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August 2017

2 Aug

Azure Site Recovery available in US DoD and new Azure Government regions

Azure Site Recovery is now available in all Azure Government regions (US DOD Central, US DOD East, US Gov Arizona, US Gov Texas, US Gov Iowa, US Gov Virginia).

  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Regions & Datacenters

July 2017

18 Jul

Azure Site Recovery available in Korea

Korea customers can now use Azure Site Recovery to help protect their critical applications on physical and virtual infrastructures.

  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Regions & Datacenters

June 2017

30 Jun

Azure Site Recovery extends disk, configuration and Linux support

NOW AVAILABLE

To help users simplify migrations and make business continuity solutions accessible for all applications, Azure Site Recovery is extending disk size support, configuration options and Linux OS support.

  • Features
14 Jun

Azure Site Recovery between Azure regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Site Recovery will support the failover of virtual machines running on the Azure IaaS platform. The set of features you’ve used for replication and disaster recovery from on-premises to Azure is now available from one Azure region to another.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Features

May 2017

8 May

Site Recovery available in Microsoft Azure Germany

Azure Germany customers can use Azure Site Recovery to help protect critical applications on physical and virtual infrastructures.

  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Regions & Datacenters

February 2017

13 Feb

Azure Site Recovery available in five new regions

Azure Site Recovery available in Canada Central, Canada East, UK South, UK West, and West US2.

  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Regions & Datacenters

January 2017

6 Jan

Azure Site Recovery availability with Resource Manager in Azure Government

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Site Recovery is generally available in the Azure portal in the Azure Government cloud.

  • Azure Site Recovery

August 2016

12 Aug

Improved Linux support for VMware and other Site Recovery enhancements

You can help protect RHEL7.1, RHEL7.2, and CentOS 7.x servers on VMware by using Azure Site Recovery.

  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Services
  • Features

June 2016

14 Jun

Azure Site Recovery: Scout 8.0.1 Update 3 is available

An update is available for Scout 8.0.1 for Azure Site Recovery. It includes bug fixes and enhancements.

  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Features

January 2016

29 Jan

Azure Site Recovery available in Azure Government Cloud

NOW AVAILABLE

U.S. public sector customers can use Azure Site Recovery to protect critical applications on physical and virtual infrastructures.

  • Azure Site Recovery

November 2015

10 Nov

General availability: Azure SQL Database geo-replication enhancements

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure SQL Database geo-replication includes a set of powerful new features.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Services
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Compliance
  • Management
  • Features

May 2015

7 May

Azure Site Recovery supports Gen 2 VM protection in West US, North Europe, and Japan West

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Site Recovery offers the ability to protect and recover Generation 2 virtual machines to Azure in the West US, North Europe, and Japan West regions.

  • Azure Site Recovery

March 2015

26 Mar

Azure Site Recovery: Disaster recovery for VMware virtual machines and physical servers

IN PREVIEW

Azure Site Recovery enables Azure as a disaster recovery site for VMware virtual machines and physical servers.

  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Features

February 2015

18 Feb

Azure Backup increases features and supports additional DPM workloads

Azure Backup added support for an increased number of policies and long-term retention. Offline Backup uses the Azure Import service to reduce the time needed to load large backup copies. SharePoint, Exchange, and Windows client operating systems are supported DPM workloads that can be backed up to Azure.

  • Azure Backup
  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Services
  • Features

October 2014

27 Oct

Azure Site Recovery— PowerShell, WAP Integration

Service providers can easily extend, automate, and offer Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service using this update of Azure Site Recovery.

  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Features

September 2014

11 Sep

Azure Site Recovery—simplified setup and supercharged with Azure Automation integration

Get started more quickly with Azure Site Recovery and take advantage of integrated Azure Automation.

  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Features

August 2014

21 Aug

Azure Site Recovery Available In Japan East and Japan West

Azure Site Recovery is now available in Japan with the same service-level agreement coverage available in other regions worldwide.

  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Regions & Datacenters

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