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
4/8/2024
Azure Backup can now help you back up virtual machines using private endpoint-enabled disks. You can now also specify network settings to be used by the restored disks while initiating the...
4/1/2024
Now you can retain backups for up to 10 years by defining your own backup and retention policy for MySQL- Flexible server.
4/1/2024
Azure Backup now supports transferring Azure Files backups to the vault for comprehensive protection against severe data loss scenarios like ransomware attack.
3/25/2024
Azure VM backup now supports agentless multi-disk crash consistent backups in public preview.
3/1/2024
Jose Moreno joins Sujit and Russell to talk about Networking, and more specifically discusses Express Route configuration and monitoring.   Media...
2/20/2024
Customers can now utilize Azure Backup for AKS to recover their containerized applications and data during a regional disaster scenario.
2/19/2024
General availability for the support for Azure VMs using Ultra disks in Azure Backup.
2/19/2024
General availability for the support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Backup.
11/22/2023
Azure Backup is announcing General Availability of Azure Backup for AKS allowing customers to protect their applications by providing ability to backup and restore AKS clusters.
11/15/2023
Now you can retain backups for up to 10 years by defining your own backup and retention policy for PostgreSQL- Flexible server.
11/15/2023
Benefit from long term data retention and improved compliance using Azure Backup.
10/11/2023
Customers can now utilize Azure Backup for AKS to recover their containerized applications and data during a regional disaster scenario.
10/3/2023
Enhanced soft delete helps you recover your backup data even after it has been deleted, giving you protection against data loss scenarios like ransomwares, malicious actors, and accidental deletes.
9/14/2023
Azure Backup customers using the Recovery Services Agent (MARS) can now save your encryption passphrase directly to Azure Key Vault.
9/14/2023
Cross Region Restore for Recovery Services Agent for Azure Backup customers is now supported and is available for preview in all Azure public regions.
9/14/2023
Azure Backup now supports Azure Files in China North2, China East 2, China North 3, and China East 3
8/14/2023
Cross Region Restore for PostgreSQL backups fore Azure Backup customers is now supported and is available in multiple public regions.
5/24/2023
Azure Backup's soft delete of recovery points allows you to recover any recovery points that may have been accidentally or maliciously deleted owing to operations that could lead to deletion of...
5/17/2023
Azure Backup Reports now includes support for more workloads: Azure Database for PostgreSQL Servers, Azure Blobs and Azure Disks.
5/15/2023
Azure Backup support for confidential VMs using Customer Managed Keys