Lab Overview

In this lab, you will learn how to configure and apply an Azure Backup Policy to protect virtual machines (VMs) in Azure.

Azure Backup provides a flexible, secure, and cost-effective way to safeguard your virtual machines by creating automated backup policies.

During the lab, you will set up a Recovery Services Vault, configure a backup policy, and assign that policy to selected virtual machines. This hands-on experience will help you understand how to establish a comprehensive backup strategy for critical VMs, ensuring their data and system state are preserved for both short-term and long-term retention.

By the end of this lab, you will have implemented a backup policy for virtual machines that ensures their continuous protection, even in the event of failures or accidental deletions.

Learning Objectives

• • Learn about Azure Backup Policies and their role in automating VM backups, providing consistent protection across multiple virtual machines.
  • Learn how to configure a custom backup policy, defining backup frequency, retention periods, and storage tiers that suit the needs of your organization or workload.
  • Discover how to select and assign specific VMs to your newly created backup policy, ensuring that they are backed up according to the defined schedule and retention settings.
  • Learn how to monitor and manage the backup status of your virtual machines, ensuring that backups are performed as expected and recovery points are regularly created.

Exam Relevance

The skills you learn in this lab are necessary to pass the following Azure certification exams:

• • AZ-104
  • AZ-305