Even in cases when there is no configured geo-redundancy for server, it is highly recommended to configure the server to use two different key vaults in two different regions with the same key material. The key in the secondary key vault in the other region should not be marked as TDE protector, and it's not even allowed. If there is an outage affecting the primary key vault, and only then, the system will automatically switch to the other linked key with the same thumbprint in the secondary key vault, if it exists. Note though that switch will not happen if TDE protector is inaccessible because of revoked access rights, or because key or key vault is deleted, as it may indicate that customer intentionally wanted to restrict server from accessing the key.Providing the same key material to two key vaults in different regions can be done by creating the key outside of the key vault, and importing them into both key vaults.
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