Resiliency and Recovery with Azure Backup and Site Recovery - BRK146

Explore comprehensive data protection and disaster recovery strategies in this 34-minute conference talk from Microsoft Ignite 2025. Discover how to safeguard critical workloads across Azure VMs, databases, file shares, and cloud-native applications like AKS using Azure Backup and Site Recovery services. Learn to modernize backup approaches with secure-by-default protection and immutable storage while leveraging intelligent signals for orchestrated, large-scale restores. Master threat-aware backup techniques, container-aware protection strategies, and one-click disaster recovery solutions designed to help achieve RPO/RTO goals and compliance requirements. Examine practical demonstrations of two-tier application backup processes, Kubernetes cluster backup via Azure Resiliency, and cyber recovery for unstructured data. Understand replication capabilities, SLA considerations, and throughput enhancements while exploring the integration between Azure Backup and Defender for enhanced security. Gain insights into protecting diverse workloads from infrastructure services to containerized applications, with emphasis on unified protection strategies and rapid recovery mechanisms for business continuity.

Syllabus

0:00 - Focus shift to data resiliency and cyber recovery with Azure Backup and Defender integration
00:07:00 - Deep dive begins into data resiliency and cyber recovery for diverse workloads
00:07:57 - Introduction to Infrastructure Service Workload Scenario
00:08:10 - Overview of Two-Tier Application Architecture Frontend VM and Backend Database
00:10:52 - Demo Introduction: Two-Tier Application Backup Process
00:16:51 - Importance of Backing Up Containers and Stateless Resources
00:19:16 - Demo Part 1: Kubernetes Cluster Backup via Azure Resiliency
00:22:44 - Cyber Recovery for Unstructured Data and Unified Protection Summary
00:28:42 - Replication Capabilities, RPO, SLA, and Throughput Enhancements