Azure updates

Azure Backup Reports now includes support for more workloads

Azure Backup Reports now includes support for more workloads: Azure Database for PostgreSQL Servers, Azure Blobs and Azure Disks.

• Management

Private preview: Azure Backup support for confidential VMs using Customer Managed Keys

Azure Backup support for confidential VMs using Customer Managed Keys

• Features

General Availability: AzAcSnap 8 — Azure Application Consistent Snapshot tool updates

AzAcSnap Version 8 Release

• Azure NetApp Files
• Services
• SDK and Tools
• Features

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.

• Azure Backup
• Features

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.

• Azure Backup
• Management

Azure CycleCloud 8.4.0 release

Target availability: Q2 2023

We’re excited to announce the release of CycleCloud 8.4.0. Here is the list of the improvements and bug fixes: New Features • Slurm 3.0 is now supported o Support for dynamic nodes, and dynamic partitions via dynamic nodearrays, supporting both single and multiple VM sizes o New slurm versions 23.02 and 22.05.8 o Cost reporting via azslurm CLI o azslurm cli based autoscaler o Ubuntu 20 support o Removed need for topology plugin, and therefore also any submit plugin • Encryption-At-Host is now supported • Added Event Log for auditing storage credentials • Cluster usage schema now includes VM size details • New regions supported for pricing, including Poland, Sweden, and Jio India Resolved Issues • VMSS which were removed outside of CycleCloud could trigger a null-pointer exception. • Users were not able to interact with checkboxes in forms • node.json was not parsed using utf-8 encoding on Windows • Pricing for Ultra disks was not collected correctly • VMs using Ultra disks failed to be created if there was no price information • Restoring from backup sometimes picked an older version to restore from • Restoring from backup did not work if port 80/443 were in use • LSF example template was broken • In certain cases, nodes could be added to the cluster but not counted against the limits • Users were not able to change their password • CVE-2021-43980 is mitigated Here’s a link to the release notes in our public documentation: Release Notes v8.4.0 - Azure CycleCloud | Microsoft Learn UPGRADING CYCLECLOUD Please follow these links depending on the customer’s configuration:  Upgrading on Debian or Ubuntu  Upgrading on Enterprise Linux (RHEL) clones  Upgrading from the Microsoft Download center More info: Upgrade or Migrate - Azure CycleCloud | Microsoft Docs QUESTIONS? Please feel free to reach out at askcyclecloud@microsoft.com, or the AskCycleCloud Teams channel

• Open Source

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.

• Azure Backup
• Management

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

• Azure Backup
• Retirements

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.

• Azure Backup
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Features

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
• Security
• Management
• Features

Private Preview: Azure Backup enables vaulted backups for Azure Files for comprehensive data protection.

Target availability: Q1 2023

You can now transfer the backups of Azure Files to the vault to get complete protection against various data loss scenarios.

• Azure Files
• Security
• Features

Public Preview: Azure Backup enables vaulted backups for Azure Blob for comprehensive data protection.

Target availability: Q1 2023

Enable scheduled backups for Azure Blob using Azure Backup to ensure business continuity and recovery from inadvertent or malicious deletion or ransomware attacks.

• 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 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.

• Azure Backup
• Security
• Management
• Features

General availability: Encryption using CMK for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server

Use infrastructure encryption to add an additional layer of encryption for data at rest using customer-managed keys.

• Azure Database for PostgreSQL
• Open Source
• Regions & Datacenters
• Features