Ensure Azure SQL has geo-redundant backups enabled
Geo-redundant backup storage ensures data availability across regions.
Security Impact
Locally redundant backups are lost if the region experiences a disaster.
How to Remediate
Configure backup storage redundancy to Geo or Zone-redundant.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
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Check Details
- Check ID
- azure-sql-10
- Service
- Azure SQL Database
- Category
- Disaster Recovery
- Severity
- MEDIUM
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