An enterprise hosts a mission-critical transactional database on Azure Virtual Machines. The operations team wants to identify which of these virtual machines lack backup configurations to protect against accidental data loss and to ensure business continuity. Which Azure tool should the administrator use to obtain proactive, personalized recommendations for enabling virtual machine backups?
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Azure Advisor
Azure Advisor evaluates your resource configuration and telemetry data to provide personalized, actionable recommendations across five categories: Cost, Security, Reliability, Performance, and Operational Excellence. Enabling backups for virtual machines is a key recommendation within the Reliability category.
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Key Concept
Azure Advisor provides personalized recommendations based on best practices across five pillars, including Reliability.