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Introduction
For the past couple of months, I’ve been working with my peer and fellow MVP Adin Ermie (@AdinErmie) on something special for you.
We wanted to bring a new resource about the Microsoft Azure Backup platform to the community that is complete, comprehensive, concise, and free. we wanted to share a copy of this Whitepaper so you can start digging into Azure Backup service in Microsoft Azure.
In a nutshell, Azure Backup is the Azure-based service you can use to back up (or protect) and restore your data in the Microsoft cloud. Azure Backup replaces your existing on-premises or off-site backup solution with a cloud-based solution that is reliable, secure, and cost-competitive.
Acknowledgments
About the authors
Charbel Nemnom | @CharbelNemnom
Adin Ermie | @AdinErmie
Description
This whitepaper is written by Adin Ermie and Charbel Nemnom and describes Azure Backup service as a platform in Microsoft Azure public cloud.
This whitepaper was written to explore the Azure Backup service in a deeper way, diving into the finer details of how things work, and helping people understand where it differs from what we traditionally used to do in the backup world.
Table of Contents
- Part 1: Introduction
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Part 2: Component Breakdown
- Azure Backup (MARS) Agent
- Agent Cache Location
- Recovery Services Vault
- Underlying Storage
- Disk Failure
- Data Transfer, Compression, and Encryption
- Data Transfer
- Compression
- Encryption
- Azure Backup Encryption Key
- Part 3: How Backups Work
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- Traditional Methodologies
- Azure Backup Methodologies
- Full, Differential, and Incremental (Expanded)
- Restore Operations
This is my second whitepaper in which I participate as an author.
You can download it for free from the TechNet Gallery GitHub here.
As always, comments, questions, or errata you find in this Whitepaper are welcome and encouraged.
I really hope you enjoy it.
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If you have any questions or feedback, please leave a comment.
-Charbel Nemnom-
