Unforeseen circumstances such as data corruption, viruses, cyber-attacks, and simple human error can happen to any business. That’s why we strongly encourage all UAE businesses to take preventative measures in the form of a backup solution to keep your business safe. Microsoft Azure Backups is a secure and cost-effective inbuilt service that protects your data from ransomware attacks and enables quick recovery of lot data whenever you need it.
Azure Backup protects your business and your cloud, boasting the benefits of:
- Convenience – SSO user authentication reporting alongside a web-based management system means the solution is easy to use.
- Scalable Capacity – if you need greater capacity, you can easily and quickly double or triple the required capacity in minutes.
- Short term contracts, giving you the flexibility you need.
- PaaS (fully managing a Platform as a Service).
- Security and encryption, meeting all compliance requirements both during transit and when at rest.
- Replication of Backups (LRS, GRS, ZRS).
- Value for money.
Finally, a crucial benefit of Azure Backup is the wide range of content that it supports, as demonstrated in the table below.
What can I back up?
| Backup Type | Description of Backup |
| Azure Blobs | Azure Blobs containing unstructured data |
| Azure Database for PostgreSQL servers | Backup Azure PostgreSQL databases. These are then retained for as long as 10 years |
| Azure Files shares | Azure File shares to a storage account |
| Azure Managed Disks | Azure Managed Disks |
| Azure VMs | Using extensions, it is possible to back up entire Windows/Linux VMs. You can also r back up files, folders, and system state using the Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS) agent |
| On-premises | Backup files, folders, system state using the MARS agent |
| SAP HANA databases in Azure VMs | Backup SAP HANA databases running on Azure VMs |
| SQL Server in Azure VMs | Backup SQL Server databases running on Azure VMs |
Need a helping hand in securing your business with Azure Backup? Our Dubai based team is ready to help you select and set up the best solution to protect your cloud environment and implement a professional Azure Backup Policy.