The last step in my migrating to Azure from my existing VPS service provider is find a simple way to backup and restore my Linux and WS2K12R2 servers running as VMs on Azure. My current provider keeps daily, weekly and monthly BUs and if I need to do a restore because I messed something up, I just submit a ticket and - voila! - it's done within an hour or two to whatever granularity I request (meaning last BU, or a BU to a specific date - up to 30 days in the past).
What I'm hoping to find with Azure VMs is a simple way to manage backups - whether full, differential or snapshots (whatever terminology Azure uses) and allow me to do the restore myself. Or if I do need to ask the Azure team team to do this, how to do it
as simply as opening a ticket. I'm obviously learning the "Azure Way" as I try to leave a VMW-based system.
This BU/Restore capability is for a pure Azure VM scenario. Please tell me you have this capability and how to do it.
Thanks.