In this chapter, we will take a look at how we can configure our virtual machines for High Availability and ensure that we are protected in the event of a disaster. You might think that High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) are built into your cloud solution. Well, only if you configure your environment in this way. If you don't, and Azure data center has a proverbial hiccup, then your systems will go down and will be unavailable. Though Azure is fully customizable, you can benefit from its flexibility by protecting your on-site servers from a disaster by allowing the Azure cloud to be your Disaster Recovery solution.

In this chapter, you will learn the following topics: