by Sujit D'Mello
March 12, 2018
We have a very enthusiastic Sonia Gupta, Azure Backup PM, talking to us about the service. She gives us a quick refresher and some very interesting updates on this important but often neglected Azure service.

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Resources:
Azure Backup’s Cloud-First Approach
https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/azure-backup-cloud-first-architecture/
Azure Backup blogs
http://blog.azure.com/tag/azure-backup/
Azure Backup landing page
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/backup/
Feedback (UserVoice)
https://feedback.azure.com/forums/258995-azure-backup-and-scdpm/
Other updates:
Preview of Soft Delete for Storage blobs
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