Generally Available: Azure File Sync Arc Extension

Generally Available: Azure File Sync Arc Extension

• Azure File Sync Arc Extension is now generally available, enabling seamless deployment and management of Azure File Sync on Arc-enabled Windows Servers. This extension brings hybrid file sync capabilities to a broader range of on-premises and multi-cloud environments. With it, you can install the latest Azure File Sync agent directly from the Azure Portal, PowerShell, or CLI. The extension supports Windows Server 2012 R2 and later and is available in all Azure File Sync regions at no additional cost.

Generally Available: Agentless multi-disk crash consistent backup for Azure VMs

• Azure Backup support for agentless multi-disk crash consistent backups for Azure Virtual Machines is now Generally Available.
• Agentless multi-disk crash consistent backups for Azure VM allows you to take VM backups without installing additional software like the VM agent or snapshot extension in your VM. If your workload is performance sensitive and can recover from crash consistent backups, this feature can help reduce the quiesce time during backup. You can also use this feature if your operating system is not supported for application or file-system consistent backup.
• You can enable crash consistent backups by setting the Consistency Type in Backup policy for your Azure VM.