Data management

Some of the important data-related best practices for high availability include the following:

• If possible, store data on Azure-provided services, such as Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and table storage
• Use storage accounts that are based on the geo-redundant type
• Ensure that data is replicated to multiple regions and not only within a zone or data center
• Take periodic backups and conduct restore tests frequently
• If storing data in VMs, ensure that there are multiple VMs and that they are either on availability sets or availability zones
• Use keys and secrets to data stored in the Azure key vault