Azure Backup adds Item-Level Recovery for Premium SSDv2 and Ultra Disks

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:11:23 +0000

Platform/SRE — Plan: If you run Azure VMs on Premium SSDv2 or Ultra disks, this GA feature enables granular file/folder recovery rather than full-disk restores — worth adopting this quarter if ILR was previously a gap in your backup strategy.
CI/CD — Skip
Leader — Skip
Signals: GA announcement

GCP Sept 16: Filestore small-tier GA, Backup preview, BigQuery migration preview

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:22:47 +0000

Platform/SRE — Learn: Filestore small-capacity Regional tier reaching GA is worth noting for dev/test storage workloads; the auto-protection backup policy feature is Preview only, capping it at Learn.
CI/CD — Skip
Leader — Skip
Signals: GA announcement