can I replicate Windows VMs from Azure public (washington region) to Azure Gov (Arizona region)

Question

I am planning to move my on-prem workload (Windows VMs) to Azure public (Washington region), I already have Disaster recovery setup in Azure Gov (Arizona region) for my current on-prem workload. after migration of my current workload from on-prem to Azure public, can I continue using Azure Gov as my DR solution? basically replicating workload from Azure public to Azure Gov region.

Answer 1

Hello @Banti Gurbani ,

Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Q&A platform. Happy to answer your question.

Firstly,

1. You can migrate your on-prem workload (Windows VMs) to azure public.
2. You can continue to have your DR from on-prem to azure gov intact.
3. However, for the newly migrate VM in azure public, you will not be able to have a DR in government cloud. As per azure to azure DR replication, the support is from public clouds regions to public cloud regions only and gov cloud regions to gov cloud regions only. You can see below support matrix section.

Please plan your migration and DR considering the azure site recovery support matrix.

Note: Please note, migration is supported using physical to azure architecture between the Public and Government clouds, but DR isn't possible.
Ref: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/region-move-cross-geos

Hope this helps!

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