud (MDC). This new feature enables you...
3/4/2025
Azure Backup Vaulted support for Azure Files shares standard is now generally available providing enhanced data protection with the ability to configure snapshot and vaulted backup in a single...
2/28/2025
Microsoft is excited to announce the general availability (GA) of Vaulted Backups by Azure Backup for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server, a robust and scalable backup solution designed...