# Azure Backup optimization | Cloud Efficiency Hub

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3 documented Azure Backup cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

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3 documented Azure Backup cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

## 3 inefficiencies

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- Azure Backup  CER-0278

### [Azure Backup Data Retained Beyond Intended Retention Period](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/azure-backup-data-retained-beyond-intended-retention-period)

Backup data persists longer than intended due to misaligned or outdated retention policies. It often arises when retention requirements change over time, but older recovery points are not evaluated or cleaned up accordingly. In some cases,...

Storage

- Azure Backup  CER-0286

### [Retained Azure Backup Data After Resource Decommissioning](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/retained-azure-backup-data-after-resource-decommissioning)

A protected resource (such as a virtual machine, database, or file share) is decommissioned without explicitly stopping backup protection. In these cases, Azure Backup keeps applying the retention policy to older recovery points, but the...

Storage

- Azure Backup  CER-0446

### [Daily Full Backups for SQL Server and SAP HANA Databases in Azure VMs](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/daily-full-backups-for-sql-server-and-sap-hana-databases-in-azure-vms)

Azure Backup protects SQL Server and SAP HANA databases running in Azure VMs with streaming workload backups: full, differential (and for HANA, incremental) and log backups written to a Recovery Services vault. When a SQL Server backup...

Storage

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