Key points

• Vault choice follows the protected workload's current support matrix rather than which vault name sounds newer.
• Holds policies, protected instances, jobs, recovery points, and monitoring state.
• Does not support every workload handled by a Recovery Services vault.

Best-known use cases

• Protect a supported data source that uses the Backup vault model.
• Manage policies and recovery points for newer backup workloads.

What candidates often confuse it with

• Backup vault vs Recovery Services vault: different workload matrices rather than new universal replacement vs old vault.
• Backup vault vs Azure Backup: management resource vs overall backup service.

Key takeaway

Select Backup vault only after confirming the protected data source is in its current support matrix.

Related services

• Recovery Services vault
• Azure Backup
• 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

Learn more

• Backup vault documentation