Generally Availability: AzAcSnap 11 — Azure Application Consistent Snapshot Tool Updates
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Version 11 of the AzAcSnap tool is now generally available. [Azure Application Consistent Snapshot Tool](https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flearn.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fazure%2Fazure-netapp-files%2Fazacsnap-introduction&data=05%7C01%7Cjiteshmani%40microsoft.com%7C73458b3b3faf46d0041008dae83f62d4%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C638077656189650675%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=4dDeM%2BGAyFtKy2GZHWQv11QXpm80q%2BZxWHvyfPJKUsg%3D&reserved=0) (AzAcSnap) is a command-line tool that enables customers to simplify data protection for third-party databases in Linux and Windows environments. AzAcSnap 11 introduces the following new capabilities and improvements:
* Features moved to GA (generally available):
* Microsoft SQL Server 2022 on Windows.
* Dependency updates:
* Updated to .NET 8( List of supported operation systems [.NET 8 - Supported OS versions](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/8.0/supported-os.md).)
* Azure SDK updated to Track 2 (latest security and significant performance improvements).
* Fixes and Improvements:
* (NEW) Configurable Data Volume backup attempts
* Backup (-c backup) changes: Storage snapshot retention management is now performed after the database exits "backup-mode" to minimize the duration the database remains in a "backup-enabled" state.