BETA: Introducing Cloud Immutability
Beta Notice: This feature is currently in beta and is not recommended for use in production environments.
New UI Option – "Cloud Immutability":
A new option is available when creating NEW Cloud Backup jobs. Enabling Cloud Immutability allows for enhanced protection through immutable backups, with the ability to recover even from corrupted backup data.

Cloud Storage Configuration Requirement:
To use immutable backups, users must configure immutability settings—such as Object Lock or version-level immutability—on the destination bucket or container at the cloud provider during setup.

Updated Cloud Backup Format:>
Introduces a new backup format designed to support immutability.

Note: This format is not compatible with earlier versions of BackupAssist.

Supported Providers and Technologies:
Amazon S3 and S3-compatible services (e.g., Wasabi, Backblaze B2) using Object Lock in Compliance Mode
Microsoft Azure with version-level immutability and time-based retention policies
Fixes and Enhancements:
Backup, CryptoSafeGuard & Restore:
Fixed a regression affecting File Protection backups with network share selections and exclusions.
Resolved Test Restore issues for encrypted New System Protection backups to iSCSI.
Addressed issues caused by invalid characters (e.g., Unicode surrogate pairs) in file/directory names during backups and scanning.
Added a one-time backup option for File Protection to rebuild the Test Restore integrity database.
Improved error handling for encrypted New System Protection backups.
Fixed performance/memory issues in Cloud Backup with containers holding over 145 million chunks.
Fixed New System Protection Bare Metal backups failing when CD/DVD volumes were included.
Resolved low-level NTFS issue with multi-extent files containing invalid entries.
Enhanced VHDX creation for New System Protection backups.
Improved critical volume detection for Bare Metal backups on DFSR systems.
Fixed File Protection restore when a previously backed-up network path is removed from selections.
Addressed scanning issues caused by reparse points on network paths.
Fixed tape restore file display bug due to error handling.
Fixed some CSG scanning timeouts.
Added report warning for VSS errors when VSS timeout is set to under 10 minutes.
Exchange Granular Restore
Added support for Windows Server 2025.
New menu option: “Show system folders” displays all system folders across mailboxes.
Fixed crash during PST export when encountering corrupted PropertyBlobs – now skipped with a warning.
NAS and Network Enhancements
New troubleshooting UI option for NAS destinations to toggle permission changes during backup.
Installer & Service Updates
Fixed silent installation by removing unnecessary warning popups.
Added a warning to prevent "ghost" entries if BackupAssist is upgraded under a different user account.
Switched installer mode from "install for one user" to "install for all users".
Uninstall now correctly removes BackupAssistData folders created by CSG from user directories.
Resolved a rare BackupAssist Service crash during startup.
MBC & Service Improvements
Changed MBC terminology – "Site" is now labeled as "Group".
Fixed an issue where MBC deregistration failed for some customers.

New: commands using a caption text argument can now use "" for explicitely empty captions
Fix: various small changes, improvements and bug fixes

Tools menu item "Bluetooth Devices" to show a list of Bluetooth devices with the option to delete them
Shows device's Bluetooth device information as name, MAC address, last connection etc
Option to show the name of a device's Bluetooth device in the tree - helpful with Bluetooth COM ports
Bluetooth devices are sorted by name in the tree-view