Merge pull request #263839 from niklarin/geo-final

Geo-redundant backup GA

Author: v-regandowner

articles/cosmos-db/postgresql/concepts-backup.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ms.service: cosmos-db
 ms.subservice: postgresql
 ms.custom: ignite-2022, references_regions
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 12/20/2023
+ms.date: 01/21/2024
 ---
 
 # Backup and restore in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
@@ -41,36 +41,10 @@ Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL supports the following backup redundancy options.
 
     * Locally redundant backup storage: This option is automatically chosen for regions that don't support availability zones. When the backups are stored in locally redundant backup storage, multiple copies of backups are stored in the same region.
 
-* Cross-region backup (in preview)
+* Cross-region backup
     * Geo-redundant backup storage: You can choose this option at the time of cluster creation. When the backups are stored in another region, in addition to three copies of data stored within the region where your cluster is hosted, the data is replicated to another region.
 
-Geo-redundant backup is supported in the following Azure regions.
-
-| Cluster's region      | Geo-backup stored in           |
-|-----------------------|--------------------------------|
-| Canada Central        | Canada East                    |
-| Central US            | East US 2                      |
-| East Asia             | Southeast Asia                 |
-| East US               | West US                        |
-| East US 2             | Central US                     |
-| Japan East            | Japan West                     |
-| Japan West            | Japan East                     |
-| North Central US      | South Central US               |
-| North Europe          | West Europe                    |
-| South Central US      | North Central US               |
-| Southeast Asia        | East Asia                      |
-| Switzerland North     | Switzerland West               |
-| Switzerland West      | Switzerland North              |
-| West Central US       | West US 2                      |
-| West Europe           | North Europe                   |
-| West US               | East US                        |
-| West US 2             | West Central US                |
-
-> [!IMPORTANT]
-> Geo-redundant backup and restore in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL is currently in preview.
-> This preview version is provided without a service level agreement, and it's not recommended
-> for production workloads. Certain features might not be supported or might have constrained 
-> capabilities.
+[Azure region where cluster's geo-redundant backup is stored](./resources-regions.md#regional-availability-for-azure-cosmos-db-for-postgresql) depends on the Azure region where the Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL cluster is located.
 
 ### Backup storage cost
 
@@ -87,7 +61,7 @@ database, or if an application accidentally overwrites good data with bad data.
 > [!NOTE]
 > While cluster backups are always stored for 35 days, you might need to 
 > open a support request to restore the cluster to a point that is earlier
-> than the latest failover time. Maintenance and compute / storage scaling operations use
+> than the latest failover time. In addition to [high availability (HA)](./concepts-high-availability.md), [maintenance](./concepts-maintenance.md) and compute / storage scaling operations use
 > failovers to minimize downtime during these operations.  
 
 For same-region restore, when all nodes are up and running, you can restore cluster without any data loss. In an extremely rare case of a node experiencing a catastrophic event (and [high availability](./concepts-high-availability.md) isn't enabled on the cluster), you might lose up to 5 minutes of data.
@@ -115,4 +89,4 @@ In most cases, cluster restore takes up to 1 hour.
 * See the steps to [restore a cluster](howto-restore-portal.md)
   in the Azure portal.
 * See [backup and restore limits and limitations](./reference-limits.md#backup-and-restore).
-* Learn about [Azure availability zones](../../availability-zones/az-overview.md).
+* Learn about  [Azure availability zones](../../availability-zones/az-overview.md).

articles/cosmos-db/postgresql/howto-restore-portal.md

@@ -1,25 +1,19 @@
 ---
 title: Restore - Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL - Azure portal
-description: See how to perform restore operations in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL through the Azure portal.
+description: See how to perform restore operations in the same or another region in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL through the Azure portal.
 ms.author: nlarin
 author: niklarin
 ms.service: cosmos-db
 ms.subservice: postgresql
 ms.custom: ignite-2022, references_regions
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 11/02/2023
+ms.date: 01/21/2024
 ---
 
 # Backup and point-in-time restore of a cluster in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
 
 [!INCLUDE [PostgreSQL](../includes/appliesto-postgresql.md)]
 
-> [!IMPORTANT]
-> Geo-redundant backup and restore in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL is currently in preview.
-> This preview version is provided without a service level agreement, and it's not recommended
-> for production workloads. Certain features might not be supported or might have constrained 
-> capabilities.
-
 This article provides step-by-step procedures to select backup type, to check type of backup enabled on a cluster, and to perform [point-in-time
 recoveries](concepts-backup.md#restore) for a
 cluster using backups. You can restore either to the earliest backup or to
@@ -61,7 +55,7 @@ earliest existing backup.
 
 1. Select **Next**. 
 
-1. (optional) Make data encryption selection for restored cluster on the **Encryption (preview)** tab.
+1. (optional) Make data encryption selection for restored cluster on the **Encryption** tab.
 
 1. Select **Create**. A notification shows that the restore operation is initiated.
 
@@ -82,7 +76,7 @@ and time of your choosing.
 
 1. Select **Next**. 
 
-1. (optional) Make data encryption selection for restored cluster on the **Encryption (preview)** tab.
+1. (optional) Make data encryption selection for restored cluster on the **Encryption** tab.
 
 1. Select **Create**. A notification shows that the restore operation is initiated.
 
@@ -104,5 +98,6 @@ back up and running:
 
 * Learn more about [backup and restore](concepts-backup.md) in
   Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL.
+* See [the list of Azure regions where geo-redundant backup is supported](./resources-regions.md)
 * See [backup and restore limits and limitations](./reference-limits.md#backup-and-restore).
 * Set [suggested alerts](./howto-alert-on-metric.md#suggested-alerts) on clusters.

articles/cosmos-db/postgresql/product-updates.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ms.custom: mvc, references_regions
 ms.service: cosmos-db
 ms.subservice: postgresql
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 01/08/2024
+ms.date: 01/21/2024
 ---
 
 # Product updates for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ Updates that don’t directly affect the internals of a cluster are rolled out g
 
 Updates that change cluster internals, such as installing a [new minor PostgreSQL version](https://www.postgresql.org/developer/roadmap/), are delivered to existing clusters as part of the next [scheduled maintenance](concepts-maintenance.md) event. Such updates are available immediately to newly created clusters.
 
+### January 2024
+* General availability: Geo-redundant backup and restore
+    * Learn more about [backup and restore Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL](./concepts-backup.md#backup-redundancy)
+
 ### December 2023
 * Preview: [PgBouncer](./concepts-connection-pool.md) is now supported with [Microsoft Entra ID authentication](./concepts-authentication.md#microsoft-entra-id-authentication-preview).
 * General availability: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL is now available in Poland Central and South India.
@@ -170,7 +174,6 @@ might have capabilities with limitations. For more information, see
 [Supplemental Terms of Use for Microsoft Azure
 Previews](https://azure.microsoft.com/support/legal/preview-supplemental-terms/)
 
-* [Geo-redundant backup and restore](./concepts-backup.md#backup-redundancy)
 * [32 TiB storage per node in multi-node clusters](./resources-compute.md#multi-node-cluster)
 * [Microsoft Entra ID authentication](./concepts-authentication.md#azure-active-directory-authentication-preview)
 

articles/cosmos-db/postgresql/reference-limits.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ author: niklarin
 ms.service: cosmos-db
 ms.subservice: postgresql
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 01/08/2024
+ms.date: 01/21/2024
 ---
 
 # Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL limits and limitations
@@ -116,12 +116,12 @@ By default this database is called `citus`. Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL suppo
 
 ## Backup and restore
 
-### Geo-redundant backup and restore (preview)
+### Geo-redundant backup and restore
 * Geo-redundant backup can be enabled only during cluster creation.
-    * You can enable geo-redundant backup when you perform a cluster restore.
+    * You can enable geo-redundant backup when you perform a [cluster restore](./howto-restore-portal.md).
     * You can enable geo-redundant backup when you [promote a cluster read-replica to an independent cluster](./howto-read-replicas-portal.md#promote-a-read-replica).
-* Geo-redundant backup can't be enabled on single node clusters with [burstable compute](./concepts-burstable-compute.md).
 * Geo-redundant backup can't be disabled once cluster is created.
+* Geo-redundant backup can't be enabled on single node clusters with [burstable compute](./concepts-burstable-compute.md).
 * [Customer managed key (CMK)](./concepts-customer-managed-keys.md) isn't supported for clusters with geo-redundant backup enabled.
 * Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL cluster with geo-redundant backup enabled can't have a [cluster read replica](./concepts-read-replicas.md) in the region where geo-redundant backup is stored.
 

articles/cosmos-db/postgresql/resources-regions.md

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 ---
 title: Regional availability – Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
-description: Azure regions where you can run a cluster
+description: Azure regions where you can run an Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL cluster, configure geo-redundant backup, and can get AZ outage resiliency protection
 ms.author: nlarin
 author: niklarin
 ms.service: cosmos-db
 ms.subservice: postgresql
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.custom: references_regions, ignite-2022
-ms.date: 01/02/2024
+ms.date: 01/21/2024
 
 ---
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL is available in the following Azure regions:
 | Brazil South | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: |
 | Canada Central | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | Canada East |
 | Canada East | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | Canada Central |
-| Central India | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: |
+| Central India | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | South India |
 | Central US | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | East US 2 |
 | East Asia | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | Southeast Asia |
 | East US | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | West US |
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL is available in the following Azure regions:
 | Poland Central | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: |
 | Qatar Central | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: |
 | South Central US | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | North Central US |
-| South India | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | :x: |
+| South India | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | Central India |
 | Southeast Asia | :heavy_check_mark: | :x:| East Asia |
 | Sweden Central | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: |
 | Switzerland North | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | Switzerland West |