{"id":4527,"date":"2016-08-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/alerting-and-monitoring-for-azure-backup"},"modified":"2025-06-25T08:47:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T15:47:41","slug":"alerting-and-monitoring-for-azure-backup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/alerting-and-monitoring-for-azure-backup\/","title":{"rendered":"Alerting and monitoring for Azure Backup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are excited to announce the preview release of alerting and monitoring for <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/services\/backup\/\">Azure backup<\/a>, which is currently the top-voted idea on <a href=\"https:\/\/feedback.azure.com\/forums\/258995-azure-backup-and-scdpm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure backup UserVoice<\/a>. 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