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September 2023

Sep 14

General availability: Selective Disk Backup and Restore in Enhanced Policy for Azure VM Backup

NOW AVAILABLE

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

  • Azure Backup
  • Virtual Machines
  • Features
Sep 14

Preview: Cross Region Restore (CRR) for Recovery Services Agent (MARS) using Azure Backup

IN PREVIEW

Cross Region Restore for Recovery Services Agent for Azure Backup customers is now supported and is available for preview in all Azure public regions.

  • Azure Backup
  • Features
Sep 14

General availability: Azure Backup support for Azure Files in China North2, China East 2, China North 3, and China East 3

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2023

Azure Backup now supports Azure Files in China North2, China East 2, China North 3, and China East 3

  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Security
  • Features
Sep 13

General Availability: Azure SQL updates for mid-September 2023

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2023

General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-September 2023

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features

August 2023

Aug 30

Public Preview: Universal geo restore on Azure Database for MySQL- Flexible Server

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q3 2023

Restore Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server to any Azure supported region.

  • Azure Database for MySQL flexible servers
  • Features
Aug 22

Generally available: Cross Subscription Restore for Azure Virtual Machines

NOW AVAILABLE

Cross Subscription Restore support for Azure VM is generally available.

  • Services
Aug 15

Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Cloud Backup for Virtual Machines

IN PREVIEW

Azure NetApp Files datastores now supports Cloud Backup for Virtual Machines in preview

  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Azure VMware Solution
  • Services
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
Aug 14

Public Preview: Azure Backup now supports Cross Region Restore for PostgreSQL backups

IN PREVIEW

Cross Region Restore for PostgreSQL backups fore Azure Backup customers is now supported and is available in multiple public regions.

  • Azure Backup
  • Features

July 2023

Jul 18

Public Preview : Crash Consistent VM Restore points

IN PREVIEW

For Azure partners and customers seeking to develop business continuity and disaster recovery solutions, crash-consistent VM restore points serve as feature-rich building blocks, offering an agentless solution available natively on the Azure platform.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Linux Virtual Machines
  • Managed Disks
  • Features
Jul 3

General availability: Azure Archive Storage now available in Sweden Central

NOW AVAILABLE

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

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

June 2023

Jun 6

Generally available: Multiple backups per day for Azure Virtual Machines

NOW AVAILABLE

Protect Azure Virtual Machines with Recovery Point Objective (RPO) as low as four hours.

  • Azure Backup
  • Features

May 2023

May 24

Public preview: Soft delete of Recovery Points for Azure Backup

IN PREVIEW

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.

  • Azure Backup
  • Security
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
May 23

Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB all versions and deletes change feed mode

IN PREVIEW

The new all versions and deletes mode for change feed allows you to read item creates, updates, and deletes that occurred within the continuous backup period configured on your account.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
May 23

Public preview: New features in Azure Container Storage

IN PREVIEW

Azure Container Storage, a unique storage provisioning and management service built natively for containers, is introducing several new features in preview.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
May 23

Public Preview: In-Account restore for continuous backup accounts

IN PREVIEW

Customers can restore the deleted database and containers in the same continuous backup account.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
May 17

Azure Backup Reports now includes support for more workloads

NOW AVAILABLE

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

  • Management
May 15

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

IN PREVIEW

Azure Backup support for confidential VMs using Customer Managed Keys

  • Features
May 11

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

NOW AVAILABLE

AzAcSnap Version 8 Release

  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Services
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features
May 3

Generally Available: Azure Backup Server V4

NOW AVAILABLE

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

April 2023

Apr 26

Public Preview : Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL Data Encryption with Customer Managed Keys

IN PREVIEW

Data encryption with customer-managed keys (CMK) for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL allows you to bring your own key for data protection at rest.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features

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