Introduction

Azure Backup makes a great case for moving on-premises tape and disk infrastructure to the cloud. As with all cloud solutions, it is cost-effective, with a pay-as-you-go model and no upfront costs. But unlike other cloud-connect strategies, Azure Backup is built as a cloud-first platform as a service with a single management pane, no backup infrastructure to maintain (other than the on-premises footprint), and no storage egress cost.

This model has several advantages. The Azure Backup service comes with 99.9 percent availability time. As you create Recovery Services Vaults in Azure to store data, the data is stored in geo-replicated storage, protecting it from disasters. Even if there is an outage of one of the Azure data centers, the data will still be accessible. With Azure Backup, backed-up data is always encrypted on both the wire and at rest on Azure such that it is always secure before it leaves your data center (on-premises).

 

Azure Backup is a good choice when it comes...