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Using Azure Backup Instant Recovery with Azure VMs

Learn how to restore one or a few files from an Azure virtual machine backup without restoring the entire virtual machine, thanks to Azure Backup Instant File Recovery, currently in preview.

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Active Directory Backup vs Replication (And Why You Need to Be Clear on the Difference Now)

Backup and replication are common data protection concepts, but they serve different purposes. Learn more about their differences and how they can benefit your data management strategy, especially how the backup vs replication argument relates to Active Directory (AD) and protecting it. What are backup and replication? Although backup and replication are both methods of…

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Backing Up Files and Folders Using Azure Backup

Aidan Finn shares an online backup solution for small businesses, branch offices, and mobile workers, where Azure Backup can be used to cost effectively protect files and folders in the cloud.

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Azure Backup Agent Adds Support for System State

Aidan Finn explains how to use a preview feature of the Azure Backup MARS agent to backup and restore system state for Windows Server machines.

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A Guide to Different Microsoft Azure Backup Options

Last Update: Sep 11, 2023

Aidan Finn outlines the different ways businesses can use Microsoft Azure Backup.

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Use Microsoft Azure Backup with Recovery Services

Aidan Finn teaches us how to use Microsoft Azure Backup with Recovery Services to backup and restore your files on Windows 8.1, Windows 8, and Windows 7 client devices.

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Disaster Recovery with Azure Backup for SQL Server VMs

Last Update: Sep 11, 2023

Running VMs in the cloud has become a big part of the modernization of IT infrastructure for most businesses. However, even though those VMs that are in the cloud, the backup mechanisms that they use to provide disaster recovery (DR) capabilities are essentially the same as they would use for on-premise VMs. They often use legacy technologies that require a lot of resources and are difficult to scale.

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System State Support by Azure Backup Is Generally Available

Aidan Finn discusses what the recent GA of system state protection by Azure Backup means for you and shows how to add system state to MARS agent backup policy.

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Protect SQL Server in Azure VMs using Azure Backup

Aidan Finn shows you how to use a new preview feature in Azure Backup to protect SQL Server databases that are hosted in Azure virtual machines.

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Azure Backup Server Adds Support for WS2016 and VMware 6.5

Aidan Finn looks at Microsoft’s recently launched Azure Backup Server, additional support for Windows Server 2016, and VMware 6.5 to its on-premises extension to the cloud backup service.

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