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Generally available: Multiple backups per day for Azure Virtual Machines
Protect Azure Virtual Machines with Recovery Point Objective (RPO) as low as four hours.
May 2023
Public preview: Soft delete of Recovery Points for Azure Backup
Azure Backup's soft delete of recovery points allows you to recover any recovery points that may have been accidentally or maliciously deleted owing to operations that could lead to deletion of one or more recovery points.
Public preview: New features in Azure Container Storage
Azure Container Storage, a unique storage provisioning and management service built natively for containers, is introducing several new features in preview.
General Availability: AzAcSnap 8 — Azure Application Consistent Snapshot tool updates
AzAcSnap Version 8 Release
Generally Available: Azure Backup Server V4
V4 is the latest upgrade for Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS). Azure Backup Server can now be installed on Windows Server 2022 with SQL Server 2022 as its database. MABS V4 brings key enhancements in the areas of workload support, performance and security.
April 2023
Public Preview: Support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Backup
Target availability: Q2 2023
Public preview for the support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Backup.
Public Preview: Support for Azure VMs using Ultra disks in Azure Backup
Target availability: Q2 2023
Public preview for the support for Azure VMs using Ultra disks in Azure Backup.
March 2023
Transition to built-in Azure Monitor alerts for Recovery Services vaults in Azure Backup by 31 March 2026
Target retirement date: March 31, 2026
Classic alerts for Azure Backup will be retired on 31 March, 2026
Public Preview - Backup for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Backup is announcing public preview of Backup for AKS allowing customers to protect their applications by providing ability to backup and restore AKS clusters.
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.
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.
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.
February 2023
Azure Backup: Enhanced experience for creating and managing private endpoints for Recovery Services vaults is now available
Azure Backup now provides an improved experience for creating and using private endpoints for your Recovery Services vaults.
January 2023
General Availability: AzAcSnap 7 — Azure Application Consistent Snapshot tool updates
AzAcSnap Version 7 Release
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 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…
November 2022
General Availability of Cross Zonal Restore of Azure Virtual Machines from Azure Backup
Cross Zonal Restore for Azure Virtual Machines helps to restore to any zone of your choice.
Private preview: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Backup
Azure Backup is announcing private preview of AKS Backup providing ability to backup and restore AKS clusters.
October 2022
General availability: Zone-redundant storage support by Azure Backup
Target availability: Q4 2022
Azure Backup enables you to configure cost-efficient backups while meeting your data residency requirements.
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.
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