Azure Backup Now Restores Single Files from Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disk VMs

If your VMs run on Premium SSD v2 or Ultra Disks, you have had to restore a whole disk just to get one file back. That gap has now closed.

Azure Backup has made Item-Level Recovery (ILR) generally available for Azure VMs using these disk types, with both 512 byte and 4KB logical sector sizes. You can recover individual files and folders straight from a recovery point instead of rebuilding the full VM or disk.

Worth a look if you protect performance-sensitive workloads and want faster, lighter restores. Dive into the full technical breakdown here