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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.
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.
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.
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.
September 2022
Public preview: Expanded feature regional availability for Azure NetApp Files backup
Regional coverage has expanded for Azure NetApp Files backup.
Generally available: Reserved capacity for Azure Backup Storage
Reserved capacity for Azure Backup Storage is now available.
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.
August 2022
Azure StorSimple 8000/1200 series will no longer be supported starting 31st December 2022
Target retirement date: December 31, 2022
Updated announcement for Azure StorSimple 8000/1200 series end of life.
July 2022
Public preview: Enhanced experience to opt in to improved backup alerting
Move to Azure Monitor based alerts for Azure Backup with just a few clicks.
General availability: Azure Archive Storage now available in South Africa North
Reduce spending by storing rarely accessed data to Azure Archive Storage, now in new regions.
Limited preview: Smart tiering to vault-archive tier for Azure Backup
You can now configure your backup policy to move all your eligible and recommended recovery points to vault-archive tier for Azure Virtual Machines, SQL Server/SAP HANA in Azure Virtual Machines.
June 2022
Generally available: Azure Backup multi-user authorisation for recovery services vaults
Multi-user authorisation for Backup provides enhanced protection for your backup data in recovery services vaults against unauthorised critical operations.
General availability: Feature general availability and feature expansion of regional availability
Various Azure NetApp Files features have reached general availability and regional coverage has been expanded for Azure NetApp Files cross-region replication.
May 2022
General availability: Azure Backup supports backup of Write Accelerator enabled disks
Target availability: Q2 2022
Azure Virtual Machine backup protects Write Accelerator enabled disks
General availability: Azure Backup support for trusted launch Azure Virtual Machines
Target availability: Q2 2022
Configure backup of your trusted launch Azure Virtual Machines through enhanced policy
April 2022
General availability: Azure Archive Storage now available in Switzerland North
Reduce spending by storing cold data to Azure Archive Storage, now in new regions.
General availability: Azure Backup now supports vault-archive tier for Azure VMs
Azure Backup now provides the capability to move long term retention (LTR) recovery points to low-cost archive tier for Azure Virtual Machines.
Public preview: Azure Backup supports metrics and metric alerts for Azure Blobs
You can now monitor the restore job health of your backed up blobs via Azure Monitor metrics and write custom alert rules on these metrics.
March 2022
Generally available: Azure Backup protects Azure Files snapshots via lease feature integration
Azure Backup now acquires a lease on the snapshots taken by scheduled/on-demand backup jobs.
February 2022
Generally available: Utilise multiple backups per day for Azure Files in Azure Backup
Target availability: Q1 2022
The feature that allows you to configure multiple backups per day for Azure Files via backup policy is now generally available.
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