Azure Site Recovery support for Azure Local is now generally available, making enterprise-grade disaster recovery simpler, accessible, easier to setup and secure than ever before. Customers can protect supported Windows and Linux virtual machines by replicating workloads to Azure, extending their disaster recovery capabilities to the cloud.
Azure update ID: 579111
Published: Nov 2, 2026
Status: Launched
Timeline: October 2026 General Availability
Product: Azure Arc, Azure Site Recovery
Tag: Management, Feature
Category: Hybrid + multicloud, Management and governance, Migration
With streamlined setup in the Azure portal, customers can validate their recovery plans without disrupting production replication, fail over to Azure during planned or unplanned outages, and return workloads to Azure Local when their on-premises environment is ready. The capability is available in all Azure Local-supported regions.
Learn more:
- Tech Community blog
- Official documentation