You can also execute common commands from the shortcut. Pin to dashboard is a way of creating a shortcut to the vault or item. There are 'tips' in both procedures that point out how to add the vault and vault item to the Azure dashboard by using the Pin to dashboard command. The following procedure shows you how to open the vault dashboard and then continue to the vault item dashboard. However, because vaults can be used to protect multiple items (or multiple virtual machines), to view the details about a particular virtual machine, you need to open the vault item dashboard. Many management tasks with a virtual machine backup begins with opening the vault in the dashboard. number of virtual machines that are protected with the vault.

the most recent backup snapshot, which is also the latest restore point.In the Azure portal, the Recovery Services vault dashboard provides access to information about the vault including: Access vaults and protected virtual machines For a primer on protecting Azure Resource Manager-deployed VMs in Azure with a Recovery Services vault, see First look: Back up VMs to a Recovery Services vault. This article does not cover the creation of virtual machines, nor does it explain how to protect virtual machines. The guidance in this article applies to using VMs with Recovery Services vaults. This article provides guidance on how to manage the backups for your virtual machines (VM), as well as explain the backup information available in the portal dashboard. Manage and monitor Azure virtual machine backups

Back up virtual machines