Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager Protects Hyper-V VMs

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If you think that Microsoft lags behind VMware in virtual machine (VM) site protection, you might want to take a look at Microsoft’s new Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager. On January 16, 2014, Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manger. 
 
Microsoft’s Answer To VMware’s Site Recovery Manager
Hyper-V Recovery Manager is Microsoft’s answer to VMware’s Site Recovery Manager (SRM). Hyper-V Recovery Manager protects your private cloud applications and services by replicating private cloud services to a secondary site. To do this, Hyper-V Recovery Manger leverages Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Replica, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, and Windows Azure.
Windows Azure Recovery Manager provides the following capabilities:
• Protects multiple Hyper-V hosts, VMs, and data centers
• Simple Wizard-driven setup
• Provides on-going VM replication
• Centralized remote monitoring and disaster recovery management
• Automated disaster recovery using Recovery Plans
The Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manger service is hosted in Windows Azure and it communicates with System Center Virtual Machine Manager to initiate a site-to-site replication of Hyper-V VMs. The VMs being replicated between sites are never stored in Azure. The Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager is the centralized control plane where the replication and recovery configuration and status are stored.
How To Setup Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager
To setup the Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager, you first use the Windows Azure Management Portal to create a Hyper-V Recovery Manager Vault. You can specify which Azure region to use when creating the vault. Next, a Quick Start page is displayed that guides you on how to secure the vault with a certificate, install the Hyper-V Recovery Manager provider on VMM, and then configure the protection and recovery of your VMs. You can dig into the details of setting up the Hyper-V Recovery Manager in Microsoft’s step-by-step tutorial.
Hyper-V Recovery Manager Pricing
The price Hyper-V Recovery Manager is based on the number of VMs that are protected, and it starts at $16 per month per VM. You can find out more about pricing at Hyper-V Recovery Manager Pricing Details. Microsoft is providing a preview price of 50 percent off through February 28, 2014. To learn more about Microsoft’s recent announcement of Hyper-V Recovery Manager, you can check out Brad Anderson’s blog Announcing the GA of Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager.
 Source: http://windowsitpro.com/windows-azure/hyperv-recovery-manager-protects-hyperv-vms?NL=News_WIN_JH_CloudVirtualizationUPDATE_issue012714&E_ID=7764079&NLL=3737