Azure Backup service documentation

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

Learn about the latest features in Azure Backup

What's new

• Back up database instance snapshots
• Multiple backups per day for Azure VMs
• Multi-user authorization for Backup vault
• Enhanced soft delete
• Selective Disk backup with Enhanced policy for Azure VM

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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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

Back up with Azure Recovery Services (MARS) agent

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• 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 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