Azure updates

Public Preview: Selective Disk Backup and Restore in Enhanced Policy for Azure VM Backup

Target availability: Q1 2023

We are adding the “Selective Disk Backup and Restore” capability in Enhanced Policy of Azure VM Backup.

• Azure Backup
• Virtual Machines
• Features

Generally available: Immutable vaults for Azure Backup

Target availability: Q1 2023

Immutable vaults help you protect your backups against threats like ransomware attacks and malicious actors by ensuring that your backup data cannot be deleted before its intended expiry time.

• Azure Backup
• Management
• Security
• Features

General availability: Azure Archive Storage now available in West US 3

Reduce spending by storing rarely accessed data to Azure Archive Storage, now in new regions.

• Archive Storage
• Storage Accounts
• Azure Blob Storage
• Azure Data Lake Storage
• Features

Azure VM backup: General availability updates for Dec, 2022

Azure VM backup now takes a SQL COPY_ONLY_FULL snapshots in SQL Virtual machines to avoid reset of Log sequence numbers and reduce snapshot delays

• Azure Backup
• Management
• Services

Azure Backup for SAP HANA: General availability updates for Dec 2022

In Dec 2022, the following updates and enhancements were made for Azure Backup for SAP HANA – a backint certified database backup solution for SAP HANA databases in Azure VMs.Long term retention for…

• Azure Backup
• Management
• Services
• Features

Private preview: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Backup

Azure Backup is announcing private preview of AKS Backup providing ability to backup and restore AKS clusters.

• Azure Backup
• Features

Public preview: Enhanced soft delete for Azure Backup

Enhanced soft delete helps you recover your backup data after it has been deleted, giving you protection against data loss scenarios like ransomwares, malicious actors, and accidental deletes.

• Azure Backup
• Management
• Microsoft Ignite
• Security
• Features

Public preview: Multi-user authorisation for Backup vaults

Multi-user authorisation provides enhanced protection for your backup data against unauthorised critical operations.

• Azure Backup
• Management
• Microsoft Ignite
• Security
• Features

Public preview: Immutable vaults for Azure Backup

Immutable vaults helps you protect your backups against threats like ransomware attacks and malicious actors by ensuring that your backup data cannot be deleted before its intended expiry time.

• Azure Backup
• Management
• Microsoft Ignite
• Security
• Features

General availability: Azure NetApp Files application volume group for SAP HANA

With Azure NetApp Files application volume group (AVG) for SAP HANA, you are able to deploy all volumes required to install and operate an SAP HANA system according to best practices.

• Azure NetApp Files
• Features

Public preview: Support for HANA System Replication in Azure Backup for HANA

Now, if a HANA database fails over with HANA System Replication, backups are automatically continued from the new primary, with Azure Backup for HANA.

• Azure Backup
• Microsoft Ignite
• Services
• Features

Public preview: Support for HANA Instance snapshot integrated with backint logs

Protect your large HANA databases in Azure Virtual Machines and recover them instantly with Azure Backup for HANA backint certified solution which now supports HANA snapshots.

• Azure Backup
• Microsoft Ignite
• Services
• Features

Generally available: Reserved capacity for Azure Backup Storage

Reserved capacity for Azure Backup Storage is now available.

• Azure Backup
• Features
• Pricing & Offerings

Generally available: Built-in Azure Monitor alerts for Azure Backup

Learn about the new and improved alerting capabilities offered for Azure Backup, via Azure Monitor.

• Azure Backup
• Azure Monitor
• Management