Generally Availability: AzAcSnap 11 — Azure Application Consistent Snapshot Tool Updates

Version 11 of the AzAcSnap tool is now generally available. Azure Application Consistent Snapshot Tool (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.)
• 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.