Azure Update Story

Update's chronological storyline in context of the previous updates, related to the referenced services
Date Services Event / Source Title / Link / Storyline
Apr 18 2025
13:00:53 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Backup enables vaulted backup for Azure Data Lake Storage for comprehensive data protection
Apr 16 2025
18:00:13 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Backup for AKS Now Supports Azure File Share-based Persistent Volumes
Apr 10 2025
09:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Use Service Principals to create shortcuts to ADLS Gen2 storage accounts with trusted access
Apr 08 2025
17:00:16 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Threat Detection in Azure Backup Powered by MDC
Apr 07 2025
13:00:00 UTC
GA
Microsoft Fabric Blog
OPENROWSET function in Fabric Data Warehouse (Generally Available)
Mar 26 2025
18:15:48 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Long-Term Backup Retention for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Mar 20 2025
15:45:00 UTC
GA
Azure Storage Blog
General Availability: Vaulted backup for Azure Files - Boost your data security and compliance
Mar 04 2025
20:30:56 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Vaulted Backup Support for Azure Files Standard Shares
Feb 28 2025
11:45:16 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Vaulted Backups by Azure Backup for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server in 5 Regions
Feb 12 2025
09:00:00 UTC
Preview
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Fabric OPENROWSET function (Preview)
Feb 12 2025
09:00:00 UTC
Preview
Microsoft Fabric Blog
BULK INSERT in Fabric Data Warehouse (Preview)
Jan 17 2025
17:15:39 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Customer Managed Unplanned Failover for Azure Data Lake Storage and SSH File Transfer Protocol
Dec 11 2024
04:00:45 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Vaulted backup for AKS
Nov 22 2024
18:00:20 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Regional Disaster Recovery by Azure Backup for AKS
Nov 22 2024
08:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Fabric Data Factory now supports writing data in Iceberg format via Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 Connector in Data pipeline
Nov 19 2024
20:14:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Storage Blog
Achieve Enhanced Security for Azure Backup with Advancements in Soft Delete and Immutability
Nov 19 2024
20:13:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Storage Blog
Azure Backup: Protect SAP workloads (SAP HANA, SAP ASE and SQL) delivers more value with lower TCO
Nov 19 2024
17:00:35 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Immutable WORM Storage for Backups in Azure Recovery Services Vaults
Nov 19 2024
17:00:35 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Secure by default with vault soft delete for Azure Backup
Nov 19 2024
14:12:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Storage Blog
Azure Backup for AKS: Elevating Compliance and Cyber Resilience for Cloud Native Applications
Nov 13 2024
18:45:27 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
TLS 1.2 to become the minimum TLS version for Azure Storage
Oct 24 2024
07:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Immutable WORM Storage for Backups in Azure Recovery Services Vaults
Oct 24 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Immutable WORM Storage for Backups in Azure Recovery Services Vaults
Oct 17 2024
07:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
GRS and CRR support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disk in Azure Backup
Oct 17 2024
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
GRS and CRR support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disk in Azure Backup
Oct 03 2024
07:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Switch to Azure Business Continuity Center for at scale BCDR management
Oct 03 2024
07:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Backup- Reduced Protected Instance Fee for SAP HANA Backup
Oct 03 2024
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Backup- Reduced Protected Instance Fee for SAP HANA Backup
Oct 03 2024
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Switch to Azure Business Continuity Center for at scale BCDR management
Sep 19 2024
06:45:05 UTC
Notice
Azure Storage Blog
Azure Backup-SAP HANA DB Backup Delivers More Value at Lower TCO with Reduced Protected Instance Fee
Sep 16 2024
07:29:03 UTC
Notice
Azure Storage Blog
Switch to Azure Business Continuity Center for your at scale BCDR management needs
Aug 22 2024
07:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Customer managed planned failover for Azure Storage
Aug 16 2024
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Cross Region Restore of SQL and HANA database backups from a vault with Private Endpoints enabled
Aug 01 2024
16:12:25 UTC
GA
General Availability: Vaulted backups for Azure Blob Storage
Aug 01 2024
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Blob Storage Lifecycle Management now supports improved control on archiving
Jul 20 2024
09:01:07 UTC
Notice
Azure Compute Blog
Recovery options for Azure Virtual Machines (VM) affected by CrowdStrike Falcon agent
Jul 11 2024
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Backup and restore of virtual machines with private endpoint enabled disks
Jul 11 2024
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Encryption using Customer Managed Keys for Backup Vaults
Jul 05 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Backup for Elastic SAN
Jun 27 2024
23:11:32 UTC
Preview
Azure Backup for Elastic SAN
May 22 2024
07:22:55 UTC
Notice
Monitor effectively using Azure Monitor for Azure Site Recovery
May 22 2024
06:15:24 UTC
Preview
Preview: Introducing Reporting Capabilities for Azure Site Recovery
May 19 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Migrate virtual machine backups using standard backup policy to enhanced backup policy
Apr 08 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Backup and restore of virtual machines with private endpoint enabled disks
Apr 01 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Backup enables vaulted backups for Azure Files for comprehensive data protection.
Apr 01 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Backup supports long term retention for backup of Azure Database for MySQL– Flexible Server
Mar 25 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Agentless multi-disk crash consistent backup by Azure Backup for VM
Mar 19 2024
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Health Data Services DICOM service with Azure Data Lake Storage
Feb 20 2024
08:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Introducing Azure Storage Actions: Serverless storage data management
Feb 20 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Storage Actions — Serverless storage data management
Feb 20 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Regional Disaster Recovery by Azure Backup for AKS
Feb 19 2024
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Backup
Feb 19 2024
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Support for Azure VMs using Ultra disks in Azure Backup
Jan 31 2024
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Support for Cross Region Restore for PostgreSQL backups
Jan 30 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Business Continuity Center is now available in all regions
Jan 29 2024
05:33:04 UTC
Notice
Azure Storage Blog
Business Continuity with ABCC: Part 5: Monitoring protection
Jan 19 2024
06:10:22 UTC
Notice
Azure Storage Blog
Protecting Azure VM against Zonal/Regional outages using Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup
Jan 15 2024
05:06:24 UTC
Notice
Azure Storage Blog
Business Continuity with ABCC: Part 4: optimize security configuration
Dec 18 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Store and manage medical imaging data with Azure Data Lake Storage (Preview)
Dec 05 2023
10:26:34 UTC
Notice
Azure Storage Blog
Business Continuity with ABCC: Part 1: Understand Protection Estate Summary
Nov 22 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
General Availability - Azure Backup for AKS
Nov 21 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Encryption using Customer Managed Keys for Backup Vaults
Nov 15 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Long Term Retention for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Nov 15 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Backup supports long term retention for backup of Azure Database for PostgreSQL– Flexible Server
Nov 01 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
TLS 1.2 to become the minimum TLS version for Azure Storage
Oct 25 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Built-in Azure Monitor alerts for Azure Site Recovery
Oct 11 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Regional Disaster Recovery by Azure Backup for AKS
Oct 03 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Enhanced soft delete for Azure Backup
Sep 14 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
General availability: Azure Backup support for Azure Files in China North2, China East 2, China North 3, and China East 3
Sep 14 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Preview: Cross Region Restore (CRR) for Recovery Services Agent (MARS) using Azure Backup
Sep 14 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
General availability: Selective Disk Backup and Restore in Enhanced Policy for Azure VM Backup
Sep 14 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Preview: Save Azure Backup Recovery Services Agent (MARS) passphrase to Azure Key Vault
Sep 23 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Unlock cost savings and maximize value with new Azure infrastructure innovation
Apr 30 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Cross Region Restore (CRR) for Azure Virtual Machines using Azure Backup
Apr 29 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Azure Files share snapshot management by Azure Backup is now generally available
Apr 23 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Optimize cost and performance with Query Acceleration for Azure Data Lake Storage
Mar 19 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Filesystem SDKs for Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 now generally available
Mar 04 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Announcements Blog
Announcing preview of Backup Reports
Feb 05 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Announcements Blog
Backup Explorer now available in preview
Dec 03 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Extended filesystem programming capabilities in Azure Data Lake Storage
Dec 02 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
SAP HANA backup using Azure Backup is now generally available
Nov 26 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Multi-protocol access on Data Lake Storage now generally available
Nov 04 2019
13:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Data Share is now in GA!
Oct 03 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Announcements Blog
Introducing the preview of direct-upload to Azure managed disks
Jul 18 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Silo busting 2.0—Multi-protocol access for Azure Data Lake Storage
Jun 26 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Event-driven analytics with Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
May 07 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Introducing new product innovations for SAP HANA, Expanded AI collaboration with SAP and more
Apr 25 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Announcing Azure Backup support to move Recovery Services vaults
Mar 18 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Azure Backup for SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machines now generally available!
Feb 14 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Under the hood: Performance, scale, security for cloud analytics with ADLS Gen2
Feb 07 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Individually great, collectively unmatched: Announcing updates to 3 great Azure Data Services
Sep 24 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Announcements Blog
Introducing the public preview of larger Managed Disks sizes
Apr 19 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Azure Backup now supports storage accounts secured with Azure Storage Firewalls and Virtual Networks