Backup and recovery
CoreAzure Backup
Policy-based backup, retention, recovery points, and restore operations.
Key points
- Backup policies define when recovery points are created and how long they are retained.
- Workload support determines vault type, extensions or agents, and restore options.
- Reports, jobs, health signals, and alerts support ongoing operations.
Best-known use cases
- Restore a VM or files from a known recovery point.
- Retain daily, weekly, and monthly recovery points by policy.
What candidates often confuse it with
- Backup vs Site Recovery: historical restore points vs replicated continuity and failover.
- Backup frequency vs retention: how often points are created vs how long they remain.
Key takeaway
Use Azure Backup for governed point-in-time recovery and prove recoverability through monitored jobs and restore tests.
Related services
- Recovery Services vault
- Backup vault
- Azure Site Recovery
Relevant exam tasks
- D5.2.S1 — Create a Recovery Services vault
- D5.2.S2 — Create an Azure Backup vault
- D5.2.S3 — Create and configure a backup policy
- D5.2.S4 — Perform backup and restore operations by using Azure Backup
- D5.2.S5 — Configure Azure Site Recovery for Azure resources
- D5.2.S6 — Perform a failover to a secondary region by using Site Recovery
- D5.2.S7 — Configure and interpret reports and alerts for backups