Azure Site Recovery

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Azure Site Recovery (ASR) is Microsoft's managed disaster recovery service that continuously replicates whole servers to a secondary location so workloads can fail over and fail back during an outage.

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Documentation	learn.microsoft.com/azure/site-recovery

Key points about Azure Site Recovery

Azure Site Recovery (ASR) is a disaster recovery service that keeps workloads running when disaster strikes, not just data safe. · Azure Site Recovery - Simply Explained

Episodes about Azure Site Recovery

Azure Site Recovery - Simply Explained

2026-07-17 · Video on YouTube

Azure Site Recovery (ASR) is Microsoft's disaster recovery service that helps keep business applications and workloads running during planned and unplanned outages. By continuously replicating virtual machines and physical servers to a secondary Azure region…

Articles about Azure Site Recovery (1)

Mastering Azure Site Recovery: A Practical Guide for IT Leaders
2026-08-27 · Mirko Peters
Welcome back to the blog! As podcasters diving deep into the Microsoft ecosystem, we often talk about the importance of business continuity, resilience, and cloud s…

Frequently asked questions

What is Azure Site Recovery?

Azure Site Recovery is a Microsoft disaster recovery service that replicates workloads so they can run elsewhere after a disaster. The episode calls it your business's fire escape plan. · From the episode: Azure Site Recovery - Simply Explained

What is the difference between Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup?

Backup saves your files, while Site Recovery keeps workloads running and recovers your business. The episode treats them as different tools for different jobs. · From the episode: Azure Site Recovery - Simply Explained

Which workloads does Azure Site Recovery support?

The show notes mention workloads like VMware and Hyper-V alongside Azure virtual machines. Site Recovery matters because being offline today can cause big losses. · From the episode: Azure Site Recovery - Simply Explained

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Documentation: learn.microsoft.com/azure/site-recovery
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Maintained by Mirko Peters (Microsoft MVP) · Last updated: 2026-11-03