Improvements to Azure VM backups are now available

Azure Backup now has even greater support and functionality for Azure VM backups:

• Azure Backup is introducing restoring Unmanaged VMs/Disks as Managed VMs/Disks to provide the benefit of Managed disks for customers who are currently backing up their unmanaged disks.

For more details, please read our documentation

• Azure Backup now supports Replace existing disks as an option for VMs that have Managed Service Identities (MSI) Both User assigned Identities and System assigned Identities.

• Azure Backup now supports backup & restore of Virtual Machine Scale Sets in the orchestration mode prescribed here.

For more details, please read our documentation.

All the above features are generally available in all Azure regions.