Enhance Your Data Protection Strategy with Azure Elastic SAN’s Newest Backup Options
As organizations adopt Azure Elastic SAN for scalable high-performance storage, we are pleased to announce the public preview of backup support via Azure Backup and Commvault. These fully managed solutions simplify data protection for Elastic SAN volumes, automating backup scheduling, restore point management, and data recovery. They help safeguard your volumes against data loss scenarios such as accidental deletions, ransomware, and application errors. Both the integration of Azure Backup for Elastic SAN and Commvault’s integration with Elastic SAN are in public preview and available for everyone to use. Both of these integrations are powered by Elastic SAN’s crash-consistent, storage native snapshots. Learn more about Elastic SAN here! Azure Backup Release Highlights The public preview of Azure Backup for Elastic SAN introduces several important capabilities designed to enhance your data protection strategy: Operational Tier Backup with Independent Lifecycle Each backup operation creates a Managed Disk Incremental Snapshot of your Elastic SAN volume. These snapshots are stored in locally redundant storage (LRS) in supported regions and exist independently of the original volume’s lifecycle. This means your backups remain available for recovery even if the original Elastic SAN volume is deleted, ensuring reliable data protection. The Elastic SAN volumes can be restored from these managed disk snapshots that are backed up by Azure Backup. Vaulting, immutability, and other capabilities are on the roadmap and will be incorporated into subsequent releases. Daily Restore Points Azure Backup supports up to 450 restore points with a daily backup schedule. This high number of restore points provides robust short-term retention, allowing you to recover data quickly to any previous state within the retention period. It significantly reduces the risk of data loss due to accidental deletions or other incidents. Retaining backups over 450 days is not available in this preview. Simplified Management Customers pick the number of daily backups that they want to retain, and Azure Backup does the rest including creating new backups and deleting oldest backups to match the retention setting. Configuration and monitoring are integrated with the Azure Business Continuity Center, giving you a unified and streamlined management experience. This automation allows you to focus on your core business activities while Azure handles the complexity of data protection. Important Cost Information During the public preview, the following cost structure applies: The Azure Backup Protected Instance Fee for Elastic SAN volumes is not charged Charges for Managed Disk Incremental Snapshots in the operational tier apply at standard Azure rates. The first snapshot that is exported will be a full snapshot. In summary, Azure Backup for Elastic SAN delivers a powerful and comprehensive backup solution. With features such as independent lifecycle backups, high-frequency restore points, and simplified management, you can confidently protect your Elastic SAN volumes from a range of data loss scenarios. Try this new capability to experience enhanced data protection for your workloads. Commvault Release Highlights Protecting Azure Elastic SAN Volumes with Commvault Our partners at Commvault continue to deliver meaningful innovation through deep integration with Microsoft Azure. In the below writeup, Commvault showcases how Azure Elastic SAN volumes are now protected within Commvault’s platform—bringing unified, enterprise-grade protection to performance intensive Elastic SAN workloads. If you're exploring scalable, resilient cloud storage with built-in data protection, this is a valuable read. Here are highlights from Commvault on their added support for Elastic SAN protection Thanks to a close partnership between Commvault and Microsoft, organizations can now take advantage of robust backup and recovery for Azure Elastic SAN storage. This deep integration means you benefit from the trusted protection and unified management of Commvault’s platform, now extended to Azure’s high-performance, scalable Elastic SAN solution. As a result, you can easily safeguard your mission-critical workloads in the cloud while enjoying the flexibility, centralized management, and resilience that Elastic SAN provides. Designed for Scalable, Resilient Cloud Environments With Commvault’s integration, organizations can protect Azure Elastic SAN volumes attached to Azure virtual machines (VMs) using the same trusted platform they rely on for comprehensive data protection for many other Azure resources. Key capabilities include: Snapshot-based protection:IntelliSnap support enables rapid, low-impact backups that minimize performance impact on production systems. The number of snapshots that can be retained is configurable based on your storage plan. Commvault offers a day-based retention plan that defaults to 30 days but can be extended indefinitely. Alternatively, you can retain Elastic SAN snapshots based on a snapshot count as well. Flexible recovery options: Full-VM and attach-disk restores are supported, including cross-region backups and restores. In cross-region restores, Elastic SAN volumes are automatically restored as managed disks. Broad platform compatibility: Both Windows- and Linux-based VMs are supported. Elastic SAN volume discovery requires PowerShell on Windows or Python 3 on Linux. Deployment and Configuration Considerations For optimal performance and streamlined protection workflows, enterprises should consider the following implementation guidance linked below. App-consistent restore points for Elastic SAN volumes are not currently supported. Attach-disk restores to a VM will result in managed disks regardless of source (primary or secondary copy). ESAN volumes will need to be connected to the VM via iSCSI. Accelerate Cloud Confidence with Commvault Azure Elastic SAN represents a significant advancement in cloud storage architecture. With Commvault’s integrated protection, enterprises can deploy this powerful capability to help make sure their data remains secure, recoverable, and compliant. To learn more about protecting Azure workloads – including Elastic SAN – contact your Commvault account team or visit our Azure protection documentation. The requirements for using this integration can be found here. Conclusion The Azure Elastic SAN team is committed to supporting your backup needs and giving you peace of mind as you run workloads on Azure. With both Azure Backup and Commvault integrations, you have flexible options designed for different scenarios: Azure Backup is best suited for Azure-native, single volume snapshots, offering a 450-day retention period, seamless integration, and simplicity within the Azure ecosystem. Commvault, on the other hand, excels at providing backups for multiple volumes attached to the same VM, as well as advanced enterprise features like granular recovery, an indefinite retention period and robust retention management. If you have any questions about which solution is right for you, please contact us at AzElasticSAN-Ex@microsoft.com —we’re happy to help.Protect Azure Data Lake Storage with Vaulted Backups
We are thrilled to announce a limited public preview of vaulted backups for Azure Data Lake Storage. This is available now for test workloads and we’d like to get your feedback. Vaults are secure, encrypted copies of your data, enabling restoration to an alternate location in cases of accidental or malicious deletion. Vaulted backups are fully isolated from the source data, ensuring continuity for your business operations even in scenarios where the source data is compromised. This fully managed solution leverages the Azure Backup service to manage backups with automated retention and scheduling. By creating a backup policy, you can define a backup schedule and retention period. Based on this policy, Azure Backup service generates recovery points and manages the lifecycle of backups seamlessly. Ways vaulted backups protect your data: Isolation from Production Data – Vaulted backups are stored in a separate, Microsoft-managed tenant, preventing attackers from accessing both primary and backup data. Strict Access Controls – Backup management requires distinct permissions, ensuring segregation of duties and reducing insider threats. Advanced Security Features – With features like soft delete, immutability, and encryption, vaulted backups safeguard data against unauthorized modifications and premature deletions. Even if attackers compromise the primary storage account, backups remain secure within the vault, preserving data integrity and ensuring compliance. Alternate location recovery - Vaulted backups provide a reliable recovery solution by enabling restoration to an alternate storage account, ensuring business continuity even when the original account is inaccessible. Additionally, this capability allows organizations to create separate data copies for purposes such as testing, development, or analytics, without disrupting production environments. Granular recovery - With vaulted backups, you can restore the entire storage account or specific containers based on your needs. You can also use prefix matching to recover select blobs. With the growing frequency and sophistication of cyberattacks, protecting your data against loss or corruption is more critical than ever. Consider the following example use case where having vaulted backups can save the day. Enhanced Protection Against Ransomware Attacks Ransomware attacks can encrypt critical data, complicating recovery unless a ransom is paid. Vaulted backups offer an independent and secure recovery solution, allowing you to restore data without succumbing to attackers' demands. Accidental or Malicious Storage Account Deletion Human errors, insider threats, or compromised credentials can result in the deletion of entire storage accounts. Vaulted backups provide a crucial layer of protection by storing backups in Microsoft-managed storage, independent of your primary storage account. This ensures that an additional copy of your data remains intact, even if the original storage account is accidentally or maliciously deleted. Compliance Regulations Certain industries mandate offsite backups and long-term data retention to meet regulatory standards. Vaulted backups enable organizations to comply by offering offsite backup storage within the same Azure region as the primary storage account. With vaulted backups, data can be retained for up to 10 years. Getting started To enroll in the preview fill out this form. For more details, refer to this article. Vaulted backups can be configured for block blobs within HNS-enabled, standard general-purpose v2 ADLS storage accounts in specified regions here. Support for additional regions will be added incrementally. Currently, this preview is recommended exclusively for testing purposes. The Azure Backup protected instance fee and the vault backup storage fees are not currently charged. Now is a great time to give vaulted backups a try! Contact us If you have questions or feedback, please reach out to us at AskAzureBackupTeam@microsoft.com.General Availability: Vaulted backup for Azure Files - Boost your data security and compliance
We are thrilled to announce the General Availability (GA) of Vaulted Backup support in Azure Backup for Azure files - Standard tier to help seamlessly protect your data and applications hosted on Azure file share. With this release, you can now leverage vaulted backup integration to protect Standard SMB file shares. Azure Backup vaulted support for Azure file share provides enhanced data protection with the ability to configure snapshot and vaulted backup in a single policy to a secure backup location(Recovery Services vault) and support regional recovery. Vaulted backup provides advanced protection capabilities like ransomware protection, ability to restore even when file share is deleted which are missing with snapshot only backup. Vaulted backup solution seamlessly integrates with Azure File sync allowing File sync customers to protect data tiered to the cloud long-term in a cost-effective manner. In this blog post let’s explore how Azure Backup can enable robust data protection solution for businesses migrating and hosting applications on Azure file share. Security: Protection against Ransomware Ransomware or malware attack, continues to be a major threat to organizations worldwide, often leaving businesses at the mercy of cybercriminals demanding hefty ransom payments in exchange for access to their encrypted data. Vaulted backups provide a vital line of defense, ensuring that organizations can recover their data without giving in to ransom demands. Key features offered by vaulted Backups which protects against Ransomware: Isolation: Vaulted Backup data is isolated from your production storage accounts and stored in a separate tenant managed by Microsoft. This isolation helps safeguard your data against unauthorized tampering and ensures that your backups remain intact. Advanced security: Features like vault lock, multi-user authorization, and soft delete, which add additional layers of protection, ensuring that backups are immune to malicious deletion or tampering. Governance and security posture: Azure Backup integrates with the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) security posture, allowing you to better manage and govern the security of your backups. This ensures that your backups meet the right level of protection and are recoverable when you need them most. Regulatory and compliance Azure File share enables users from industries like legal, finance, and health to store crucial business data. To comply with regulations and compliance checks, one will require offsite backups with long-term retention, which snapshots alone couldn't provide. With vaulted backup users can move snapshots to a Recovery Services Vault in the same Azure region as their primary storage, with options for cross-regional replication. This setup allows backup data to be retained for up to 99 years in low-cost, highly secure, immutable storage, meeting regulatory and compliance requirements during audits and legal holds. Furthermore, with the introduction of the new cross-subscription backup capability, organizations can allocate backup data to dedicated subscriptions. This feature allows customers to consolidate all backups into a single subscription, enhancing cost management and ensuring independent access control. It enables organizations to retain control over their data protection strategy while ensuring that each department or project adheres to its specific regulatory and security requirements. Enterprise Ready Vaulted backup support now enables adherence to the widely accepted 3-2-1 backup rule for Azure files protection. Azure Backup is well integrated with Azure Business Continuity Center that can offer centralized management to gain visibility, monitor jobs, alerts and reporting. How does 3-2-1 backup help? Human errors, insider threats, or stolen credentials can lead to critical data loss. File share snapshots serve as the first line of defense to restore your data. In case, where snapshots are not available, Vaulted Backups, stored securely outside of your primary storage account, provide an additional protected copy of your data. Additionally, the copy of the backup can be replicated to another region using GRS Geo-Redundant storage. A backup policy will enable you to manage the schedule and retention for both snapshots and vault copies. In the event of deletion whether accidental or malicious the restore process will first be initiated using snapshots. If snapshots are unavailable, recovery will proceed from the vault. If the primary region is down then one can restore from the secondary region with Cross Region restore option Getting started Here are three simple steps to help you get started with configuring vaulted backup for Azure File shares: Create a Recovery services vault: A vault is a management entity that stores backups and allows you to access and manage them. Create a backup policy: Backup policy enables you to configure the frequency and retention of backups based on your business requirements. Select the storage account and File shares to backup: You can choose to back up all File share or select specific File shares from the selected storage account depending on the criticality of the data they contain. Learn more about vaulted backup for File share here. Pricing and availability Vaulted backup for Azure File share standard is generally available in these regions. Vaulted backup for premium file shares will continue to be in public preview. You will incur a protected instance fee and charges for backup storage for both standard and premium shares from 1 st April 2025. To learn about pricing, refer to the Azure File share backup pricing page. Contact us If you have questions or feedback, please reach out to us at AskAzureBackupTeam@microsoft.com.
Achieve Enhanced Security for Azure Backup with Advancements in Soft Delete and Immutability
General Availability: Immutable vault with WORM storage Now with Immutability “Locked” we ensure storage level immutability in addition to management level immutability. Once “Locked” the storage will go into WORM (write once read many) state. Immutable vaults ensure that the backup data once stored cannot be deleted until the specified retention period has expired. This feature ensures that backup data remains intact and secure, protecting it from malicious insider or outsider attacks. Immutable vaults block any operations that can result in destruction of data like reducing retention, stopping backups and deleting data. Immutable vault setting has 2 states: “Enabled” and “Locked”. When immutability is in enabled state, the Backup Contributor can disable it when needed to allow for flexibility of retention periods or stopping backups. When immutability is in locked state, the setting is irreversible making it more secure and impossible to destruct the data. Public Preview: Secure by Default with Soft Delete By default, all new vaults have soft delete enabled on them, with a retention period of 14 days, which can be disabled if needed. It will be permitted to increase the retention beyond 14 days but not reduce. Soft delete ensures the recovery of backup data even if it has been accidentally or maliciously deleted. With soft delete, deleted backup data is retained for an additional period which is configurable up to 180 days (default 14 days), allowing Backup contributors to restore it if necessary. This feature acts as a safety net, ensuring that critical data is not permanently lost due to inadvertent actions. Safeguard your data from accidental activities and malicious attacks by configuring Immutability Locked and be assured to recover quickly by yourself with secure by default soft delete. Further restrict critical actions on your vault with multi-user authentication to prevent any unintended and malicious actions.
Azure Backup: Protect SAP workloads (SAP HANA, SAP ASE and SQL) delivers more value with lower TCO
Azure Backup-SAP HANA DB Backup Delivers More Value at Lower TCO with Reduced Protected Instance Fee from 1 st September 2024. At Azure, our commitment to providing superior value to our customers is unwavering. We are thrilled to announce a significant update that will bring enhanced cost efficiency to our SAP HANA Database Backup service. Starting September 1, 2024, we are reducing the Protected Instance (PI) fees for "Azure Backup for SAP HANA on Azure VM." This change is designed to deliver more value at a lower cost, making it easier for enterprises to protect their critical data without compromising on quality or performance. New Pricing Structure: More Value, Lower Cost With the new Protected Instance (PI) fee structure effective 1st September 2024, both SAP HANA Streaming/Backint-based backups and SAP HANA Snapshot-based backups will see reduced costs. Here’s how the new pricing breaks down: HANA Backint/Streaming Backup HANA Snapshot Backup DB Size Old pricing (Protected Instance Fee for East US2) New pricing (Protected Instance Fee for East US2) PI Cost Savings % DB Size Old pricing (Protected Instance Fee for East US2) New pricing (Protected Instance Fee for East US2) PI Cost Savings % 500 GB $80 $80 No Change 1TB $160 $80 50% 1 TB $160 $80 50% 10 TB $1600 $160 90% 5TB $800 $80 90% 20 TB $3200 $320 90% 10 TB $1600 $80 95% 30 TB $4800 $480 90% HANA Streaming Backup: A flat rate of $80 (East US2) per instance, with standard regional uplift, regardless of the HANA database size. For example, if you are protecting 1.2 TB of HANA database in one instance running in the East US2 region, the New PI cost would be flat $80 (East US2 Region) per month. Previously, the cost would have been $240 + storage consumed. HANA Snapshot Backup: $80 (East US2) per 5 TB increment, with standard regional uplift. For example, if you have 10 TB of HANA database in one instance running in East US2 region, the New PI cost would be $160 + storage consumed, Previously, the cost would have been $1600 + storage consumed. Following SAP recommendation, if you opt for a weekly full streaming backup in addition to a Snapshot backup, we will apply a single PI fee applicable for HANA Snapshot backup. More details on HANA Backup TCO Savings - Azure Backup-SAP HANA DB Backup Delivers More Value at Lower TCO with Reduced Protected Instance Fee - Microsoft Community Hub For more details on the new pricing structure, visit Pricing - Cloud Backup | Microsoft Azure and Pricing Calculator | Microsoft Azure. For SQL workloads, one can also enable compression which can save 40-50% reduction in storage consumption - Tutorial - Back up SQL Server databases to Azure - Azure Backup | Microsoft Learn SAP ASE Database Backup Public Preview Launch on 19 th Nov’24 SAP applications can be deployed with different database backends such as - Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, SAP ASE and Max DB, not limited to SAP HANA. As part of our endeavor to enhance our backup support for SAP customers, we are thrilled to announce that, apart from SAP HANA and SQL Server, we are now launching Public Preview of backup support for SAP ASE (Sybase) Database on Azure Backup. Lot of existing SAP customers have been requesting us to support non-HANA DB’s like SAP ASE (Sybase) and this new workload support is a significant milestone in our commitment to providing comprehensive, reliable, and flexible backup solutions for our enterprise customers. In the Public Preview, ASE Backup will be available in non-US regions starting November 19, 2024, and in US regions beginning December 10, 2024. Key Features: Support for Cost-effective Backup policies : Weekly full + daily differential backups result in lower storage costs (as opposed to daily streaming full backups) Recovery Services Vault : All backups are streamed directly to the Azure Backup managed recovery services vault that provides security capabilities like Immutability, Soft Delete and Multiuser Auth. The vaulted backup data is stored in Microsoft-managed Azure subscription and is isolated from customer’s environment. These features ensure that the SAP ASE backup data is always secure and tamper-proof and can be recovered safely even when the source machines are compromised. 15-min RPO: As in the case of stream-based backup, log backups are streamed every 15 minutes and can be applied on top of DB backup which provides Point-In-Time recovery capability. Multiple Database Restore options: We support Alternate Location Restore (System refresh) , Original Location Restore and Restore as Files. Compression Support – Support for SAP ASE native compression can reduce storage consumption by 40-50% Striping Support – By enabling “Striping” one can see backup/restore throughput improvement of 50-60% Private Endpoint Support - Azure Backup allows you to securely perform the backup and restore operations of your data from the Recovery Services vaults using private endpoints. Private endpoints use one or more private IP addresses from your Azure Virtual Network (VNet), effectively bringing the service into your VNet. Cross Region Restore (CRR) - Allows you to restore SAP HANA databases that are hosted on Azure VMs in a secondary region, which is an Azure paired region.Generally Available: Simplifying at scale BCDR management with Azure Business Continuity center
In the contemporary digital landscape, the establishment of robust business continuity strategies is imperative for organizations navigating the complexities of technology. Given the heavy reliance on digital infrastructure, fortifying these systems against potential disruptions is crucial. In response to this challenge, we are thrilled to introduce the General availability of Azure Business Continuity (ABC) Center, across all regions. Azure Backup center has now evolved into Azure Business Continuity Center, with advanced and powerful BCDR management capabilities. With the Azure Business Continuity Center, enterprises can seamlessly govern, monitor, operate, and analyze protection at-scale. This release includes support for the following key features: Insights into Protection Estate: Gain comprehensive insights into the protection estate across solutions such as Backup and Azure Site Recovery for both your Azure and Hybrid (VMware) resources. Explore more in Business Continuity with ABCC: Part 1: Understand Protection Estate Summary - Microsoft Community Hub Identify and Protect Resources: Easily identify resources that are not currently protected and take proactive measures to secure them. Refer to Business Continuity with ABCC: Part 2: understand your protectable resources inventory - Microsoft Community Hub. Centralized Resource Protection: Ensure the protection of resources and execute actions from a single, centralized location. Detailed information is available in Business Continuity with ABCC: Part 3: understand your protected items inventory - Microsoft Community Hub Optimize Security Configuration: Safeguard your resources against scenarios like ransomware threats, malicious attacks, and rogue admin activities. Learn how to optimize security configurations in Business Continuity with ABCC: Part 4: optimize security configuration - Microsoft Community Hub Unified Monitoring: Attain quick visibility into failures in meeting business continuity SLAs through unified monitoring. Utilize various views, such as jobs, to monitor from a central location and configure alerts and notifications for timely awareness of any SLA violations regarding critical resources. Business Continuity with ABCC: Part 5: Monitoring protection - Microsoft Community Hub Ensuring Compliance: Leverage inbuilt Azure Policies to govern resources for business continuity and ensure compliance. Obtain a detailed compliance list of all assigned Azure Policies, including the number of resources within the scope of assignment that are compliant or non-compliant. ABCC seamlessly integrates with Azure Policy, empowering customers with robust compliance capabilities. Oversight of BCDR Artifacts - Efficiently create and oversee the lifecycle of artifacts such as vaults. Automate common and standard use cases, including the lifecycle management of schedules and policies established for both Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery. Obtain Insights - For analyzing historical trends and gaining deeper insights on your protection across Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery. Reports offer the following capabilities: Allocating and forecasting of cloud storage consumed. Auditing backups and restores. Identifying key trends at different levels of granularity. Gaining visibility and insights into cost optimization opportunities for your backups. Learn more about ABC Center to understand how it can revolutionize your business continuity journey for the resourcesPublic Preview: Azure Business Continuity Center is now available in all regions
In the contemporary digital landscape, the establishment of robust business continuity strategies is imperative for organizations navigating the complexities of technology. Given the heavy reliance on digital infrastructure, fortifying these systems against potential disruptions is crucial. In response to this challenge, we are thrilled to introduce the Public Preview of Azure Business Continuity (ABC) Center a groundbreaking initiative designed to enhance your business's resilience across all regions. With the Azure Business Continuity Center, enterprises can seamlessly govern, monitor, operate, and analyze protection at scale. This release includes support for the following key features: Insights into Protection Estate: Gain comprehensive insights into the protection estate across solutions such as Backup and Azure Site Recovery for both your Azure and Hybrid (VMware) resources. Explore more in Business Continuity with ABCC: Part 1: Understand Protection Estate Summary - Microsoft Community Hub Identify and Protect Resources: Easily identify resources that are not currently protected and take proactive measures to secure them. Refer to Business Continuity with ABCC: Part 2: understand your protectable resources inventory - Microsoft Community Hub. Centralized Resource Protection: Ensure the protection of resources and execute actions from a single, centralized location. Detailed information is available in Business Continuity with ABCC: Part 3: understand your protected items inventory - Microsoft Community Hub Optimize Security Configuration: Safeguard your resources against scenarios like ransomware threats, malicious attacks, and rogue admin activities. Learn how to optimize security configurations in Business Continuity with ABCC: Part 4: optimize security configuration - Microsoft Community Hub Unified Monitoring: Attain quick visibility into failures in meeting business continuity SLAs through unified monitoring. Utilize various views, such as jobs, to monitor from a central location and configure alerts and notifications for timely awareness of any SLA violations regarding critical resources. Explore unified monitoring in Business Continuity with ABCC: Part 5: Monitoring protection - Microsoft Community Hub Ensuring Compliance: Leverage inbuilt Azure Policies to govern resources for business continuity and ensure compliance. Obtain a detailed compliance list view of all assigned Azure Policies, including the number of resources within the scope of assignment that are compliant or non-compliant. ABCC seamlessly integrates with Azure Policy, empowering customers with robust compliance capabilities. Learn more about ABC Center to understand how it can revolutionize your business continuity journey for the resourcesAzure Backup-SAP HANA DB Backup Delivers More Value at Lower TCO with Reduced Protected Instance Fee
We are thrilled to announce a significant update that will bring enhanced cost efficiency to our SAP HANA Database Backup service. Starting September 1, 2024, we are reducing the Protected Instance (PI) fees for "Azure Backup for SAP HANA on Azure VM." This change is designed to deliver more value at a lower cost, making it easier for enterprises to protect their critical data without compromising on quality or performance.Switch to Azure Business Continuity Center for your at scale BCDR management needs
In response to the evolving customer requirements and environments since COVID-19, including the shift towards hybrid work models and the increase in ransomware attacks, we have observed a growing trend among customers to invest in multiple vendors for data protection. To address these needs, we have developed the Azure Business Continuity (ABC) Center, a streamlined, centralized management center that simplifies backup and disaster recovery across various environments (Azure, Hybrid) and solutions (Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery). Below are few resources to learn more about Azure Business Continuity Center: Revolutionize Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery with Azure Business Continuity Center - Microsoft Community Hub Business Continuity with ABCC: Part 1: Understand Protection Estate Summary - Microsoft Community Hub Business Continuity with ABCC: Part 2: understand your protectable resources inventory - Microsoft Community Hub Business Continuity with ABCC: Part 3: understand your protected items inventory - Microsoft Community Hub Business Continuity with ABCC: Part 4: optimize security configuration - Microsoft Community Hub Business Continuity with ABCC: Part 5: Monitoring protection - Microsoft Community Hub ABCC, currently in public preview since November 2023, is designed as an enhanced version of the Backup Center and will eventually replace it. Getting started is simple, with no prerequisites or costs involved. Even if you've been using Backup Center, no additional action is needed to begin viewing your protection estate in Azure Business Continuity Center. To start with , simply navigate to Azure portal and search for Azure Business Continuity Center. Azure Business Continuity Center (ABCC) providers enhanced experiences for business continuity, and we want our customers to adapt to it before it replaces the Backup Center. To support this transition, we have removed the Backup Center from the global search in the Azure portal, bust there is still option available from ABCC to go to Backup Center. Backup Center will no longer appear in the Azure Portal search results across all regions. We encourage you to explore the Azure Business Continuity Center (ABCC) for your BCDR journey and provide your valuable feedback to help us enhance it to better meet your needs. If you still want to launch Backup center, you can first go to Azure Business Continuity Center, from the Azure portal search. Then, from ABCC help menu, kindly select “Go to Backup Center”. If you are transitioning to the Backup Center, please share your reasons for doing so, including any missing capabilities, performance issues, or other concerns you may have encountered. Your insights are invaluable in helping us enhance the ABCC experience.
