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The Microsoft application agent for Application Direct with SQL Server module enables an application administrator to protect and recover the Microsoft SQL Server application data on APEX Block Storage volumes. APEX Protection Storage for Microsoft Azure (DDVE) integrates with the Microsoft application agent for Application Direct to check and monitor back up compliance against protection policies.
The Microsoft application agent supports two protection technologies, Application Direct backup and VM Direct backup. A Microsoft SQL Server host can only be registered to PowerProtect Data Manager with one protection technology. Once registered, it is not possible to change the protection policy for that host.
The solution in this paper uses the Application Direct backup protection technology provided by Microsoft application agent with APEX Protection Storage for Microsoft Azure (DDVE).