Storage

Today, we are excited to announce that Instant recovery of files and folders from Azure VM backups by Azure Backup is now generally available (GA).

Azure Files offers fully managed file shares in the cloud through the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. This is the predominantly used file share protocol for on-premises Windows use cases.

Azure increases the maximum size and performance of Azure Disks. We are excited to announce the maximum disk sizes for both Premium and Standard storage.

Today, we are excited to announce Azure Storage Service Encryption (SSE) with keys managed by Microsoft for Managed Disks.

Use Azure Backup to backup Windows Server System State directly to Azure and protect Active Directory, File-Server and Web Server roles for comprehensive disaster recovery!

As we approach Consensus 2017, it is with great pleasure that we announce support for complex blockchain network deployments for many more blockchain and distributed ledger protocols on Azure, including HyperLedger Fabric, R3 Corda, Quorum, Chain Core, and BlockApps, to further our goal and meet

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Azure File Storage is a service that offers shared File Storage for any OS that implements the supported SMB Protocol. Since GA we supported both Windows and Linux.

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Use Azure Backup’s Backup Pre-Checks to identify and resolve Azure VM config issues to ensure successful backups

Enable backup of VMs with Managed Disks using Azure Backup

Today, I am excited to announce the general availability of Managed Disks. With this PaaS-like support, you no longer need to be concerned with the complexity of storage management nor worry about storage as you scale.