Which solution should be included in a business continuity plan for Azure Virtual Desktop that requires short- and long-term retention?

In a business continuity plan for Azure Virtual Desktop, including a solution that provides both short- and long-term data retention is essential for ensuring data availability and recovery in case of unexpected incidents. Azure Backup is designed specifically for this purpose. It enables automatic backup of virtual machines, applications, and data, facilitating disaster recovery and minimizing data loss.

Azure Backup supports various retention policies, allowing businesses to keep short-term and long-term backups tailored to their needs. This flexibility is crucial as it ensures that data can be restored from different points in time, accommodating scenarios where recent data is lost due to user error or corruption, as well as long-term data archiving for compliance and regulatory requirements.

Other options, while useful in their own contexts, do not directly address the requirements for data backup and retention. Azure Bastion provides secure connectivity to virtual machines, Azure Monitor offers insights into the performance and health of your resources, and a Log Analytics workspace is used for gathering and analyzing log data. However, none of these options provide the specific focus on data backup and retention that Azure Backup does.