We are excited to announce that Azure Backup is now available for Azure virtual machines using Premium SSD v2. This offering provides a high-performance block storage solution for I/O-intensive enterprise workloads with low disk latencies, high IOPS, and throughput at a cost-effective price. It is ideal for production workloads like SQL Server, Oracle, MariaDB, SAP, Cassandra, Mongo DB, big data, analytics, and gaming on virtual machines or stateful containers.
By enabling Azure Backup on virtual machines with Premium SSD v2, users can ensure business continuity and recover from disasters or ransomware attacks. This feature addresses a common request from customers and is available in regions where Premium SSD v2 disk creation is supported. Users can refer to the documentation for more information on enabling backup on their Azure virtual machines.
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https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/premium-ssd-v2-backup-support-ga/