Announcing the general availability (GA) of a 1-hour backup frequency for

## Feature Feature * Announcing the general availability (GA) of a 1-hour backup frequency for Compute Engine instances to support mission-critical workloads requiring a lower RPO. * Backup and DR Service now supports Shielded VMs during the restore process, meaning no changes to org policies are required, maintaining a continuous security posture. * You can now take application-consistent backups of disk data, enabling the execution of custom pre- and post-scripts. This allows databases and filesystems to be paused or flushed to disk properly before the backup, ensuring a consistent and usable state upon recovery. **Note:** This capability is available through Google Cloud CLI, Terraform, and API only. ## Feature Feature Filestore enhanced backups are now generally available (GA). Enhanced backups are managed and stored by Backup and DR Service and provide immutable and indelible backups through backup vault, fine grained scheduling, backup protection against source instance deletion and centralized monitoring and reporting. For more information on protecting Filestore instances using Backup and DR Service, see[Back up Filestore instances to a backup vault](https://cloud.google.com/backup-disaster-recovery/docs/cloud-console/filestore/filestore-instance-backup).