Azure Backup service documentation

The Azure Backup service provides simple, secure, and cost-effective solutions to back up your data and recover it from the Microsoft Azure cloud.

Learn about Azure Backup

Overview

• What is Azure Backup?

Concept

• Azure Backup support matrix
• Azure Backup architecture
• Azure Backup security

Get started with Azure Backup

Quickstart

• Back up a VM with the Azure portal
• Back up a VM with PowerShell
• Back up a VM with Azure CLI
• Back up a VM with Resource Manager template

Tutorial

• Back up Azure VMs
• Back up SQL Server on Azure VM
• Backup files and folders on Windows Server
• Back up SAP HANA databases in an Azure VM
• Configure SAP HANA database instance snapshot backup
• Configure item-level backup for an AKS cluster

Learn about the latest features in Azure Backup

What's new

• Azure Elastic SAN backup (preview)
• SAP ASE (Sybase) database backup support
• Azure Data Lake Storage backup support (preview)
• Azure Files vaulted backup support
• Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible server backup support
• Secure by default with Vault soft delete (preview)
• WORM enabled Immutable Storage for Recovery Services vaults
• Vaulted backup and Cross Region Restore support for AKS

Back up Azure VMs

Concept

• About Azure VM backup
• Support matrix for Azure VM backup
• FAQ - Azure VM backup
• Manage Azure VM backups

Back up Azure Managed Disks

Concept

• Overview of Azure Disk Backup
• Support matrix for Azure Disk Backup
• Back up Azure Managed Disks
• FAQ - Azure Managed Disks
• Troubleshoot Azure Managed Disks backup

Back up SQL Server on Azure VMs

Concept

• About SQL Server in Azure VMs backup
• FAQ - SQL Server in Azure VMs backup
• Back up SQL Server databases in Azure VMs
• Manage and monitor backed up SQL Server databases

Back up SAP HANA on Azure VMs

Concept

• Back up SAP HANA databases on Azure VMs
• Back up SAP HSR databases on Azure VMs
• Back up SAP HANA databases' instance snapshots on Azure VMs
• Manage and monitor backed up SAP HANA databases
• FAQ - Back up SAP HANA databases on Azure VMs
• Support matrix for backup of SAP HANA databases on Azure VMs

Back up Azure Files shares

Concept

• Back up and restore Azure file shares
• FAQ - Back up Azure Files

Back up with Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS) agent

Concept

• Back up Windows machines with the Azure Backup MARS agent
• Manage MARS Agent backups by using the Azure Backup service
• Cross Region Restore support for MARS agent (preview)
• MARS agent support matrix
• FAQ - MARS agent

Back up with Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS) and DPM

Concept

• MABS protection matrix
• MABS / DPM support matrix
• FAQ - MABS and DPM
• Install and upgrade MABS

Manage at scale

How-To Guide

• Manage at scale with Backup Center
• Govern at scale with Azure Policy
• Monitor and operate at scale with Backup Explorer
• Analyze at scale with Backup Reports

Explore resources for Azure Backup

Concept

• Azure Backup pricing
• Azure Backup service updates
• Azure Backup Microsoft Q&A question page
• Azure Backup sample queries for reporting
• Azure Backup archived release notes