Summary
In this module, you learned the importance of having a tested backup and recovery strategy for your organization. You learned about the different types of Azure backups, and the reasons why you would choose one backup type versus another depending on your scenario.
You've seen that you can back up Azure virtual machines or on-premises machines. In addition, you learned how to back up an Azure VM. You then restored it by using the various options available to you, and you were able to monitor the progress.
You can now use Azure Backup to help protect your environment against data loss or disk corruption. You can restore services according to your business continuity and disaster recovery plan.
Important
In this module you created resources using your Azure subscription. You want to clean up these resources so that you will not continue to be charged for them. You can delete resources individually or delete the resource group to delete the entire set of resources.
Learn more
For more information about Azure Backup, see the following articles:
- Latest Azure Backup pricing and availability
- Documentation for the Azure Backup service
- Support matrix for Azure VM backup
- Security features in Azure Backup
- Built-in monitoring and alerting capabilities
- Azure Files - Snapshot management by Azure Backup
- Back up SQL Server databases running on Azure VMs
- Backup SAP HANA databases running on Azure VMs
- Azure Data Protection Manager (DPM) and Azure Backup Server (MABS)