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azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files single file restore from backup

Azure Updates

2025-11-20

Azure NetApp Files now generally available: single file restore from backups lets you recover individual files from an Azure NetApp Files backup vault without restoring the entire volume, reducing time and cost.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure SQL Database long-term retention (LTR) backup immutability

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure SQL Database now generally supports immutability for long-term retention (LTR) backups. When immutability is enabled, LTR backups cannot be modified or deleted until their configured retention period expires, helping organizations meet compliance and protect backups from deletion or ransomware.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Threat Detection in Azure Backup powered by MDC

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure Backup is in public preview with threat detection for Azure VM backups, powered by Microsoft Defender for Cloud (MDC). The feature lets customers assess the health of VM backup restore points by identifying malicious indicators within restore points.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Vaulted Backup for Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS)

Azure Updates

2025-11-11

Azure Backup’s vaulted protection for ADLS Gen2 is now generally available, providing secure, off‑site, independent backups of Data Lake Storage to help organizations meet resilience and compliance requirements.

October (2)

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Instant Access Snapshots for Azure Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disks Storage

Azure Updates

2025-10-30

Azure announced a Public Preview of Instant Access Snapshots for Premium SSD v2 (Pv2) and Ultra Disks, allowing immediate restore of new disks from snapshots and providing high-performance restore disks.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Introducing Vaulted Backup for Azure Data Lake Storage

Azure Updates

2025-10-09

Microsoft announced the Public Preview of Vaulted Backup for Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS). Azure Backup now supports vaulted protection for ADLS, providing secure off‑site backups to help ensure business continuity and compliance and to protect data from accidental deletion.

September (2)

k8s: Announcing Changed Block Tracking API support (alpha)

Kubernetes Official Blog

2025-09-25

Kubernetes announces alpha support for a Changed Block Tracking API that lets CSI drivers report allocated and changed blocks between snapshots to enable faster, incremental backups for block volumes. The feature requires a SnapshotMetadataService CRD, an external-snapshot-metadata sidecar, and CSI SnapshotMetadata gRPC RPCs (GetMetadataAllocated and GetMetadataDelta) with streaming responses.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Vaulted backup for Azure Files (Premium)

Azure Updates

2025-09-22

Azure Backup now offers generally available vaulted backups for Azure Files premium shares, providing vault-based protection to help ensure business continuity and compliance.