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# Storage accounts should have geo-redundant storage enabled
 
## Description{% #description %}

Geo-redundant storage (GRS) replicates data to a geographically separate secondary region, providing high availability against regional outages. Storage accounts without geo-replication risk permanent data loss if the primary region experiences a catastrophic failure.

Enabling geo-redundant storage increases costs due to cross-region data replication. Evaluate cost against business continuity requirements when remediating.

## Remediation{% #remediation %}

In the Azure portal, change the storage account redundancy to a geo-redundant option (GRS, RA-GRS, GZRS, or RA-GZRS) under the **Data management** > **Redundancy** settings. See [Azure Storage redundancy](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-redundancy).