I'm using Azure Backup to backup some databases to a Recovery Vault that is Geo-Redundant. However, the
documentation says
"You can restore the database to an instance of a SQL Server in the same Azure region."
What is the sense of backing up to a geo-redundant Recovery Services Vault if we can't restore a backup to a different region in an emergency? Or am I missing something? I know I can do ASR, and that might be good solution if my churn allows it, or Always On AG async replica, etc. I'm just curious if and how you could ever use a Geo-Replicated Recovery Services Vault that contains backups. It seems like I have more control if I instead just did a SQL backup to geo-redundant blob storage, I have more control over access to that I think.
David A. Bermingham, MVP, Senior Technical Evangelist, SIOS Technology Corp