How many times a day can an Azure virtual machine be backed up?

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Yes. You can back up Windows Server or Windows machines up to three times a day. You can set the scheduling policy to daily or weekly schedules. You can back up DPM up to twice a day.

How many times can you take backup of Azure VM to Azure in a day?

Two scheduled backups per day. Not supported when backing up with Azure VM extension. Only daily and weekly is supported.

How often is azure backed-up?

Azure VMs: Once a day. Machines protected by DPM/MABS: Twice a day. Machines backed up directly by using the MARS agent: Three times a day. Backup is within a region.

Are Azure VMs automatically backed-up?

Once assigned, any new VM created in the scope is automatically configured for backup.

How long does an Azure VM backup take?

At peak times, it can take up to eight hours for the snapshots to be transferred to the vault. The backup time for a VM will be less than 24 hours for the daily backup. Although the total backup time for incremental backups is less than 24 hours, that might not be the case for the first backup.

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