Understanding Backup Policies
The Azure Backup service is used to back up resources and data in Azure through an intuitive, easy-to-use interface that can cost-effectively save your important data. This can be used for both Azure, Azure Stack, and on-premises workloads. Your on-premises backup solution can also be extended to the cloud in conjunction with Azure Backup. Azure Backup can also create backups for VMs, files, folders, applications, workloads, system states, and volumes. Azure Backup consists of the following features and capabilities:
- Back up on-premises resources to Azure: Azure Backup offers short- and long-term backup solutions. This can be a replacement for tape and off-site backups.
- Back up Azure VMs: Azure Backup offers independent and isolated backups. These backups are stored in a Recovery Services vault. This vault has built-in management for recovery points.
- Automatic scaling: You can get unlimited scale without maintenance overheads. Alerts can...
