Compute management rights do not universally imply backup administrative privileges. In this case, a backup admin deletes a protected item and data remains temporarily recoverable. “Backup-specific role assignments and vault protection controls” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Backup soft delete retaining eligible backup data during its safety window”. Soft-delete behavior provides a grace period for recovery after deletion.

Vault immutability and protected operations reduce malicious deletion risk. In this case, a backup admin deletes a protected item and data remains temporarily recoverable. “Enable available immutable vault settings and multi-user authorization where supported” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Backup soft delete retaining eligible backup data during its safety window”. Soft-delete behavior provides a grace period for recovery after deletion.

Recovery activities should be permissioned independently from ordinary VM operations. In this case, a backup admin deletes a protected item and data remains temporarily recoverable. “Use scoped Azure RBAC and vault security controls for recovery operations” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Backup soft delete retaining eligible backup data during its safety window”. Soft-delete behavior provides a grace period for recovery after deletion.

Soft delete provides a recoverability window for eligible deleted backup data. In this case, a company wants to lock critical backup settings against destructive changes by a compromised admin. “Enable supported soft delete and vault security settings” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Enable available immutable vault settings and multi-user authorization where supported”. Vault immutability and protected operations reduce malicious deletion risk.

Soft-delete behavior provides a grace period for recovery after deletion. In this case, a company wants to lock critical backup settings against destructive changes by a compromised admin. “Backup soft delete retaining eligible backup data during its safety window” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Enable available immutable vault settings and multi-user authorization where supported”. Vault immutability and protected operations reduce malicious deletion risk.

Site Recovery maintains replication and failover settings for eligible workloads. In this case, a company wants to lock critical backup settings against destructive changes by a compromised admin. “Enable Azure Site Recovery replication with a supported target region and policy” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Enable available immutable vault settings and multi-user authorization where supported”. Vault immutability and protected operations reduce malicious deletion risk.

Soft delete provides a recoverability window for eligible deleted backup data. In this case, an attacker compromises a single backup operator and tries to disable protection. “Enable supported soft delete and vault security settings” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Multi-user authorization with Resource Guard for supported critical operations”. An additional authorization boundary can protect sensitive backup controls.

Soft-delete behavior provides a grace period for recovery after deletion. In this case, an attacker compromises a single backup operator and tries to disable protection. “Backup soft delete retaining eligible backup data during its safety window” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Multi-user authorization with Resource Guard for supported critical operations”. An additional authorization boundary can protect sensitive backup controls.

Site Recovery maintains replication and failover settings for eligible workloads. In this case, an attacker compromises a single backup operator and tries to disable protection. “Enable Azure Site Recovery replication with a supported target region and policy” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Multi-user authorization with Resource Guard for supported critical operations”. An additional authorization boundary can protect sensitive backup controls.

Site Recovery test failover can validate recovery procedures separately from production. In this case, a Site Recovery protected VM must be replicated to a secondary region before a disaster. “Test failover into an isolated suitable test network” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Enable Azure Site Recovery replication with a supported target region and policy”. Site Recovery maintains replication and failover settings for eligible workloads.

Vault immutability and protected operations reduce malicious deletion risk. In this case, a Site Recovery protected VM must be replicated to a secondary region before a disaster. “Enable available immutable vault settings and multi-user authorization where supported” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Enable Azure Site Recovery replication with a supported target region and policy”. Site Recovery maintains replication and failover settings for eligible workloads.

An additional authorization boundary can protect sensitive backup controls. In this case, a Site Recovery protected VM must be replicated to a secondary region before a disaster. “Multi-user authorization with Resource Guard for supported critical operations” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Enable Azure Site Recovery replication with a supported target region and policy”. Site Recovery maintains replication and failover settings for eligible workloads.

Site Recovery test failover can validate recovery procedures separately from production. In this case, a company assumes a backup copy alone provides continuous VM replication for low RPO. “Test failover into an isolated suitable test network” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Configure Azure Site Recovery replication for the workload”. Backups and disaster-recovery replication serve different recovery objectives.

Vault immutability and protected operations reduce malicious deletion risk. In this case, a company assumes a backup copy alone provides continuous VM replication for low RPO. “Enable available immutable vault settings and multi-user authorization where supported” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Configure Azure Site Recovery replication for the workload”. Backups and disaster-recovery replication serve different recovery objectives.

An additional authorization boundary can protect sensitive backup controls. In this case, a company assumes a backup copy alone provides continuous VM replication for low RPO. “Multi-user authorization with Resource Guard for supported critical operations” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Configure Azure Site Recovery replication for the workload”. Backups and disaster-recovery replication serve different recovery objectives.

Test failover cleanup removes temporary resources and records test completion. In this case, a company wants to rehearse disaster recovery without interrupting production. “Complete cleanup test failover after validation” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Test failover into an isolated suitable test network”. Site Recovery test failover can validate recovery procedures separately from production.

Ending the drill should retire its transient test environment. In this case, a company wants to rehearse disaster recovery without interrupting production. “Clean up the test failover in Site Recovery” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Test failover into an isolated suitable test network”. Site Recovery test failover can validate recovery procedures separately from production.

Site Recovery maintains replication and failover settings for eligible workloads. In this case, a company wants to rehearse disaster recovery without interrupting production. “Enable Azure Site Recovery replication with a supported target region and policy” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Test failover into an isolated suitable test network”. Site Recovery test failover can validate recovery procedures separately from production.

Test failover cleanup removes temporary resources and records test completion. In this case, a team rehearses DR by executing unplanned failover and disrupts production. “Complete cleanup test failover after validation” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Use an appropriately isolated test failover”. Test failover is intended to exercise DR without invoking the real disaster switch.

Ending the drill should retire its transient test environment. In this case, a team rehearses DR by executing unplanned failover and disrupts production. “Clean up the test failover in Site Recovery” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Use an appropriately isolated test failover”. Test failover is intended to exercise DR without invoking the real disaster switch.

Unplanned failover applies when the source cannot cooperate with controlled shutdown. In this case, a team rehearses DR by executing unplanned failover and disrupts production. “Unplanned failover using available replicated recovery points” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Use an appropriately isolated test failover”. Test failover is intended to exercise DR without invoking the real disaster switch.

Site Recovery test failover can validate recovery procedures separately from production. In this case, a Site Recovery test failover leaves temporary test resources running. “Test failover into an isolated suitable test network” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Complete cleanup test failover after validation”. Test failover cleanup removes temporary resources and records test completion.

Test failover is intended to exercise DR without invoking the real disaster switch. In this case, a Site Recovery test failover leaves temporary test resources running. “Use an appropriately isolated test failover” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Complete cleanup test failover after validation”. Test failover cleanup removes temporary resources and records test completion.

Planned failover coordinates migration when source systems can be managed before cutover. In this case, a Site Recovery test failover leaves temporary test resources running. “Planned failover with appropriate preconditions” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Complete cleanup test failover after validation”. Test failover cleanup removes temporary resources and records test completion.

Site Recovery test failover can validate recovery procedures separately from production. In this case, an administrator leaves recovery-drill test VMs consuming capacity for weeks. “Test failover into an isolated suitable test network” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Clean up the test failover in Site Recovery”. Ending the drill should retire its transient test environment.

Test failover is intended to exercise DR without invoking the real disaster switch. In this case, an administrator leaves recovery-drill test VMs consuming capacity for weeks. “Use an appropriately isolated test failover” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Clean up the test failover in Site Recovery”. Ending the drill should retire its transient test environment.

Planned failover coordinates migration when source systems can be managed before cutover. In this case, an administrator leaves recovery-drill test VMs consuming capacity for weeks. “Planned failover with appropriate preconditions” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Clean up the test failover in Site Recovery”. Ending the drill should retire its transient test environment.

Test failover cleanup removes temporary resources and records test completion. In this case, a planned site move is scheduled while the original region is healthy. “Complete cleanup test failover after validation” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Planned failover with appropriate preconditions”. Planned failover coordinates migration when source systems can be managed before cutover.

Ending the drill should retire its transient test environment. In this case, a planned site move is scheduled while the original region is healthy. “Clean up the test failover in Site Recovery” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Planned failover with appropriate preconditions”. Planned failover coordinates migration when source systems can be managed before cutover.

Recovery plans coordinate sequenced failover for multi-tier services. In this case, a planned site move is scheduled while the original region is healthy. “An Azure Site Recovery recovery plan with ordered groups and steps” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Planned failover with appropriate preconditions”. Planned failover coordinates migration when source systems can be managed before cutover.

Test failover cleanup removes temporary resources and records test completion. In this case, a primary region is completely unavailable and controlled shutdown is impossible. “Complete cleanup test failover after validation” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Unplanned failover using available replicated recovery points”. Unplanned failover applies when the source cannot cooperate with controlled shutdown.

Ending the drill should retire its transient test environment. In this case, a primary region is completely unavailable and controlled shutdown is impossible. “Clean up the test failover in Site Recovery” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Unplanned failover using available replicated recovery points”. Unplanned failover applies when the source cannot cooperate with controlled shutdown.

Multi-tier workloads may require ordered startup and checks. In this case, a primary region is completely unavailable and controlled shutdown is impossible. “Set application-aware recovery plan order and validation steps” would not satisfy that requirement; the supported action is “Unplanned failover using available replicated recovery points”. Unplanned failover applies when the source cannot cooperate with controlled shutdown.