Implementing Operations Management Suite: A Practical Guide to OMS, Azure Site Recovery, and Azure Backup

Learn how to protect, back up, recover, and monitor your data and infrastructure in the cloud with Microsoft's Operations Management Suite (OMS), Azure Backup, and Azure Site Recovery.

Implementing Operations Management Suite starts with an overview of the Operations Management Suite, followed by an introduction to Azure virtual machines and virtual networks. Chapters cover Azure Backup and how to configure it, followed by deep dives into aspects of Azure Site Recovery (ASR): how it works, how to configure it, how to streamline your disaster recovery failover from on-premises to Azure, and so on. Learn about protection groups, how to perform planned and unplanned failover, and more.

Windows IT pro consultant, trainer and MVP Peter De Tender takes you through the necessary theory and background on each topic along with hands-on step-by-step lab guides to help you implement and configure each feature for yourself. You’ll also find out how to estimate your platform costs when using Azure infrastructure components, making this book your one-stop guide to the latest disaster recovery services in Microsoft Azure.

What You'll Learn

• Understand current concepts and challenges in IT disaster recovery
• Get introduced to Microsoft Azure, Azure virtual networks and Azure virtual machines
• Protect your data in the cloud with Azure Backup, and the configuration options available
• Understand how to protect, recover, and monitor your environment with Azure Site Recovery Manager, and the configuration options available
• Extend Azure Site Recovery Manager to non-Hyper-V workloads

Who This Book Is For

IT professionals and IT decision makers who are interested in learning about Azure backup and Azure Site Recovery Manager in order to build and/or optimize their IT disaster recovery scenarios.

About the Author

Peter De Tender is a freelance Microsoft Infrastructure Expert, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), MVP on Windows IT Pro, STEP member, and international speaker. Starting his IT career in 1996 on Windows NT4 and Exchange Server 5.5 platforms, Peter has never looked back from Microsoft server technologies. At present, he’s an expert on Windows Server Hyper-V, Azure infrastructure services, and Mobile Device Management using Microsoft’s Enterprise Mobility Suite. Peter is a technical writer for Petri, as well as having authored several books for Packt Publishing. Peter's enthusiasm as MCT led him to found the IAMCT Belgian chapter in 2010, as well as taking the position of European Chairman since Jan 2013. His dedication to the IT pro community and TechEd conferences led to him founding the TechEdYellowPantsTeam, assisting IT pros in all things Microsoft and certification.