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Migrating Veeam Backup & Replication to a Cloud-Based Veeam Solution

  • July 9, 2026
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Hello , We are planning to migrate our infrastructure from an on-premises Hyper-V environment to Microsoft Azure. Our current environment consists of: Hyper-V virtual machines protected by Veeam Backup & Replication.

  • The Veeam Backup & Replication server is currently running as a Hyper-V virtual machine. A NAS device is used as the backup repository, which will also be decommissioned as part of the migration.
  • We would like your guidance on the following: Does Veeam offer a cloud-hosted or SaaS-based backup management solution that can replace our on-premises Veeam Backup & Replication server? If such a solution is available, can it manage and protect Azure virtual machines while providing the same or similar functionality as Veeam Backup & Replication?
  • ​​​​​​​If a cloud-hosted Veeam solution is not available, what is the recommended architecture for customers migrating entirely to Azure?
  • Additionally, regarding our backup repository: We plan to decommission our existing NAS repository and migrate the existing backup files to new storage. Is it supported to move the existing backup chain to the new repository and continue the same backup chain without creating a new full backup? What is the recommended procedure for migrating the repository while preserving backup history and ensuring future backups continue successfully? We would appreciate any recommendations and documentation regarding the best migration approach for this scenario.

    ​​​​​​​Thank you.

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Chris.Childerhose
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Yes, Veeam offers a couple of alternative solutions for Azure that you can check out below -

VDC - Microsoft Azure Backup and Recovery | Veeam Data Cloud

Azure - Azure Data Protection with Veeam - Azure Storage | Microsoft Learn


CMF
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  • July 10, 2026

Hi ​@roopesh ,

As Chris has already covered the Azure aspect, I'll focus on the repository question.

Yes, it is possible to move backups to a different repository while preserving the backup chain:

https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/backup_moving.html?ver=13 

That said, if you migrate to Azure using one of the methods outlined by ​@Chris.Childerhose , the existing backup chain cannot be reused by the new backup solution directly.

If retaining your historical backups in Azure is a requirement, you should consider deploying a Veeam Backup & Replication server in Azure and configuring either Azure Blob Storage or Veeam Data Cloud Vault as a backup repository:

https://www.veeam.com/products/veeam-data-cloud/cloud-storage-vault.html 

After moving the backup files, the repository will maintain the existing backup chain and can be used to restore workloads when needed. In addition, you will be able to restore VMs to Azure through Veeam's recovery capabilities, including Instant Recovery.

Regards

Chalid