Microsoft today announced support for backups of files and folders on PCs running Windows 10 through the Azure Backup cloud service. It’s a natural extension of Azure Backup following the launch of Windows 10 last month.
Once you’ve connected a PC running Windows 10 to Azure Backup, you can back up data to the cloud as often as three times a day, and data can stay in Azure “for almost 99 years,” Microsoft cloud and enterprise program manager Giridhar Mosay wrote in a blog post today.
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In December, Microsoft introduced support for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 in Azure Backup. Now, naturally, Windows 10 backup is available through the service, too.
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