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Time-based backup immutability is now available for Azure SQL Database LTR backups: once the policy is enabled and locked, protected backups can’t be deleted or modified until the retention window ends. But it only covers backups created after the lock.
Microsoft lists CVE-2026-58644 as exploited in the wild. SharePoint Server operators should verify every farm meets the June fixed-build threshold, install the latest August cumulative updates and assess any previously exposed unpatched host for compromise.
Criminals have obtained contact details from several Jersey organisations and are using trusted local names in phishing messages. The immediate challenge is protecting customers from follow-on credential theft, fraud and convincing impersonation attempts.
Microsoft’s new time-based immutability for Azure SQL Database long-term retention backups makes them non-modifiable and non-erasable during the immutability period. That strengthens the trustworthiness of recovery points, but teams still need recovery discipline and tested restores—especially for Managed Instance.
