| Windows Azure Backup is now generally available, Windows Azure AD directory is created automatically for every subscription, and Hyper-V Recovery Manager is in preview. |
| Windows Azure Backup is now generally available.
Windows Azure Backup helps you protect important server data off-site with automated backup and restoration. You can manage backups using familiar backup tools in the Windows Server operating system or the Data Protection Manager component of Microsoft System Center. Backups are encrypted and stored off-site in Windows Azure, reducing the need to secure and protect on-site backup media. Authorized users can easily recover backups to any server. If you are already using Windows Azure Backup in preview, you may wish to upgrade to the latest version of the Backup agent by following the steps in the agent upgrade notification, which is visible in the backup console of your servers. |
| Windows Azure Backup is billed in units based on your average daily amount of compressed data stored during a monthly billing period. We will continue offering Backup at the current discounted price through November 30, 2013, when the general availability (GA) pricing will go into effect. Your price for Backup can be found in the table below. For more information on pricing, please see the Backup Pricing Details webpage. |
| Windows Azure Backup* |
Preview price through November 30, 2013 | GA price effective December 1, 2013 | ||||||||||
| $0.25 per GB per month |
$0.50 per GB per month |
| * Customers on Pay-As-You-Go and 6-Month and 12-Month Monetary Commitment plans get the first 5 gigabytes (GB) of Backup at no charge.
Visit the Windows Azure Management Portal to get started today. For more information, visit the Windows Azure Backup webpage. A Windows Azure AD directory is created automatically for every subscription. Starting today, every Windows Azure subscription is associated with an autocreated directory in Windows Azure Active Directory (AD). By using this enterprise-level identity management service, you can control access to Windows Azure resources. To accommodate this advancement, every Windows Azure subscription can now host multiple directories. Additionally, Windows Azure SDK will no longer rely on static management certificates but rather on user accounts in Active Directory. Existing Active Directory tenants related to the same user account will be automatically mapped to a single Windows Azure subscription. You can alter these mappings from the Windows Azure Management Portal. Visit the Windows Azure Management Portal to get started today. For more information, visit the TechNet Library Windows Azure Active Directory webpage. Take advantage of the new Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager preview. Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager helps protect important applications by coordinating the replication of Microsoft System Center clouds to a secondary location, monitoring availability, and orchestrating recovery as needed. The service helps automate the orderly recovery of applications and workloads in the event of a site outage at the primary data center. Virtual machines are started in an orchestrated fashion to help restore service quickly. Your price for Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager can be found in the table below. For more information on pricing, please see the Hyper-V Recovery Manager Pricing Details webpage. |
| Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager | Preview price | General availability price* | ||||||||||
| $8 per virtual machine per month |
$16 per virtual machine per month |
| * The general availability date has not yet been announced.
Visit the Windows Azure Management Portal to get started today. For more information, visit the Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager webpage. |