Restore to Microsoft Azure

Veeam Backup & Replication allows you to restore different workloads (VMs, Google VM instances, physical servers and so on) from backups to Microsoft Azure.

You can use Veeam Backup & Replication to complete the following tasks:

• Restore workloads from Veeam backups to Microsoft Azure.
• Migrate workloads from the on-premises infrastructure to the cloud.
• Create a test environment in the cloud for troubleshooting, testing patches and updates and so on.

Supported Backup Types

You can restore workloads from the following types of backups:

• Backups of Microsoft Windows and Linux VMs created by Veeam Backup & Replication. You can use backups of VMware vSphere VMs or VMware Cloud Director VMs.

• Backups of Microsoft Windows machines created by Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows. Backups must be created at the entire machine level or volume level.

• Backups of Linux machines created by Veeam Agent for Linux. Backups must be created at the entire machine level or volume level.

• Backups of Amazon EC2 instances created by Veeam Backup for AWS.

• Backups of Microsoft Azure virtual machines created by Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure.

• Backups of Google Compute Engine VM instances created by Veeam Backup for Google Cloud.

• Backups of Nutanix AHV VMs created by Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV.

• Backups of oVirt VMs created by Veeam Backup for OLVM and RHV.

• Backups of Proxmox VE VMs created by Veeam Backup for Proxmox VE.

You can restore a workload to the latest restore point or any previous restore point in the backup chain.

Veeam Backup & Replication employs the Microsoft Azure Resource Manager deployment model. Veeam Backup & Replication supports batch restore — you can launch the restore process for several VMs at a time.

VM Generation Support

Veeam Backup & Replication chooses the generation for the restored VM based on the boot loader used for the backed-up VM.

If a VM boots using the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) mode, Veeam Backup & Replication restores it as Generation 2. If the VM boots using the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS), Veeam Backup & Replication restores it as Generation 1. If both modes can be used, Veeam Backup & Replication restores the VM as Generation 2.

For more information about Microsoft Azure support for Generation 2 VMs, see Microsoft Docs.

In This Section

• Limitations for Restore to Microsoft Azure
• How Restore to Microsoft Azure Works
• Configuring Components and Accounts for Restore
• Restoring to Microsoft Azure