Azure Backup for PostgreSQL flexible servers and elastic clusters (v2) is now in public preview. Built on physical, snapshot-based backups, v2 brings scalable protection, flexible retention and strea...

This article complements our Advancing Reliability series post, ⁠Two zones or three? A design framework for zone-resilient Azure workloads. Together, they provide guidance on both the considerations ...

The distance between knowing and doing  Most teams already know that zonal resiliency matters. What slows them down is everything in between: assessing posture across subscriptions and regions, dec...

Public cloud platforms — including Microsoft Azure — are built on three foundational principles that distinguish them from traditional on-premises infrastructure: Elasticity: The platform can aut...

Abhishek Tiwari, Vice President of Engineering, Azure Networking Amit Srivastava, Partner Director of PM, Azure Networking Varun Chawla, Partner Director of Engineering, Azure Networking Links t...

As organizations increasingly rely on Azure Cosmos DB to power mission‑critical, globally distributed applications, protecting this data from accidental deletion, malicious activity, and ransomware h...

At Microsoft Build 2026, we are thrilled to announce that Azure Infrastructure Resiliency Manager is now available in public preview, open to all Azure customers.   Azure Infrastructure Resiliency ...

Welcome to the Proactive Reliability Series — a collection of articles dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of designing, implementing, and operating reliable solutions in Azure. Each ...

Resiliency in the cloud reflects different priorities from consistent performance, to withstanding failures, to predictable recovery. These map to reliability, resiliency, and recoverability, which t...