Merge pull request #300062 from AbhishekMallick01/May-20-2025-GRSPv2

GRS+CRR support for VM backup with Pv2 disk - Supported region updates

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/backup/backup-support-matrix-iaas.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Support matrix for Azure VM backups
 description: Get a summary of support settings and limitations for backing up Azure VMs by using the Azure Backup service.
 ms.topic: reference
-ms.date: 05/12/2025
+ms.date: 05/20/2025
 ms.custom: references_regions, linux-related-content
 ms.reviewer: nikhilsarode
 ms.service: azure-backup
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ Resizing a disk on a protected VM | Supported.
 Shared storage| Backing up VMs by using Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) or Scale-Out File Server isn't supported. CSV writers are likely to fail during backup. On restore, disks that contain CSV volumes might not come up.
 [Shared disks](/azure/virtual-machines/disks-shared-enable) | Not supported. <br><br> - You can exclude shared disk with Enhanced policy and backup the other supported disks in the VM. <br><br> - You can use S2D to create a shared disk or standalone volumes by combining capacities from disks in different VMs. Azure Backup doesn't support backup of a shared volume (between VMs for database cluster or cluster Configuration) created using S2D.
 <a name="ultra-disk-backup">Ultra disks</a> | Supported with [Enhanced policy](backup-azure-vms-enhanced-policy.md).[Learn about the disk considerations for Azure VM](/azure/virtual-machines/disks-types#ultra-disk-limitations).      <br><br>    - Configuration of Ultra disk protection is supported via Recovery Services vault and via virtual machine blade.        <br><br>    - File-level restore is currently not supported for machines using Ultra disks. <br><br>   - GRS vaults and Cross-Region Restore are currently supported in the following regions for machines using Ultra Disks: South Central US, Brazil South, Canada East, Canada Central, East US2, South East Asia, West US, Central US, Korea South, Korea Central, South Central US, West Europe, North Central US, East Asia, USGov Texas, USGov Arizona, USGov Texas, West US2, North Europe, East US, West Central US, East US.
-<a name="premium-ssd-v2-backup">Premium SSD v2</a> | Supported with [Enhanced policy](backup-azure-vms-enhanced-policy.md). [Learn about the disk considerations for Azure VM](/azure/virtual-machines/disks-types#regional-availability).     <br><br>    - Configuration of Premium SSD v2 disk protection is supported via Recovery Services vault and via virtual machine blade.       <br><br>    - File-level restore is currently not supported for machines using Premium SSD v2 disks.      <br><br>    - GRS vaults and Cross-Region Restore are currently supported in the following regions for machines using Premium SSDv2 Disks: Brazil South, Central US, East Asia, East US, East US2, North Central US, North Europe, South Central US, South East Asia, UK South, UK West, West Europe, West US, West US3. 
+<a name="premium-ssd-v2-backup">Premium SSD v2</a> | Supported with [Enhanced policy](backup-azure-vms-enhanced-policy.md). [Learn about the disk considerations for Azure VM](/azure/virtual-machines/disks-types#regional-availability).     <br><br>    - Configuration of Premium SSD v2 disk protection is supported via Recovery Services vault and via virtual machine blade.       <br><br>    - File-level restore is currently not supported for machines using Premium SSD v2 disks.      <br><br>    - GRS vaults and Cross-Region Restore are currently supported in the following regions for machines using Premium SSDv2 Disks: Brazil South, Central US, East Asia, East US, East US2, North Central US, North Europe, South Central US, South East Asia, UK South, UK West, West Europe, West US, West US3, Norway West, Norway East, Japan West, Japan East. 
 [Temporary disks](/azure/virtual-machines/managed-disks-overview#temporary-disk) | Azure Backup doesn't back up temporary disks.
 NVMe/[ephemeral disks](/azure/virtual-machines/ephemeral-os-disks) | Supported.
 [Resilient File System (ReFS)](/windows-server/storage/refs/refs-overview) restore | Supported. Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) supports app-consistent backups on ReFS.