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articles/backup/backup-azure-vms-introduction.md

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title: About Azure VM backup
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description: In this article, learn how the Azure Backup service backs up Azure Virtual machines, and how to follow best practices.
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ms.topic: conceptual
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ms.date: 02/20/2023
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**Restore queue** | Azure Backup processes restore jobs from multiple storage accounts at the same time, and it puts restore requests in a queue.
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**Restore copy** | During the restore process, data is copied from the vault to the storage account.<br/><br/> The total restore time depends on the I/O operations per second (IOPS) and the throughput of the storage account.<br/><br/> To reduce the copy time, select a storage account that isn't loaded with other application writes and reads.
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> [!Note]
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> Azure Backup now enables you to back up your Azure VMs to multiple times a day using the Enhanced policy. With this capability, you can also define the duration in which your backup jobs would trigger and align your backup schedule with the working hours when there are frequent updates to Azure Virtual Machines. [Learn more](backup-azure-vms-enhanced-policy.md).
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### Backup performance
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These common scenarios can affect the total backup time:

articles/backup/quick-backup-vm-portal.md

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title: Quickstart - Back up a VM with the Azure portal
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description: In this Quickstart, learn how to create a Recovery Services vault, enable protection on an Azure VM, and backup the VM, with the Azure portal.
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- If you don't want to use the default policy, select **Create New**, and create a custom policy as described in the next procedure.
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> [!Note]
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> With Enhanced policy, you can now back up Azure VMs multiple times a day that helps to perform hourly backups. [Learn more](backup-azure-vms-enhanced-policy.md).
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## Select a VM to back up
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articles/backup/tutorial-backup-vm-at-scale.md

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title: Tutorial - Back up multiple Azure virtual machines
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description: In this tutorial, learn how to create a Recovery Services vault, define a backup policy, and simultaneously back up multiple virtual machines.
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* However, even if the VM is turned off, it's backed up. Such a VM is known as an offline VM. In this case, the recovery point will be crash-consistent.
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* Explicit outbound connectivity isn't required to allow backup of Azure VMs.
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> [!Note]
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> You can also set Enhanced policy to back up Azure VMs multiple times a day. Learn about [Enhanced policy](backup-azure-vms-enhanced-policy.md)
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## Initial backup
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You've enabled backup for the Recovery Services vaults, but an initial backup hasn't been created. It's a disaster recovery best practice to trigger the first backup, so that your data is protected.

articles/backup/whats-new.md

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title: What's new in Azure Backup
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description: Learn about new features in Azure Backup.
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You can learn more about the new releases by bookmarking this page or by [subscribing to updates here](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/?query=backup).
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## Updates summary
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- February 2023
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- [Multiple backups per day for Azure VMs is now generally available](#multiple-backups-per-day-for-azure-vms-is-now-generally-available)
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- [Multi-user authorization using Resource Guard for Backup vault (in preview)](#multi-user-authorization-using-resource-guard-for-backup-vault-in-preview)
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- [Backup for Azure Blobs (in preview)](#backup-for-azure-blobs-in-preview)
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## Multiple backups per day for Azure VMs is now generally available
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Azure Backup now enables you to create a backup policy to take multiple backups a day. With this capability, you can also define the duration in which your backup jobs would trigger and align your backup schedule with the working hours when there are frequent updates to Azure Virtual Machines. For more information, see [Back up an Azure VM using Enhanced policy](backup-azure-vms-enhanced-policy.md).
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## Multi-user authorization using Resource Guard for Backup vault (in preview)
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Azure Backup now supports multi-user authorization (MUA) that allows you to add an additional layer of protection to critical operations on your Backup vaults. For MUA, Azure Backup uses the Azure resource, Resource Guard, to ensure critical operations are performed only with applicable authorization.

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