Generally Available: Vaulted backup for Azure Files (Premium)

Announcing the General availability of vaulted backup for Azure Files shares premium! Azure Backup brings vaulted protection to Azure Files shares premium, to ensure business continuity and compliance, even in the face of accidental deletion, malicious activity, or ransomware. Vaulted backup provides you a secure, off-site copy of your data that’s independent of the source account. Key capabilities of vaulted backups: * Off-site protection: Maintain an independent copy of data in the vault, enabling recovery even if the source account is lost or compromised. Restore to the original or an alternate account. * Deletion and attack resilience: Isolated backups safeguard against accidental deletion, insider threats, and ransomware, ensuring continuity of operations. * Automated and flexible backups: Define schedules for daily/weekly protection or trigger on-demand backups as needed. * Long-term retention: Store backup data for up to 99 years to address compliance and archival requirements. * Security-first design: Safeguards such as soft-delete, immutability, encryption, and multi-user authorization protect vault data against tampering or misuse. [Learn more](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-azure-files?tabs=recovery-services-vault).