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articles/backup/backup-azure-vms-enhanced-policy.md

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title: Back up Azure VMs with Enhanced policy
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description: Learn how to configure Enhanced policy to back up VMs.
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ms.topic: how-to
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ms.date: 02/19/2024
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ms.date: 04/01/2024
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ms.reviewer: sharrai
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ms.service: backup
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ms.custom: devx-track-azurecli, devx-track-azurepowershell
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>- [Default policy](./backup-during-vm-creation.md#create-a-vm-with-backup-configured) will not support protecting newer Azure offerings, such as [Trusted Launch VM](backup-support-matrix-iaas.md#tvm-backup), [Ultra SSD](backup-support-matrix-iaas.md#vm-storage-support), [Premium SSD v2](backup-support-matrix-iaas.md#vm-storage-support), [Shared disk](backup-support-matrix-iaas.md#vm-storage-support), and Confidential Azure VMs.
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>- Enhanced policy now supports protecting both Ultra SSD and Premium SSD v2.
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>- Backups for VMs having [data access authentication enabled disks](../virtual-machines/windows/download-vhd.md?tabs=azure-portal#secure-downloads-and-uploads-with-azure-ad) will fail.
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>- If you're protecting a VM with an enhanced policy, it incurs additional snapshot costs. [Learn more](backup-instant-restore-capability.md#cost-impact).
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>- Once you enable a VM backup with Enhanced policy, Azure Backup doesn't allow to change the policy type to *Standard*.
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You must enable backup of Trusted Launch VM through enhanced policy only. Enhanced policy provides the following features:
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5. On **Create policy**, perform the following actions:
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- **Policy sub-type**: Select **Enhanced** type. By default, the policy type is set to **Standard**.
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- **Policy sub-type**: Select **Enhanced** type.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/backup-azure-vms-enhanced-policy/select-enhanced-backup-policy-sub-type.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing to select backup policies subtype as enhanced.":::
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>- The support for Enhanced policy is available in all Azure Public and US Government regions.
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>- We support Enhanced policy configuration through [Recovery Services vault](./backup-azure-arm-vms-prepare.md) and [VM Manage blade](./backup-during-vm-creation.md#start-a-backup-after-creating-the-vm) only. Configuration through Backup center is currently not supported.
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>- For hourly backups, the last backup of the day is transferred to vault. If backup fails, the first backup of the next day is transferred to vault.
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>- Enhanced policy is only available to unprotected VMs that are new to Azure Backup. Note that Azure VMs that are protected with existing policy can't be moved to Enhanced policy.
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>- Back up an Azure VM with disks that has public network access disabled is not supported.
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