Summary
In this chapter, we looked at how an organization's DR requirements can differ and how the different Azure Backup mechanisms can be used to achieve varying levels of RTO, RPO, and data retention requirements.
We looked at how Azure Backup provides a scalable solution for backing up standard VMs as well as SQL on VMs, PostgreSQL on VMs, and SAP HANA on VMs.
Next, we looked at native database backup solutions and saw how Azure SQL and Azure Cosmos DB automatically perform backups for you, but how you can tweak them to your own requirements.
Finally, we looked at data archiving solutions and how we can automate the movement of data between the Hot, Cool, and Archive tiers, or even delete it through the use of life cycle management rules, which are a core feature of storage accounts.
In the next chapter, we continue our operations theme by looking at how we can automate the deployment of services using Azure DevOps.
