# Document history for AWS Backup + **API version: **November 19, 2025 + **Latest documentation update: **July 30, 2026 The following table lists all AWS Backup launches since the launch of the service in January 2019 to present. For notifications about updates to this documentation you can subscribe to the RSS feed above. | Change | Description | Date | | --- | --- | --- | | Aurora DSQL backup and restore Regional expansion | Aurora DSQL multi-Region backup and restore support is now available in Europe (Stockholm), Europe (Spain), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), and Asia Pacific (Singapore). Aurora DSQL single-Region backup and restore support is now available in Asia Pacific (Sydney) and Asia Pacific (Melbourne). For more information, see [Amazon Aurora DSQL backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-aurora.html). | July 30, 2026 | | Restore testing Regional expansion | Restore testing is now available in Asia Pacific (Taipei), Asia Pacific (New Zealand), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Asia Pacific (Thailand), Canada West (Calgary), Israel (Tel Aviv), and Mexico (Central). For more information, see [Feature availability by Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-feature-availability.html#features-by-region). | July 14, 2026 | | Aurora DSQL multi-Region backup and restore Regional expansion | Aurora DSQL multi-Region backup and restore support is now available in Canada West (Calgary) and Canada (Central). For more information, see [Amazon Aurora DSQL backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-aurora.html). | July 10, 2026 | | Aurora DSQL single-Region backup and restore Regional expansion | Aurora DSQL single-Region backup and restore support is now available in Europe (Spain), Canada (Central), and Canada West (Calgary). For more information, see [Supported services by Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-feature-availability.html#supported-services-by-region). | July 10, 2026 | | Aurora DSQL single-Region backup and restore Regional expansion | Aurora DSQL single-Region backup and restore support is now available in Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Europe (Stockholm), and South America (São Paulo). For more information, see [Supported services by Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-feature-availability.html#supported-services-by-region). | May 4, 2026 | | Added documentation for tagging existing recovery points | Added a new section describing how to add, modify, and remove tags on existing recovery points using the console and AWS CLI. For more information, see [Add or remove tags on existing recovery points](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/tagging-recovery-points.html). | April 30, 2026 | | Amazon EKS support for logically air-gapped vaults | AWS Backup now supports backup, copy, and restore functionality for Amazon EKS clusters to logically air-gapped vaults. | March 12, 2026 | | AWS Backup updates Amazon RDS PITR workflow | AWS Backup uses snapshot-based backups for Amazon RDS instances, when PITR is enabled for the first time, until the next maintenance window to avoid an immediate instance restart. PITR is automatically enabled after maintenance completes. When PITR is disabled, the change is scheduled for your maintenance window. You may continue to incur backup storage costs until the maintenance window applies the change. For more information, see [Point-in-time recovery](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/point-in-time-recovery.html) and [Stopping point-in-time recovery](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/point-in-time-recovery-stopping.html). | February 26, 2026 | | Cross-Region snapshot copying support for logically air-gapped vault | Amazon Aurora, Amazon DocumentDB, and Amazon Neptune now support cross-Region snapshot copying to logically air-gapped vaults. | February 12, 2026 | | AWS Backup Regional expansion | AWS Backup, along with many of its features, is now available in AWS European Sovereign Cloud (Germany). For more information, see [Feature availability by Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-feature-availability.html#features-by-region). | January 15, 2026 | | Amazon GuardDuty Malware Protection for AWS Backup | Amazon GuardDuty Malware Protection now supports AWS Backup, extending malware detection capabilities to EC2, EBS, and S3 backups.
For more information, see [the product details page](malware-protection.md). | November 19, 2025 | | Added a new AWS managed policy | AWS Backup added the [`AWSBackupGuardDutyRolePolicyForScans`](security-iam-awsmanpol.md#AWSBackupGuardDutyRolePolicyForScans) AWS managed policy.
For more information, see [Managed policies for AWS Backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html). | November 19, 2025 | | Added a new AWS managed policy | AWS Backup added the [`AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForScans`](security-iam-awsmanpol.md#AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForScans) AWS managed policy.
For more information, see [Managed policies for AWS Backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html). | November 19, 2025 | | Managed policy updates | AWS Backup added additional permissions to the following AWS managed policies:[See the AWS documentation website for more details](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/doc-history.html)
For more information, see [Managed policy updates for AWS Backup](security-iam-awsmanpol.md#policy-updates). | November 19, 2025 | | Backup tiering | AWS Backup introduces a low-cost warm storage tier for Amazon S3 backup data.
For more information, see [Backup tiering](backup-tiering.md). | November 18, 2025 | | Primary backups to logically air-gapped vaults | Logically air-gapped vaults are now supported as a primary backup target. This enhancement allows customers to leverage the security and recovery benefits of logically air-gapped vaults while maintaining only a single backup copy, reducing storage and operational costs. Previously, logically air-gapped vaults could only store copies of existing backups.
For more information, see [Primary backups to logically air-gapped vaults](lag-vault-primary-backup.md). | November 17, 2025 | | AWS Backup support for Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service clusters | AWS Backup now supports Amazon EKS clusters. Customers can create backups and restore recovery points for Amazon EKS clusters and their associated resources.
For more information, see [Feature availability by resource](backup-feature-availability.md#features-by-resource) and [Managed policy updates for AWS Backup](security-iam-awsmanpol.md#policy-updates). | November 10, 2025 | | Managed policy updates | AWS Backup added additional permissions to the following AWS managed policies:[See the AWS documentation website for more details](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/doc-history.html)
For more information, see [Managed policy updates for AWS Backup](security-iam-awsmanpol.md#policy-updates). | November 10, 2025 | | Logically air-gapped vault support for AWS KMS customer-managed keys | Logically air-gapped vaults now support encryption with AWS KMS customer-managed keys.
For more information, see [Logically air-gapped vault](logicallyairgappedvault.md). | November 6, 2025 | | Cross-Region and cross-account snapshot copying support | Amazon RDS, Aurora, DocumentDB, and Neptune now support cross-Region and cross-account snapshot copying in a single action.
For more information, see [Feature availability by resource](backup-feature-availability.md#features-by-resource). | October 23, 2025 | | AWS Backup Regional support expansion for Aurora DSQL | Aurora DSQL backup and restore support is now available in Europe (Frankfurt).
For more information, see [Supported services by Region](backup-feature-availability.md#supported-services-by-region) and [Aurora DSQL backups](backup-aurora.md). | October 22, 2025 | | AWS Backup Regional expansion | AWS Backup, along with many of its features, is now available in Asia Pacific (New Zealand).
For more information, see [Feature availability by Region](backup-feature-availability.md#features-by-region). | September 29, 2025 | | Amazon S3 optional ACLs and object tags backup support | AWS Backup now supports optional exclusion of Amazon S3 ACLs and object tags, allowing customers to help reduce backup costs.
For more information, see [Amazon S3 backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/s3-backups.html). | September 9, 2025 | | Managed policy updates | AWS Backup added additional permissions to the following AWS managed policies:[See the AWS documentation website for more details](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/doc-history.html)
For more information, see [Managed policy updates for AWS Backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#policy-updates). | September 9, 2025 | | AWS Backup Audit Manager Regional expansion | AWS Backup Audit Manager cross-Region and cross-account reports are now available in additional AWS Regions, including Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Europe (Spain), Europe (Zurich), and Middle East (UAE).
See [Feature availability by AWS Region](backup-feature-availability.md#features-by-region) and [Creating report plans](create-report-plan-console.md) for more information. | September 5, 2025 | | Increased AWS Backup support for Amazon Aurora DSQL multi-Region restore | AWS Backup users are now able to restore Aurora DSQL multi-Region clusters through the AWS Backup console or through AWS Backup CLI.
See [Restore an Aurora DSQL multi-Region cluster](restore-auroradsql.md#restore-auroradsql-multiregion) for more information. | July 29, 2025 | | Managed policy updates | AWS Backup added additional permissions to the following AWS managed policies:[See the AWS documentation website for more details](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/doc-history.html)
For more information, see [Managed policy updates for AWS Backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#policy-updates). | July 29, 2025 | | AWS Backup support for Amazon Aurora DSQL multi-Region restore in additional AWS Regions | AWS Backup now supports Aurora DSQL multi-Region restore in additional AWS Regions.
For more information, see [ Restore an Aurora DSQL multi-Region cluster](restore-auroradsql.md#restore-auroradsql-multiregion) and [Supported services by Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-feature-availability.html#supported-services-by-region). | July 3, 2025 | | AWS Backup feature Regional expansion | AWS Backup adds support for cross-account and cross-Region copy of Amazon S3 backups within AWS GovCloud (US-East) and AWS GovCloud (US-West) AWS Regions.
For more information, see [Amazon S3 backups](s3-backups.md) and [Backup and tag copy](recov-point-create-a-copy.md). | June 26, 2025 | | AWS Backup support for Amazon Aurora DSQL in Asia Pacific (Seoul) | AWS Backup now supports Aurora DSQL in Asia Pacific (Seoul).
For more information, see [Supported services by Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-feature-availability.html#supported-services-by-region). | June 26, 2025 | | AWS Backup support for Multi-party approval | AWS Backup now supports optional integration for logically air-gapped vaults to use Multi-party approval. This capability is currently available for accounts in US East (N. Virginia).
For more information, see:[See the AWS documentation website for more details](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/doc-history.html) | June 17, 2025 | | AWS managed policy update | AWS Backup added new permissions to AWS managed policy [`AWSBackupFullAccess`](security-iam-awsmanpol.md#AWSBackupFullAccess). For more information and specific permission changes, see [policy updates](security-iam-awsmanpol.md#policy-updates). | June 17, 2025 | | AWS Backup Audit Manager Regional expansion | AWS Backup Audit Manager is now available in additional AWS Regions, including:[See the AWS documentation website for more details](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/doc-history.html)
For additional information, see [Feature availability by Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-feature-availability.html#features-by-region) and [Backup Audit Manager](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/aws-backup-audit-manager.html). | June 16, 2025 | | AWS Backup Regional expansion | AWS Backup, along with many of its features, is now available in Asia Pacific (Taipei) AWS Region.
For more information, see [Feature availability by Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-feature-availability.html#features-by-region) and [Supported services by Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-feature-availability.html#supported-services-by-region). | June 6, 2025 | | Backup index notification and event support | AWS Backup launches support for Amazon Simple Notification Service notifications and Amazon EventBridge events for backup indexes.
AWS Backup support for notification backup indexes is available in all AWS commercial and GovCloud Regions where backup indexes, SNS, and EventBridge are supported.
For more information, see the [User Notifications console](https://console.aws.amazon.com//notifications/home?notifications#/notifications), the [EventBridge console](https://console.aws.amazon.com//events), and [backup search and index](backup-search.md). | June 3, 2025 | | Additional features for Amazon EC2 restore | Volume configurations can be customized during a restore job. You can specify custom settings for attached Amazon EBS volumes to an Amazon EC2 AMI, including the restore metadata for [block device mappings](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ami-block-device-mapping.html#create-ami-bdm).
For additional information, see [ Restore Amazon EC2 with AWS CLI](restoring-ec2.md) and the [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ami-block-device-mapping.html#create-ami-bdm](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ami-block-device-mapping.html#create-ami-bdm). | May 28, 2025 | | AWS Backup support for Amazon Aurora DSQL clusters | AWS Backup now offers integration with Aurora DSQL in several AWS Regions. Customers can create backups and restore recovery points for Aurora DSQL single-Region and multi-Region clusters.
For more information, see [Amazon Aurora DSQL restore](restore-auroradsql.md), [Feature availability by resource](backup-feature-availability.md#features-by-resource), and [Manage clusters in Aurora DSQL with the AWS CLI](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aurora-dsql/latest/userguide/programming-with-cli-crud.html). | May 27, 2025 | | Managed policy updates | AWS Backup added additional permissions to the following AWS managed policies: [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-managed-policy/latest/reference/AWSBackupFullAccess.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-managed-policy/latest/reference/AWSBackupFullAccess.html), [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-managed-policy/latest/reference/AWSBackupOperatorAccess.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-managed-policy/latest/reference/AWSBackupOperatorAccess.html), [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-managed-policy/latest/reference/AWSBackupServiceLinkedRolePolicyForBackup.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-managed-policy/latest/reference/AWSBackupServiceLinkedRolePolicyForBackup.html), [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-managed-policy/latest/reference/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForBackup.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-managed-policy/latest/reference/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForBackup.html), and [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-managed-policy/latest/reference/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForRestores.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-managed-policy/latest/reference/AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForRestores.html).
For more information, see [Managed policy updates for AWS Backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#policy-updates). | May 27, 2025 | | AWS Backup feature Regional expansion | AWS Backup search is now available in Asia Pacific (Thailand), Mexico (Central), AWS GovCloud (US-East), and AWS GovCloud (US-West) AWS Regions.
For more information, see [Feature availability by AWS Region](backup-feature-availability.md#features-by-region) and [Backup search](backup-search.md). | April 22, 2025 | | AWS Backup support for Amazon Redshift Serverless namespaces | Customers now have the capability to use AWS Backup to create Redshift Serverless manual snapshot backups and to restore to Redshift Serverless namespaces.
For more information, see [Amazon Redshift Serverless backups](redshift-serverless-backups.md). | March 31, 2025 | | Managed policy updates | AWS Backup added additional permissions to the following AWS managed policies:[See the AWS documentation website for more details](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/doc-history.html)
For more information, see [Managed policy updates for AWS Backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#policy-updates). | March 31, 2025 | | AWS Backup supported service Regional expansion | AWS Backup support for FSx for OpenZFS is now available in the following AWS Regions:[See the AWS documentation website for more details](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/doc-history.html)
For more information, see [ Supported services by AWS Regions](backup-feature-availability.md#supported-services-by-region). | March 12, 2025 | | Logically air-gapped vault resource expansion | Recovery points (backups) of FSx for Lustre, FSx for Windows File Server, and FSx for OpenZFS resources can now be copied into a logically air-gapped vault.
For more information, see:[See the AWS documentation website for more details](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/doc-history.html) | March 12, 2025 | | New AWS managed policy | AWS Backup added a new AWS managed policy: [AWSBackupSearchOperatorAccess](security-iam-awsmanpol.md#AWSBackupSearchOperatorAccess).
For more information, see [AWSBackupSearchOperatorAccess](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-managed-policy/latest/reference/AWSBackupSearchOperatorAccess.html) in the *AWS Managed Policy Guide*. | February 27, 2025 | | AWS Backup Regional expansion | AWS Backup, along with many of its features, is now available in Mexico (Central) AWS Region.
For more information, see [Feature availability by Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-feature-availability.html#features-by-region). | January 21, 2025 | | AWS Backup Regional expansion | AWS Backup, along with many of its features, is now available in Asia Pacific (Thailand).
For more information, see [Feature availability by Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-feature-availability.html#features-by-region). | January 14, 2025 | | Updated [AWS managed policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html) | AWS Backup added the permission `rds:AddTagsToResource` to managed policy `AWSBackupServiceLinkedRolePolicyForBackup`.
AWS Backup added the permissions `rds:CreateTenantDatabase` and `rds:DeleteTenantDatabase` to policy `AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForRestores`.
For more information, see [ Policy updates](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#policy-updates). | January 8, 2025 | | Support for IPv6 | AWS Backup now supports both Internet Protocols version 6 (IPv6) and IPv4.
For more information on dual stack capabilities and endpoints, see [AWS Backup network](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-network.html). | December 18, 2024 | | AWS Backup supported service Regional expansion | AWS Backup support for Amazon Timestream is now available in AWS GovCloud (US-West).
For more information, see [ Supported services by AWS Regions](backup-feature-availability.md#supported-services-by-region) and [ Amazon Timestream backups.](timestream-backup.md) | December 18, 2024 | | Search feature added | AWS Backup introduces the option to search your backup metadata for item level properties to help you find recovery points and other files or objects you want to restore.
See [Backup search](backup-search.md) for more details. | December 17, 2024 | | Added a new AWS managed policy | AWS Backup added the [`AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForItemRestores`](security-iam-awsmanpol.md#AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForItemRestores) AWS managed policy.
For more information, see [Managed policies for AWS Backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html). | December 17, 2024 | | Added a new AWS managed policy | AWS Backup added the [`AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForIndexing`](security-iam-awsmanpol.md#AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForIndexing) AWS managed policy.
For more information, see [Managed policies for AWS Backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html). | December 17, 2024 | | AWS Backup feature Regional expansion | Cross-account management for monitoring backup, copy, and, restore jobs through AWS Backup and AWS Organizations integration is now available in AWS Regions where opt-in is required.
For more information, see [Feature availability by Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-feature-availability.html#features-by-region). | December 12, 2024 | | AWS Backup supported service Regional expansion | AWS Backup support for Amazon Timestream is now available in Asia Pacific (Mumbai).
For more information, see [ Supported services by AWS Regions](backup-feature-availability.md#supported-services-by-region) and [ Amazon Timestream backups.](timestream-backup.md) | November 22, 2024 | | Additional features for Amazon S3 restore | AWS Backup adds additional flexibility when you restore S3 backups. You can now restore additional versions of objects, including restoring all versions.
For more information, see [Restore S3 data using AWS Backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restoring-s3.html). | November 21, 2024 | | AWS Backup feature Regional expansion | AWS Backup customers can now create cross-Region copies of Amazon Neptune backups in more Regions, including Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), and Asia Pacific (Osaka).
For more information, see [Feature availability by Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-feature-availability.html#features-by-region) and [Creating backup copies across AWS Regions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/cross-region-backup.html). | November 13. 2024 | | Cross-Region copy expansion | Cross-Region copy of Amazon S3 backups is now supported in AWS Regions where opt-in is required.
For more information, see [Feature availability by AWS Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-feature-availability.html#features-by-region). | November 13, 2024 | | AWS Backup Audit Manager Regional expansion | AWS Backup Audit Manager is now available in AWS Region Asia Pacific (Osaka).
For more information, see [Feature availability by Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-feature-availability.html#features-by-region) and [ Backup Audit Manager](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/aws-backup-audit-manager.html). | October 29, 2024 | | AWS Backup now available in Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region | Backup and restore for many resource types are now available in AWS Region Asia Pacific (Malaysia).
For compatible backup features, see [Feature availability by AWS Region](backup-feature-availability.md#features-by-region).
For supported resource types, see [Supported services by AWS Region](backup-feature-availability.md#supported-services-by-region). | October 10, 2024 | | AWS Backup Audit Manager control for logically air-gapped vault | AWS Backup Audit Manager now offers the control [Resources in a logically air-gapped vault](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/controls-and-remediation.html#resources-in-lag-vault-control) to assist with monitoring that resources have been copied to a logically air-gapped vault within the time frame specified.
For more information, see [Controls and remediation](controls-and-remediation.md) and [Audit restore testing](restore-testing.md#restore-testing-audit). | September 12, 2024 | | AWS Backup feature Regional expansion | AWS Backup customers can now create cross-Region copies of Amazon Neptune backups in more Regions, including Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Israel (Tel Aviv), Middle East (Bahrain), and Middle East (UAE).
For more information, see [feature availability by Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-feature-availability.html#features-by-region) and [creating backup copies across AWS Regions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/cross-region-backup.html). | August 29. 2024 | | AWS Backup supports cross-Region, cross-account copy for SAP HANA databases | Users who have backed up SAP HANA databases on Amazon EC2 instances can now copy snapshots from full backups to other Regions and other accounts.
For more information, see [SAP HANA databases on Amazon EC2 instances](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-saphana.html). | August 20, 2024 | | AWS Backup now offers a new type of secure vault | AWS Backup has introduced a secondary type of vault for storing copies of backups. Logically air-gapped vaults offer enhanced security features as well as the ability to share vault access with accounts through AWS RAM.
For more information, see [Logically air-gapped vault](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/logicallyairgappedvault.html). | August 7, 2024 | | AWS Backup feature Regional expansion | AWS Backup support for Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is now available in Canada West (Calgary).
Customers can now backup and restore resources within the Canada West (Calgary) Region. For more information on AWS Backup Amazon S3 Region availability, see [Supported Services by AWS Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-feature-availability.html#supported-services-by-region). | June 27, 2024 | | Logically air-gapped vault preview closure | [Logically air-gapped vault](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/logicallyairgappedvault.html) preview has ended. | June 27, 2024 | | AWS Backup feature Regional expansion | AWS Backup support of Amazon EBS snapshot archive tier is now available in the following Regions:[See the AWS documentation website for more details](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/doc-history.html) | June 3, 2024 | | Updated [AWS managed policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html) | AWS Backup added permission `backup:TagResource` to the following managed policies:[See the AWS documentation website for more details](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/doc-history.html)
For more information, see [ Policy updates](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#policy-updates). | May 17, 2024 | | AWS Backup now available in Canada West (Calgary) Region | Backup and restore for many resource types are now available in AWS Region Canada West (Calgary).
For compatible backup features, see [Feature availability by AWS Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/whatisbackup.html#features-by-region).
For supported resource types, see [Supported services by AWS Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/whatisbackup.html#supported-services-by-region). | March 14, 2024 | | Added permissions to managed policy | AWS Backup updated the policy [AWSServiceRolePolicyForBackupRestoreTesting](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#aws-managed-policies) by adding permissions to support additional resource types within the restore testing feature.
For more information on the specific permissions added, see [Policy updates](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#policy-updates). | February 14, 2024 | | Backup and restore support for FSx for ONTAP FlexGroup volumes | AWS Backup now supports backup and restore of FSx for ONTAP FlexGroup volumes in most AWS Regions.
For more information, see [Restoring an Amazon FSx file system](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restoring-fsx.html). | January 10, 2024 | | Support for SAP HANA HA backup and restore | AWS Backup now offers support SAP HANA High Availability databases on Amazon EC2 backup and restore.
For more information, see [SAP HANA on Amazon EC2 backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-saphana.html) and [Restoring an SAP HANA High Availability system](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/saphana-restore.html#saphanarestoreha) | December 21, 2023 | | AWS Backup Audit Manager control for restore testing | AWS Backup Audit Manager now offers the control [Restore time for resources meet target](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/controls-and-remediation.html#restore-time-meets-target-control) to assist with monitoring restore times. This control checks if the restore time of a resource meets the target duration.
For more information, see [Controls and remediation](controls-and-remediation.md) and [Audit restore testing](restore-testing.md#restore-testing-audit). | December 18, 2023 | | Support for Amazon EBS cold storage | AWS Backup now supports transitioning EBS backups from warm to cold storage. For more information, see [Amazon EBS Archive Tier for cold storage](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/multi-volume-crash-consistent.html#ebs-archive-tier), [Lifecycle and storage tiers](plan-options-and-configuration.md#backup-lifecycle), and [Create a backup plan](creating-a-backup-plan.md). | November 27, 2023 | | Introducing restore testing | AWS Backup introduces restore testing, which brings automated and periodic evaluation of restore viability, as well as the ability to monitor restore job duration times.
For more information, see [Restore testing](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restore-testing.html). | November 27, 2023 | | Updated [AWS managed policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html) | AWS Backup added the permissions `ec2:DescribeSnapshotTierStatus` and `ec2:ModifySnapshotTier` to the managed policies `AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForBackups` and `AWSBackupServiceLinkedRolePolicyForBackup`. AWS Backup also added the permissions `ec2:DescribeSnapshotTierStatus` and `ec2:RestoreSnapshotTier` to managed policy `AWSBackupServiceRolePolicyForRestores`.
These permissions are necessary for users to have the option to transition Amazon EBS resources stored with AWS Backup to archive storage and to restore resources from the archive storage tier.
For more information, see [Policy updates](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#policy-updates). | November 27, 2023 | | Added pass role permission to support restore testing. | AWS Backup added `restore-testing.backup.amazonaws.com` to `IamPassRolePermissions` and `IamCreateServiceLinkedRolePermissions`. This addition is necessary for AWS Backup to conduct restore tests on behalf of customers. | November 27, 2023 | | Added new service-linked role | AWS Backup has added the new service-linked role named [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/using-service-linked-roles-AWSServiceRoleForBackupRestoreTesting.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/using-service-linked-roles-AWSServiceRoleForBackupRestoreTesting.html), which provides backup permissions to conduct restore testing.
This new [service-linked role](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/using-service-linked-roles.html) provides AWS Backup with permissions necessary to conduct restore testing. The permissions include the actions `list, read, and write` for the following services to be included in restore tests: Aurora, DocumentDB, DynamoDB, Amazon EBS, Amazon EC2, Amazon EFS, FSx for Lustre, FSx for Windows File Server, FSx for ONTAP, FSx for OpenZFS, Amazon Neptune, Amazon RDS, and Amazon S3. | November 27, 2023 | | New job metric dashboard in the AWS Backup console | The AWS Backup console now displays a jobs dashboard, simplifying backup health monitoring at scale with a new visual user interface and aggregated backup, copy, and restore metrics for services supported by AWS Backup.
The jobs dashboard is available in all [Regions where AWS Backup Audit Manager is available](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/whatisbackup.html#features-by-region).
Regions not listed will still be able to access the [CloudWatch dashboard](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/cloudwatch.html#cloudwatch-dashboard).
For more information, see [AWS Backup console dashboards](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-dashboards.html). | November 15, 2023 | | Support for nested stack backups | AWS Backup has expanded its support for backups of CloudFormation resources. Your CloudFormation application stacks that have nested stacks within them can be included in your backups.
For more information, see [CloudFormation stack backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/applicationstackbackups.html). | November 8, 2023 | | Support for Amazon S3 in China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia). | AWS Backup support for Amazon S3 is now available in China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia) Regions.
For more information, see [Feature availability by Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/whatisbackup.html#features-by-region). | October 26, 2023 | | Support for Amazon Aurora continuous backups and Point-in-time restore | AWS Backup now supports continuous backups and point-in-time restore (PITR) for Aurora resources.
For more information, see [ Continuous backups and Point-in-time recovery](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/point-in-time-recovery.html). | September 7, 2023 | | CloudFormation stacks support exclusion of resources | AWS Backup now supports the option to exclude chosen resources from your CloudFormation stack.
For more information, see [CloudFormation stack backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/applicationstackbackups.html#cfnfaq). | September 6, 2023 | | Backup plan rules introduce timezone flexibility | AWS Backup plan rules can now have a specified timezone for backup windows.
For more information, see [Managing backup plans](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/about-backup-plans.html). | August 28, 2023 | | AWS Backup now available in Israel (Tel Aviv) Region | Many AWS Backup features are now available in the new Israel (Tel Aviv) Region.
To see what resources are supported, visit [Feature availability by AWS Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/whatisbackup.html#features-by-region). | August 22, 2023 | | AWS Backup Audit Manager now supports delegated administrator accounts | AWS Backup Audit Manager report generation can now be accessed by delegated administrator accounts. For more information, see [Audit backups and create reports with AWS Backup Audit Manager](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/aws-backup-audit-manager.html), [Working with audit reports](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/working-with-audit-reports.html), and [Delegated Administrator](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/manage-cross-account.html#backup-delegatedadmin). | August 16, 2023 | | AWS Backup enhances Amazon S3 backups | AWS Backup has increased performance, size, and speed capabilities for S3 bucket backups.
For more information, see [Amazon S3 backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/s3-backups.html). | August 1, 2023 | | Tag on restore feature now available in China Regions | Tags that are part of a backup can now be copied when you create a restore job in China (Beijing) or China (Ningxia) Regions.
For more information, see [Copy tags during a restore](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restoring-a-backup.html#tag-on-restore). | July 17, 2023 | | AWS Backup now supports Amazon S3 in additional Regions | AWS Backup support for Amazon S3 is now available in Europe (Spain), Europe (Zurich), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), and Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Regions.
For more information, see [Feature availability by Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/whatisbackup.html#features-by-region). | July 6, 2023 | | Cross-account copy expands to additional Regions | AWS Backup now supports cross-account backup copy of most resources in the following Regions: Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Middle East (Bahrain), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Africa (Cape Town), Europe (Milan), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Middle East (UAE) , Europe (Spain), Europe (Zurich), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), and Asia Pacific (Melbourne).
For more information, see [Feature availability by Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/whatisbackup.html#features-by-region) | July 5, 2023 | | Backup Audit Manager available in GovCloud Regions | AWS Backup has expanded AWS Backup Audit Manager into AWS GovCloud (US-East) and AWS GovCloud (US-West).
For more information, see [Feature availability by Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/whatisbackup.html#features-by-region) | June 29, 2023 | | Cross-account management now available in GovCloud Regions | AWS Backup now supports cross-account management of resources in AWS GovCloud (US-East) and AWS GovCloud (US-West).
For more information, see [Managing AWS Backup resources across multiple AWS accounts](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/manage-cross-account.html). | June 29, 2023 | | Support for cross-Region copies of Amazon Aurora in additional Regions | AWS Backup now supports cross-Region backup copies for Aurora clusters into and from the following Regions: Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Middle East (Bahrain), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Africa (Cape Town), Europe (Milan), Middle East (UAE) , Europe (Spain), Europe (Zurich), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), and Asia Pacific (Melbourne). | June 5, 2023 | | Copy tags when restoring | Tags that are part of a backup can now be copied when you create a restore job.
For more information, see [Copy tags during a restore](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restoring-a-backup.html#tag-on-restore). | May 22, 2023 | | AWS Backup integrates with AWS User Notifications | You can now choose to receive notifications related to backup, copy, and restore events through the [AWS User Notifications console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/notifications/home?icmpid=docs_console_unmapped#/notifications).
For more information, see [Getting started with AWS User Notifications](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/notifications/latest/userguide/getting-started.html). | May 10, 2023 | | Cross-Region backups available in four new Regions | AWS Backup now supports cross-Region backup in Middle East (UAE) Region, Europe (Spain) Region, Europe (Zurich) Region, and Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region. | April 28, 2023 | | Expanded cross-Region AWS Backup copy support | Cross-Region backups of Amazon EFS, VMware, and DynamoDB resources can now be conducted within the following Regions: Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Middle East (Bahrain), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Africa (Cape Town), and Europe (Milan). | April 28, 2023 | | Amazon S3 backup and restore in South America (São Paulo) Region | AWS Backup support for Amazon S3 (Amazon Simple Storage Service) is now available in South America (São Paulo) Region.
For more information, see [Amazon S3 backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/s3-backups.html). | April 20, 2023 | | AWS Backup expands to Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region | AWS Backup is now available in Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region.
For more information, see [ Feature availability by AWS Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/whatisbackup.html#features-by-region). | April 20, 2023 | | Expanded Regional support for Amazon S3 | AWS Backup support for Amazon S3 (Amazon Simple Storage Service) is now available in AWS GovCloud (US-East) and AWS GovCloud (US-West) Regions
For more information, see [Amazon S3 backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/s3-backups.html). | April 19, 2023 | | Backup and restore SAP HANA databases on Amazon EC2 instances | AWS Backup now offers the ability to backup and restore SAP HANA databases running on Amazon EC2 instances in most Regions.
For more information, see [ SAP HANA databases on Amazon EC2 instances backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-saphana.html). | April 17, 2023 | | AWS Backup now available in Europe (Spain), Europe (Zurich), and Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Regions | AWS Backup support has expanded to new Regions, including Europe (Spain), Europe (Zurich), and Asia Pacific (Hyderabad). Supported resources can be backed up and restored within these Regions.
For more information, see [ Feature availability by AWS Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/whatisbackup.html#features-by-region). | April 13, 2023 | | Updated AWS managed policy AWSBackupAuditAccess | Updated AWS managed policy [AWSBackupAuditAccess](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#aws-managed-policies). AWS Backup replaced the resource selection within the API `config:DescribeComplianceByConfigRule` with a wildcard resource.
For more information see [ Policy updates for AWS Backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#policy-updates). | April 11, 2023 | | Hypervisors with Amazon CloudWatch Logs | AWS Backup gateway users can now integrate hypervisors with CloudWatch Logs to maintain logs. For more information, see [ Editing a hypervisor configuration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/working-with-hypervisors.html#edit-hypervisor) and [ CloudWatch Logs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/WhatIsCloudWatchLogs.html). | March 29, 2023 | | Expanded Regional support for Amazon S3 | AWS Backup support for Amazon S3 is now available in Asia Pacific (Jakarta) and Middle East (UAE) Regions. | March 22, 2023 | | Virtual machine incremental backup improvement | VMware VM (virtual machine) backups that experience CBT (Changed Block Tracking) data issues now contain additional information to help remedy and troubleshoot.
For more information, see [ Incremental VM backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backing-up-vms.html) and [ Troubleshoot your virtual machines](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/vm-troubleshooting.html). | March 15, 2023 | | AWS Backup support for multiple network adapters | AWS Backup gateway now supports configuring multiple network adapters
For more information on configuring your network adapters, see [ Configure your gateway for multiple NICs in VMware](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/configure-infrastructure-bgw.html#bgw-multinic) in the *AWS Backup Developer Guide*. | March 8, 2023 | | AWS Backup support for vSphere 8 | AWS Backup now supports backup and restore of virtual machines which run on VMware vSphere 8.
For more information on supported VMware options, see [ Supported VMs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/vm-backups.html#supported-vms) in the *AWS Backup Developer Guide*. | March 8, 2023 | | AWS Backup Audit Manager supports Amazon RDS Multi-AZ backups | Backup Audit Manager now offers support for Amazon Relational Database Service Multi-Availability Zone backups.
For more information, see how to [ audit backups and create reports with AWS Backup Audit Manager](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/aws-backup-audit-manager.html). | February 1, 2023 | | AWS Backup offers incremental backup for Amazon Timestream tables | AWS Backup now offers expanded backup capabilities for Timestream backups. Backup plans can now take incremental backups to lower the time required to backup Timestream resources and lower storage costs.
For more information, see [Amazon Timestream backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/timestream-backup.html). | January 23, 2023 | | AWS Backup now available in Dubai | AWS Backup has expanded to the Middle East (UAE) Region. Supported resources can be backed up and restored within this Region. | January 17, 2023 | | Cross-Region copying available in additional Regions | AWS Backup now offers cross-Region backups in Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region, Middle East (Bahrain) Region, Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Region, Africa (Cape Town) Region, and Europe (Milan) Region for most resources.
For more information, see [ Creating backup copies across AWS Regions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/cross-region-backup.html). | December 21, 2022 | | Backup Gateway Bandwidth Limits and Throttling | AWS Backup Gateway now allows limits on the upload throughput from gateways to AWS Backup to control the amount of network bandwidth used by the gateway.
To support this feature, AWS Backup has created and updated [ managed policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html), including `AWSBackupFullAccess` and `AWSBackupOperatorAccess`.
For more information, see [ Backup Gateway bandwidth throttling](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/working-with-gateways.html#backup-gateway-bandwidth-throttling). | December 15, 2022 | | Backup Gateway VMware tag support | AWS Backup Gateway now supports VMware tags. Users have the additional flexibility to create AWS tags that match tags used for virtual machines.
To support this feature, AWS Backup has created and updated [ managed policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html), including `AWSBackupGatewayServiceRolePolicyForVirtualMachineMetadataSync`, `AWSBackupFullAccess`, and `AWSBackupOperatorAccess`.
For more information, see [ VMware tags](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backing-up-vms.html#backup-gateway-vmwaretags). | December 15, 2022 | | AWS Backup support for Amazon Timestream | AWS Backup now supports backing up and restoring Amazon Timestream tables. For more information, see [ Amazon Timestream backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/timestream-backup.html). | December 13, 2022 | | AWS Backup offers Legal Hold | AWS Backup introduces a new tool to help protect recovery points through a legal hold. For more information see [Legal hold](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/legalhold.html). | November 27, 2022 | | AWS Backup Audit Manager cross-Region and cross-account reporting | AWS Backup Audit Manager brings additional functionality to compliance and job reports. Users can generate reports incorporating multiple Regions and multiple accounts.
For more information, see [ Working with audit reports](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/working-with-audit-reports.html). | November 27, 2022 | | AWS Backup supports Amazon Redshift | AWS Backup now offers support to backup Amazon Redshift clusters and to restore Amazon Redshift clusters and tables. For more information, see [Amazon Redshift backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/redshift-backup.html). | November 27, 2022 | | AWS Backup offers support to backup AWS CloudFormation application stacks | AWS Backup provides the capability to backup CloudFormation and restore applications containing multiple resources by backing up a stack and restoring the resources within it.
For more information, see [ Application stack backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/applicationstackbackups.html). | November 27, 2022 | | AWS Backup offers delegated administrator accounts and backup policy delegation | AWS Backup accounts enrolled in AWS Organizations can designate member accounts as delegated administrator accounts.
For more information, see [ Managing multiple accounts with AWS Organizations](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/manage-cross-account.html#backup-delegatedadmin). | November 27,2022 | | Public Preview of SAP HANA on Amazon EC2 Instances backup and restore | AWS Backup and [AWS Backint](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sap/latest/sap-hana/aws-backint-agent-sap-hana.html) are offering an integrated public preview of functionality to backup and restore SAP HANA databases on EC2 instances.
For more information, see our [ Public Preview of SAP HANA on Amazon EC2 instances](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-saphana.html).
To support this preview, AWS Backup has provided [ policy updates](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#policy-updates) and new [AWS Managed Policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html) for these features. | November 20, 2022 | | Restore VMware to Amazon EC2 instances | AWS Backup now offers the ability to restore virtual machines to Amazon EC2 instances, in addition to the ability to restore machines to EBS, VMware, VMware Cloud on AWS, and VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts.
For more information, see documentation on how to [Use the AWS Backup console to restore virtual machine recovery points](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restoring-vm.html#vm-restore-console). | November 9, 2022 | | Expanded AWS Backup Vault Lock functionality | AWS Backup Vault Lock can be now created in governance mode for additional IAM protections or in compliance mode to ensure immutability.
Learn more at [AWS Backup Vault Lock](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/vault-lock.html). | October 4, 2022 | | AWS Backup Audit Manager now available in Africa (Cape Town) Region and Europe (Milan) Region | AWS Backup Audit Manager has expanded to Africa (Cape Town) Region and Europe (Milan) Region. For more information on Backup Audit Manager, see [ Audit backups and create reports with AWS Backup Audit Manager](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/aws-backup-audit-manager.html). | September 14, 2022 | | AWS Backup brings Amazon CloudWatch metrics to Backup console dashboard | AWS Backup enhances its Backup console dashboard to display integrated Amazon CloudWatch metrics for backup and restore jobs for additional monitoring capability and flexibility. | September 8, 2022 | | Support for additional Amazon EBS encryption flexibility during restore | AWS Backup now offers additional choices of encryption during restoration of Amazon EBS snapshots. | September 1, 2022 | | AWS Backup supports Amazon S3 cross-account and cross-Region backup copying | AWS Backup now offers cross-Region and cross-account backup copying for Amazon S3 backups.
For more information see [Amazon S3 backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/s3-backups.html). | July 28, 2022 | | AWS Backup Audit Manager offers additional control support for FSx for ONTAP | AWS Backup Audit Manager now offers additional controls to support monitoring and auditing FSx for ONTAP volumes, including [Backup resources are included in at least one backup plan](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/controls-and-remediation.html#backup-resources-protected-by-backup-plan) and [ Last recovery point created](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/controls-and-remediation.html#last-recovery-point-created-control).
For more information, see [AWS Backup Audit Manager controls and remediation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/controls-and-remediation.html). | July 22, 2022 | | AWS Backup adds support to backup and restore Amazon RDS Multi-AZ clusters for PostgreSQL and MySQL clusters | AWS Backup has added a Multi-Availability Zone cluster backup and restore option with one primary and two readable standby database instances.
To learn more, see [ Amazon RDS Multi-AZ backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/rds-multiaz-backup.html). | July 20, 2022 | | AWS Backup Audit Manager adds new control for recovery point creation | AWS Backup Audit Manager offers a new audit control for increased compliance support.
`Last recovery point created` is an optional additional control to ensure recovery points are created within specified time frames.
To learn more, see [ Last recovery point created control](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/controls-and-remediation.html#last-recovery-point-created-control). | June 29, 2022 | | Added AWS Backup Gateway endpoint sample | AWS Backup Gateway provided a sample endpoint to assist users with connecting to VPNs (Virtual Private Networks). | June 14, 2022 | | AWS Backup now offers Amazon VPC endpoints for VMware | AWS Backup now supports Amazon VPC endpoints for VMware, enabling you to use a virtual private network between your VMware environments and AWS using AWS PrivateLink.
For more information, see [ Creating a gateway](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/working-with-gateways.html#create-gateway) and [AWS Backup and AWS PrivateLink](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-network.html#backup-privatelink). | June 1, 2022 | | AWS Backup Audit Manager offers additional control support for Amazon S3 | Backup Audit Manager now offers support for the compliance control **Backup resources protected by backup plan** for S3 resource types.
For more information, see [AWS Backup Audit Manager controls and remediation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/controls-and-remediation.html). | May 25, 2022 | | AWS Backup Audit Manager offers additional control support for Storage Gateway | Backup Audit Manager now offers support for the compliance control **Backup resources protected by backup plan** for Storage Gateway resource types.
For more information, see [AWS Backup Audit Manager controls and remediation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/controls-and-remediation.html). | May 25, 2022 | | Support for Amazon FSx for OpenZFS | AWS Backup now offers added management of data protection for backing up and restoring to FSx for OpenZFS file systems. | May 18, 2022 | | AWS Backup Audit Manager support for VMware | AWS Backup now provides support for virtual machines in the Backup Audit Manager controls and remediation. For more information, see [AWS Backup Audit Manager controls and remediation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/controls-and-remediation.html). | May 11, 2022 | | Amazon FSx now supported in Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region | AWS Backup now offers backing up Amazon FSx in, and cross-Region copies to and from, the Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region. | April 26, 2022 | | Support for Amazon FSx for Lustre Persistent\_2 | AWS Backup now offers general availability of support for Amazon FSx for Lustre, which supports higher levels of throughput per storage unit as compared to Persistent\_1 file systems. | April 5, 2022 | | VMware Enhancements | AWS Backup now offers restoring to Amazon EBS Volume, disk level restore, and support for VMware on AWS Outposts. For more information, see [Restoring a virtual machine](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restoring-vm.html). | March 31, 2022 | | AWS Backup Availability for Asia Pacific (Jakarta) | AWS Backup is now available to customers in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region. | March 17, 2022 | | New Controls for AWS Backup Audit Manager | AWS Backup Audit Manager introduces three new audit controls: Cross-Region copy, Cross-account copy, and Backup Vault Lock. For more information, see [AWS Backup Audit Manager controls and remediation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/controls-and-remediation.html). | March 17, 2022 | | Support for AWS PrivateLink | With AWS PrivateLink for AWS Backup, you can connect directly to AWS Backup using an interface endpoint in your VPC instead of connecting over the public internet. Interface endpoints are directly accessible from applications that are on premises or in a different AWS Region. For more information, see [AWS Backup and AWS PrivateLink](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-network.html#backup-privatelink). | February 28, 2022 | | Support for Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) | General availability of AWS Backup for Amazon S3 in all AWS Regions is available except for China (Beijing) Region, China (Ningxia) Region, AWS GovCloud (US-West), and AWS GovCloud (US-East) Regions. For more information, see [Working with Amazon S3 data](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/working-with-supported-services.html#working-with-s3). | February 14, 2022 | | Support for Advanced DynamoDB backup in AWS China Regions | Advanced DynamoDB backup is now available in China (Beijing) Region and China (Ningxia) Region. For more information, see [Advanced DynamoDB backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/advanced-ddb-backup.html). | January 18, 2022 | | Public preview of support for Amazon S3 | AWS Backup offers a public preview of Amazon S3 backups. For more information, see [Working with Amazon S3 data](working-with-supported-services.md#working-with-s3). | November 30, 2021 | | Support for VMware virtual machines (VMs) | You can now use AWS Backup to automatically back up VMware VMs. For more information, see [Virtual machine backups](vm-backups.md). | November 30, 2021 | | Support for advanced DynamoDB backup | You can now use AWS Backup to perfrom the following features for all new DynamoDB table backups you create: cold storage tiering, cost allocation tagging, cross-Region copy, cross-account copy, indpendent encryption, and copying tags from source DynamoDB tables. For more information, see [Advanced DynamoDB backup](advanced-ddb-backup.md) in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide and [ Using AWS Backup with DynamoDB](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/backuprestore_HowItWorksAWS.html). | November 23, 2021 | | Support for AWS Backup resource assignment enhancement in AWS China Regions | AWS Backup resource assignment enhancement is now available in China (Beijing) Region and China (Ningxia) Region. For more information, see [Assigning resources to a backup plan](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/assigning-resources.html). | November 16, 2021 | | Launch of AWS Backup resource assignment enhancement | Backup resource assignment enhancement gives you additional, fine-grained controls and new streamlined processes to deploy backup plans that protect hundreds of thousands of AWS resources. Use this feature to increase your speed, flexibility, and precision when protecting data using AWS Backup. For more information, see [Assigning resources to a backup plan](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/assigning-resources.html). | November 10, 2021 | | Support for Amazon Neptune | You can now use AWS Backup to back up Amazon Neptune clusters. To learn more, see [What is AWS Backup?](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/whatisbackup.html) | November 5, 2021 | | Support for Amazon DocumentDB | You can now use AWS Backup to back up Amazon DocumentDB clusters. To learn more, see [What is AWS Backup?](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/whatisbackup.html) | November 5, 2021 | | Support for AWS Backup Vault Lock in AWS China Regions | AWS Backup Vault Lock is now available in China (Beijing) Region and China (Ningxia) Region. For more information, see [AWS Backup Vault Lock](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/vault-lock.html). | November 3, 2021 | | Launch of AWS Backup Vault Lock | With AWS Backup Vault Lock, you can prevent deletion of backups stored in an AWS Backup backup vault. For more information, see [AWS Backup Vault Lock](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/vault-lock.html). | October 7, 2021 | | Launch of AWS Backup Audit Manager compliance reports | With compliance reports, you can generate daily reports on the compliance of your backup activity and resources against the controls you defined in your AWS Backup Audit Manager frameworks. For more information, see [ Compliance report templates](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/choosing-report-template.html). | October 5, 2021 | | CloudFormation support for AWS Backup Audit Manager | With CloudFormation, you can now deploy AWS Backup Audit Manager frameworks, controls, and report plans in a safe, repeatable manner at scale. For more information, see [ Backup audit and reports with AWS Backup Audit Manager](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/integrate-cloudformation-with-aws-backup.html). | October 4, 2021 | | Launch of AWS Backup Audit Manager | With AWS Backup Audit Manager, you can now define controls for your backup activity and resources, and identify the activites and resources that do not comply with your controls. You can also use AWS Backup Audit Manager to generate daily and on-demand reports that serve as evidence of compliance with your defined controls over time. For more information, see [Backup audit and reports with AWS Backup Audit Manager](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/aws-backup-audit-manager.html). | August 24, 2021 | | Support for new asynchronous recovery point operations | AWS Backup now assumes a service-linked role to manage your backup lifecycle rules in the event that you modified or deleted your original IAM role. For more information, see [ Deleting backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/deleting-backups.html). | August 23, 2021 | | Support for Amazon EBS multi-volume, crash-consistent backup | Now, when you use AWS Backup to protect your Amazon EC2 instances, AWS Backup takes multi-volume, crash-consistent backups of all the Amazon EBS volumes attached to each Amazon EC2 instance by default. For more information, see [ Creating Amazon EBS multi-volume, crash-consistent backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/multi-volume-crash-consistent.html). | June 14, 2021 | | Support for Amazon FSx in additional AWS Regions | You can now use AWS Backup to protect your Amazon FSx file systems in the following Regions: AWS GovCloud (US), Europe (Milan) Region, Africa (Cape Town) Region, and Middle East (Bahrain) Region. For more information, see [AWS Backup endpoints and quotas](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/bk.html) in the AWS General Reference. | April 15, 2021 | | Support for Amazon FSx cross-Region and cross-account backups | You can now use AWS Backup to copy Amazon FSx backups across AWS Regions and accounts. For more information, see [Creating a Backup Copy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/recov-point-create-a-copy.html).
If you use customer managed policies, you should add the new permission `fsx:CopyBackup` to prevent existing backup jobs from failing. For that permission, see the last statement in the Amazon FSx backup policy in the [Customer managed policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#customer-managed-policies). | April 12, 2021 | | Support for cost allocation tags for Amazon EFS backups | You can now use cost allocation tags to track costs for your Amazon EFS backups on a detailed level, and view and filter those tags using AWS Cost Explorer. For more information, see [Using Cost Allocation Tags](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/cost-alloc-tags.html). | April 7, 2021 | | FedRAMP High Authorization | AWS Backup is now authorized to support FedRAMP High workloads. For more information, see [AWS Services in Scope by Compliance Program](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/services-in-scope/). | March 25, 2021 | | New AWS Region | AWS Backup is now available in the Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region. In this Region, AWS Backup currently does not support Storage Gateway, Amazon FSx, and cross-account backup in this Region. For more information, see [AWS Backup endpoints and quotas](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/bk.html) in the AWS General Reference. | March 25, 2021 | | Support for recovery point batch operations | You can now use the AWS Backup console to automate batch operations to clean up recovery points in your backup vaults. For more information, see [Deleting backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/deleting-backups.html). | March 23, 2021 | | Support for restores to the Amazon EFS One Zone storage class | You can now restore your Amazon EFS backups to the Amazon EFS One Zone storage class. For more information, see [Restoring an Amazon EFS file system](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/restoring-efs.html). | March 12, 2021 | | Support for Amazon Relational Database Service point-in-time restore and continuous backup | You can now use AWS Backup to automate Amazon RDS continuous backups and perform point-in-time restore (PITR), in addition to orchestrating your snapshot backups. For more information, see [Restoring to a specified time using point-in-time recovery](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/point-in-time-recovery.html). | March 10, 2021 | | Support for Amazon CloudWatch | You can now use CloudWatch to monitor AWS Backup metrics. For more information, see [Monitoring Events and Metrics with Amazon CloudWatch and Amazon EventBridge](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/cloudwatch.html). | February 3, 2021 | | Support for Amazon EventBridge | You can now use EventBridge to monitor AWS Backup events. For more information, see [Monitoring Events and Metrics with Amazon CloudWatch and Amazon EventBridge](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/eventbridge.html). | February 3, 2021 | | Support for cross-account backups | You can now use AWS Backup to back up your resources across multiple AWS accounts. For more information, see [ Creating backup copies across AWS accounts](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/create-cross-account-backup.html). | November 18, 2020 | | Support for backing up and restoring Amazon FSx file systems | You can now use AWS Backup to back up Amazon FSx file systems. For more information, see [Working with Amazon FSx file systems](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/working-with-supported-services.html#working-with-fsx). | November 9, 2020 | | New AWS Regions | AWS Backup is now available in the Africa (Cape Town) and Europe (Milan) AWS Regions. For more information, see [AWS Backup endpoints and quotas](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/bk.html) in the AWS General Reference. | October 21, 2020 | | Support for VSS-Enabled Windows backup | You can now back up and restore VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service)-enabled Windows applications running on Amazon EC2 instances. For more information, see [ Creating Windows VSS backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/windows-backups.html). | September 22, 2020 | | Support for Amazon EFS automatic backup | You can now use AWS Backup to automatically back up Amazon EFS file systems. For more information, see [Getting started 4: Create Amazon EFS automatic backups](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/create-auto-backup.html). | July 16, 2020 | | New AWS Region | AWS Backup is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Region. For more information, see [AWS Backup endpoints and quotas](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/bk.html) in the AWS General Reference. | June 24, 2020 | | Support for managing backups across multiple AWS accounts | You can now manage backups across multiple AWS accounts by using [AWS Organizations](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_introduction.html). For more information, see [How Cross-Account Management Works](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/how-it-works-cross-account.html). | June 24, 2020 | | Support for Amazon Aurora added to AWS Backup | You can now configure AWS Backup to back up resources for Amazon Aurora. For information, see [Overview of Backing Up and Restoring an Aurora DB Cluster](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/Aurora.Managing.Backups.html) in the Amazon Aurora User Guide. | June 10, 2020 | | Support for configuring services to work with AWS Backup | You can now configure AWS Backup to back up resources for specific AWS services. For more information, see [Opt in to managing services with AWS Backup](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/working-with-supported-services.html#service-opt-in). | May 20, 2020 | | Support for backing up Amazon EC2 instances and also adds support for cross-Region backup | You can now back up entire Amazon EC2 instances and also copy resources across AWS Regions. For more information, see [Creating backup copies across AWS Regions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/cross-region-backup.html). | January 13, 2020 | | New guide | AWS launches AWS Backup and the AWS Backup Developer Guide. | January 15, 2019 |