Home > New Features and Improvements from Preview Versions > AvePoint Cloud Backup for IaaS + PaaS August 2025
Download this articleRelease Date for the Commercial Environment: August 10, 2025
Release Date for the U.S Government Environment: August 17, 2025
The Google Cloud Storage is now an available option for AvePoint hosted default storage location.
Cloud Backup for IaaS + PaaS supports CAP Gateway mode for backup and restore operations across Azure VM, GCP VM instance, and Azure Storage services.
You can configure CAP Gateways to enable CAP Gateway mode.
A per-unit pricing model is available when using CAP Gateway mode with BYOS storage.
Retention policies for Azure VM, Azure SQL Backup, and Google VM instance (in CAP Gateway mode) now support fully customizable settings, including hourly/daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly retention configurations.
Private Preview: Cloud Backup for IaaS + PaaS now supports backup and restore for AWS Platform Configurations, including AWS IAM, AWS Key Management Service, AWS Lambda, AWS Route 53, AWS Systems Manager, and AWS WAF.
Incremental backup is now supported for the Azure SQL Backup service.