In the Cove, we continuously strive to make data protection simpler, smarter, and more fortified. With that in mind, this release introduces the launch of Anomaly Detection, along with improvements to Microsoft 365 Backup, Continuity, and Reporting.

Let’s dive in!

Anomaly Detection Is Here

We are launching the first capability of Anomaly Detection, starting with Honeypots – an always-on defense mechanism designed to detect brute force infrastructure attacks by identifying unauthorized access attempts by bad actors, helping to ensure your infrastructure and data remain fully protected.

Honeypots is just the beginning of our Anomaly Detection functionality, which introduces a set of capabilities delivered as a service (ADaaS). Enabled by default for all customers, ADaaS is designed to simplify data resilience.

What’s New in the Cove?

Microsoft 365 Backup

Several improvements were made to Microsoft 365 Backup that create a smoother experience for Exchange Restores and accelerate SharePoint Backup speed, improving the protection of your Microsoft 365 data:

Modernized Exchange Restore Wizard

• The Exchange Restore Wizard now utilizes our new APEX UI design system to provide a more intuitive and smoother experience without compromising functionality. 

Faster SharePoint Backups

• SharePoint Backups now group and process permissions in batches – reducing API calls and accelerating backup speed, making this especially helpful for large SharePoint sites.

Improved Efficiency for Inherited Permissions

• Optimized inherited permissions by removing redundant system lookups – improving average SharePoint Backup times by ~5%.

Continuity

We resolved key customer-reported issues to enhance the stability of our recovery services, further supporting you to reliably resume operations in a disaster scenario:

• “Inaccessible boot device” and blue screen in Recovery Testing / Standby Image / One-Time Restore to Hyper-V, which was caused by corruption of the wvmbus driver configuration on the source machine.
• “Failed to resize virtual disk: Invalid operation for device” in Standby Image to ESXi, which happened when source disk size was adjusted and not aligned to 1024 bytes margin.
• Fixed failed boots in Standby Image to ESXi, caused by disk type and disk controller mismatch (IDE controller used for GPT disks).
• Resolved edge cases in Standby Image and One-Time Restore that were causing unresponsive recovery processes.

Reporting

In May, Executive Summary Reports – which highlight KPIs and insights for MSPs and IT teams to share with stakeholders – entered limited preview. We’ve received positive feedback and are making ongoing improvements before GA:

Executive Summary Reports Enhancements (Limited Preview)

• Backup frequency for SharePoint and OneDrive has been increased to up to 4x per day.
• Backup and restore times of less than one minute are now accurately reported.
• Clarified report names for easier identification and tracking.
• Improved dashboard accuracy by removing profile name mismatches.

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