Disaster Recovery and Backup Frequency

This article outlines how data can be recovered if required, and the frequency of backups:

• All backups have a retention period of 7 days.
• Virtual machine and disk backups occur daily.
• Azure Database for MySQL server uses data files and the transaction log to provide restoration to any point in time within the retention period.
• Azure Storage is geographically redundant using Azure GRS.

Related Links

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/mysql/single-server/concepts-backup
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-redundancy (see Geo-redundant storage) 
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/regions (See Region Pairs)