Lab Overview

In this lab, you will learn how to create and configure a Backup Vault in Microsoft Azure.

Backup Vaults are critical components for ensuring data protection, long-term retention, and disaster recovery within Azure environments.

By completing this lab, you will deploy a Backup Vault, configure redundancy and cross-region restore options, and ensure that your data is securely replicated and recoverable in the event of an outage or failure.

This hands-on exercise is essential for IT professionals looking to enhance their skills in managing backup solutions within Azure. It will help you understand the process of creating and configuring a Backup Vault, which serves as a centralized repository for managing all backup data, ensuring business continuity and data integrity.

Learning Objectives

• • Learn about the role of Backup Vaults in Azure for managing and storing backups, and their importance in disaster recovery and long-term data retention.
  • Step through the process of creating a Backup Vault in Azure, including selecting a resource group and configuring storage options.
  • Learn how to choose and configure the appropriate redundancy level (Geo-Redundant or Locally Redundant Storage) to ensure that your backups are safe and recoverable in the event of a regional outage.
  • Understand the importance of enabling cross-region restore capabilities and configure your Backup Vault to allow backups to be restored from a secondary region in case of a regional failure.

Exam Relevance

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

• • AZ-104
  • AZ-305