A solid database backup plan is just as critical in the cloud as it is on-premise, but running SQL Server on Azure virtual machine introduces a few new issues. Presented by Datavail's Andy McDermid ...

Database backups and restores are key to developing a secure environment for users’ information. A trusted backup plan is a requirement for on-premise and cloud instances. SQL Server database backups ...

To be able to discover databases on this VM, Azure Backup creates the account NT SERVICE\AzureWLBackupPluginSvc. This account is used for backup and restore and requires SQL sysadmin permissions.