Azure Backup is a cloud-based backup service that provides reliable, secure, and cost-effective backup solutions for applications and data in Azure and on-premises. It is designed to protect your critical assets from data loss, corruption, and other disasters by backing up your data to Azure.
Here are some key features of Azure Backup:
- Backup: It provides automated backups for virtual machines, SQL Server databases, Azure file shares, and more. You can schedule backups, choose backup retention policies, and monitor backup status.
- Recovery: It provides point-in-time restore capabilities that allow you to recover your data to a specific point in time. You can restore entire virtual machines or individual files and folders.
- Security: It provides encryption at rest and in transit, role-based access control (RBAC), and compliance with industry standards such as ISO, SOC, and HIPAA.
- Integration: It integrates with Azure services such as Azure Virtual Machines, Azure SQL Database, and Azure Files. It also integrates with on-premises solutions such as System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) and Windows Server Backup.
Examples of Azure Backup:
- Backup and restore of Azure Virtual Machines: You can use Azure Backup to backup and restore virtual machines in Azure. It provides incremental backups, retention policies, and recovery points that can be used to restore virtual machines to a specific point in time.
- Backup and restore of SQL Server databases: You can use Azure Backup to backup and restore SQL Server databases in Azure and on-premises. It provides automated backups, retention policies, and recovery points that can be used to restore databases to a specific point in time.
- Backup of Azure file shares: You can use Azure Backup to backup Azure file shares. It provides incremental backups, retention policies, and recovery points that can be used to restore files to a specific point in time.
- Backup of on-premises servers and workloads: You can use Azure Backup to backup on-premises servers and workloads. It provides agent-based backup, backup policies, and recovery points that can be used to restore data to a specific point in time.
Azure Backup is a reliable, secure, and cost-effective backup solution for applications and data in Azure and on-premises. It is a must-have service for organizations that need to protect their critical assets from data loss, corruption, and other disasters.
