Acronis Cyber Platform

Archive – What’s new
Below is a list of previously released product features.
To view the most recent list of releases, link here.
December 2023 Release
- AI-generated EDR incident summaries for streamlined analysisMSPs leveraging Acronis EDR now can accelerate their incident analysis and response times with AI-generated incident summaries. This addition builds upon the existing AI-based interpretations of incidents, which are mapped to MITRE ATT&CK® attack stages, providing Acronis partners with a more efficient and insightful way to handle cybersecurity threats. Learn more in our blog article.
- Passive threat monitoring for endpoint protectionPartners now have an enhanced ability to test and fine-tune Acronis endpoint protection features in production environments before proceeding to full deployment. Administrators can utilize a passive monitoring mode for end-client environments. This mode focuses on just sending notifications for detections from antivirus and anti-malware, Active Protection, URL filtering, and EDR, while not taking actions such as stopping, blocking, or quarantining these detections.
- Support for backup and recovery of the latest versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and AlmaLinuxKeeping up with the latest technology, partners now have the ability to protect the most recent versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and AlmaLinux operating systems: 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3. This ensures that businesses using these platforms can rely on Acronis for comprehensive backup and recovery solutions.
- ConnectWise Asio integration, version 2.3Following ConnectWise's announcement in November 2023 of a new backup dashboard in its Asio platform, we’re introducing support for this dashboard in our ConnectWise Asio integration, version 2.3. This update adds alarms and backup job information for Acronis backups, enabling partners using the ConnectWise Backup Dashboard to monitor the status and health of their backups in real time.
- ConnectWise Automate integration, version 1.11The latest version of the ConnectWise Automate integration introduces several improvements and fixes, enhancing stability and performance. Key among these is faster alert synchronization, ensuring a more efficient and responsive integration.
- Jamf Pro integration, version 1.2The newest update for the Jamf Pro integration streamlines the alert reporting process. It addresses the issue of maintaining unique names for extension attributes, which are essential for reporting alerts, even when the alert types in Acronis are identical. This ensures a more organized and effective alert management system.
- New integrations developed by our technology partnersWe are excited to expand our Application Catalog with innovative integrations from our technology partners, enhancing both cybersecurity and automation. Notable additions include EasyDMARC for streamlined email authentication, Adlumin for centralized security data visibility, passwordless access with Traitware, SendMarc for simplified DMARC management, LastPass for integrated password management, XenexSoc for real-time alarm monitoring, and BigPanda for actionable IT incident management. In automation, Integrately offers easy app connections and Frends enables automated user management.
November 2023 Release
- Enhanced management of exclusions for anti-malware and URL filteringIn this update, we have reworked the user interface for the “exclusions” settings in antivirus and anti-malware protection and URL filtering. The new design is more intuitive and user friendly and supports network folder paths and wildcards, improving your precision in identifying threats.
- "All updates" option for patch management of Windows third-party productsIn Acronis Advanced Management, we have extended the “All updates” option to include Windows third-party products. This option enhances security by deploying the latest patches, encompassing both minor and major updates, and simplifies the deployment process by installing all available updates.
- Option to enforce application-consistent backup for virtual machinesFor some business-critical applications, ensuring application-consistent, or “quiesced,” backups is critical. The new option to enforce the use of application-consistent (VSS-aware, quiesced) VM snapshots for backups enhances data integrity, particularly for complex applications and databases. This option not only reduces the risk of data corruption but also aids in compliance with various regulatory standards, ensuring more reliable and compliant data backups.
October 2023 Release
- Integration with ZapierMSPs can now seamlessly integrate Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) with over 6,000 apps, enhancing workflow automation and operations. The integration possibilities are boundless: receive Acronis alerts through apps like Teams and Slack, synchronize them with support systems, streamline billing and reporting by directing customer usage data to invoicing and BI systems, and provision tenants using spreadsheet or CRM data.
- Support for macOS 14 SonomaWith the 23.10 release, Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) now supports functionalities including backup, security, management and file sync and share for macOS 14 Sonoma workloads. This ensures the protection and functionality of devices operating on Apple’s OS released on September 26, 2023.
- Chat with an Acronis sales representative in the management portal ― For PAYG partnersPAYG partners now have the option to communicate directly with an Acronis sales representative via chat in the management portal. This feature enables partners to ask sales-related questions and understand solutions tailored for service providers, including their licensing details. While currently available only to PAYG partners, we plan to extend support to other partner types in future releases.
- TCO calculator for Acronis trial partnersThe new TCO calculator for trial partners enables accurate cost estimations for the services trial partners aim to provide using Acronis. When trialing Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud), click on the "Calculate monthly costs" item in the management portal to access the calculator.
September 2023 Release
- SecurityNew Collaboration App Protection for Microsoft 365 with AcronisNew Collaboration App Protection for Microsoft 365 with Acronis – unlock rapid and precise detection & response specifically designed to replace or augment the limitations inherent in M365’s defense approach that offers a compelling and necessary security imperative along with effortless deployment and management.
- SecurityAcronis MDRAcronis MDR – Early Access Program (EAP) - Partners can sign-up for the EAP of Acronis MDR and get a chance to be among the first to try out our simplified, continuous, effective endpoint security service designed for services providers to deliver unmatched business resilience to clients while optimizing resource allocation via the Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) platform.
- SecurityDLP: Customize sensitive data classifiers furtherDLP: Customize sensitive data classifiers further - Gain more granular control of DLP rules beyond the pre-built data classifiers by customizing the DLP policy with rules that prevent unauthorized transfers of sensitive data based on specific file types, keywords, regular expressions patterns, and complex combinations of different content groups with logical operators.
- SecurityDLP: Pre-built data classifiers for Singapore PIIDLP: Pre-built data classifiers for Singapore PII - MSPs now have a pre-built set of data classifiers that enables them to automatically protect Singaporean clients’ personally identifiable information (PII) and strengthen compliance with PDPA (Personal Data Protection Act).
- SecurityExtended Antivirus & Antimalware support for Linux distributionsExtended Antivirus & Antimalware support for Linux distributions - Partners can now protect more Linux distribution workloads with their antivirus and antimalware services with added support for Red hat Linux 9.x, Ubuntu 22.04 and 22.10, and Debian 10.x and 11.x.
- BackupNew Advanced Disaster Recovery capabilities tailored for healthcare applicationsNew Advanced Disaster Recovery capabilities tailored for healthcare applications In addition to our established HIPAA-compliant backup services, our offering now provides industry-leading security, including comprehensive data encryption within the Acronis Cloud and detailed audits and extra security layers.
- BackupAcronis Advanced Disaster RecoveryAcronis Advanced Disaster Recovery – we are now extending automated failback capabilities to physical servers. Previously available for virtual machines, this feature ensures a smoother, more streamlined return to your normal system configurations after a failover event, minimizing downtime and reducing the burden on MSP IT resources.
- BackupDirect backup to Azure StorageDirect backup to Azure Storage in Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud). Includes streamlined configuration, lower TCO and greater data sovereignty. Native support for Azure allows you to directly store backups in Microsoft Azure, one of the world's leading cloud platforms.
- BackupGeo-redundant storage optionGeo-redundant storage option is now offered to our partners using US2 and US5 datacenters. This new capability distributes backup data across multiple geographic locations minimizing the risk of data loss due to localized disruptions
- Acronis RMMManagement automated patch approvalManagement pack is now enriched with automated patch approval, zero-day patching, and maintenance window creation.
- IntegrationCyberApp Standard accelerates the Acronis ecosystemCyberApp allows 3rd party cloud applications to be quickly integrated with the Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) platform. The new CyberApp UI Builder empowers vendors to build more complex interfaces without writing a single line of code. CyberApps are natively integrated into the Acronis platform, ensuring that integrated solutions appear native in the Acronis UI, providing MSPs with the best possible user experience. The unique Vendor Portal allows ISVs to manage the full application lifecycle in one place, from building and testing CyberApps to deployment and marketing options.
As a result, MSPs benefit from using the all-in-one platform with natively integrated applications and services commonly used by service providers to boost their productivity and efficiency, making their customers happier and better protected. - Acronis PSAAcronis PSAAutomation pack delivers business automation for small to midsized MSPs, including automated billing, ticketing, timesheet management, SLA and contract management, quoting and KPI reporting. Advanced Automation streamlines key operating processes and helps MSPs become much easier to do business with.
- New integrations in the Solutions CatalogWe work hard with our technology partners to help you to automate day-to-day routines and eliminate manual work and switching between different products. In this release we added new integrations with Bocada, Darktrace, Flowgear, IBM Qradar, MSPBots, OneBill, StellarCyber, Stock in the, Channel, StorMagic, Zabbix.
August 2023 Release
- Unlimited storage for Google WorkspaceBoost sales and control costs with improved and aligned Acronis licensing and billing rules for Google Workspace backup. Now, in the per-workload licensing model, Google Team Drives instances will not be charged by Acronis.
- Backup performance analyzer with bottleneck detectionImprove backup and recovery times and detect performance issues by automatically identifying the component in your backup infrastructure that has the most impact on performance. Each backup activity will inform you of its bottleneck so you can Improve the effectiveness of IT investment decisions.
- N-able N-central integration, version 2.0It is now easier than ever to onboard new partners who use N-able N-central and improve the efficiency of customer provisioning. You can centralize and standardize the monitoring the workflow of Acronis workloads using N-Central’s native automated dashboards and automated issues remediation to improve operational efficiency.
- ConnectWise Asio integration, version 2.2Improve operational efficiency by reducing the number of manual ticketing tasks through a ConnectWise Asio interface. You can also handle an extended list of Acronis alerts and automatically delete tickets when alerts are closed. Make your customers better protected by enabling, deploying and managing Linux workloads directly from ConnectWise Asio.
June 2023 Release
- Generic SIEM ConnectorMany MSPs use SIEM (security information and event management) technology for security incident investigation, remediation, threat hunting and compliance. The Acronis Generic SIEM Connector allows Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) to send alert-level data to any SIEM system that supports the Common Event Format (CEF) over SYSLOG for further correlation and analysis to reveal patterns of activity that may indicate an intrusion attempt. By enabling the integration with a SIEM solution, partners add a layer of protection to their customers’ businesses and mitigate the risks of downtime and security breaches caused by evolving cyberattacks. Acronis is committed to further integrating security-related telemetry with SIEM systems in the following months.
- Integration with Microsoft SentinelNow partners can extend and automate a customer’s cyber protection from modern cyberthreats by enabling the integration between Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) and Microsoft Sentinel. The integration allows for synchronization with the Microsoft security ecosystem by sending Acronis alert-level data to Microsoft Sentinel. Microsoft Sentinel delivers intelligent security analytics and threat intelligence across workspaces managed by partners. With Microsoft Sentinel, partners get a single solution for attack detection, threat visibility, proactive hunting and enabling you to run playbooks for threat response.
- Show the last logged-in userAcronis provides partners with more visibility and control they need to manage users, workloads and security properly. Now partners can easily keep track of device assignments and usage for each client. By matching each workload with the specific user that used to log in and displaying the time of the logon event, partner technicians gain valuable insights. They also have an audit trail of which users accessed devices at any time. It’s a simple way for partners to unlock major efficiencies, reduce risks and ensure strong oversight of their digital environment. Our technology provides unprecedented clarity into technology access and usage across all workloads the partner manages.
- VMware vSphere 8.0 support: agentless VM backup and recoveryAcronis continues to test new versions of integrated third-party products to provide partners with the most efficient modern cyber protection. Now partners who use VMware vSphere 8.0 and Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) can be sure products work together in the best way, including basic and advanced VM backup/recovery scenarios such as Application-aware VM backup, VM replication with failover/failback, backup/recovery of VMs located on vSAN 8 storage, recovery of VM with the newest virtual hardware version, and preserving the newest guest OS versions (vSphere property of the VM) during VM recovery.
- Recycle bin for accounts, users and service dataEven the most experienced users and IT admins make mistakes. Nobody is perfect. Acronis helps partners to be better protected even from mistakes and security accidents. Now partners and end-customer IT administrators can recover tenants and user accounts back to a fully-functional state after accidental deletion or account wipe caused by malicious actions within 30 days after the accident. This adds better customer data protection and peace of mind for IT personnel.
- eIDAS certification for signature in Advanced Files Sync and ShareAcronis continues to help MSPs improve their document workflows’ compliance and auditability. Advanced Files Sync and Share’s embedded eSigning has eIDAS certification (electronic IDentification, Authentication and trust Services) to comply with EU regulations on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the European market. Acronis partners can generate a trust certificate to guarantee the signature’s integrity and embed it in the signed document — with an easy drag-and-drop eSign feature. This simplifies and streamlines a partner’s document workflows.
- Integration with ServiceNow new version 2.0Partners can increase their productivity and create amazing experiences by automating their workflows more flexibly in the ServiceNow platform thanks to the new version of the integration of Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) with ServiceNow. To support partners with complex, distributed environments, Acronis adds the ability to map multiple partner tenants in a single ServiceNow instance to simplify workflow automation and improve automatic provisioning settings for better flexibility. Now, all incidents enriched with detailed alert data are handled directly in the ServiceNow console without switching between different products, saving the technician time. ServiceNow delivers proactive digital operations with AIOps, so partners get and use insights and automation to predict issues, reduce user impact and streamline resolutions.
- Backup frequency for Microsoft 365 and Google WorkspaceAcronis helps partners minimize downtime and data loss after recovery by automatically backing up Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace data more frequently. Now, administrators can configure backup frequency for any supported Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace workload. Partners can schedule backup up to 6 times per day, so they always keep what has already been done in case of an accident or cyberattack and can return to their usual working rhythm faster.
- New integrations in the Solutions CatalogWe work hard with our technology partners to help you to automate day-to-day routines and eliminate manual work and switching between different products. In this release we added new integrations with LastPass, Storadera, LogSign, Impossible Cloud, Storj.io, Zadara and Rewst.
May 2023 Release
- ML-based monitoring and smart alerts in Advanced Management packAcronis enables MSPs to utilize machine learning and automation to proactively detect and prioritize alerts effectively with auto-response actions.
Evaluate the condition of any workload and then perform an action when a specified threshold is reached. Decrease wasted time and provide reliable support with predictive, precise and automatic anomaly detection with auto-response actions. Customize alerts’ severity, frequency and message. Receive alerts in the Cyber Protection console only when the monitored parameters are out of normal performance. - ConnectWise Control 1.3Partners can save time by grouping all devices with open alerts in a single group. Also, the new version ensures partners will always have the latest version installed through in-product notifications.
April 2023 Release
- Provide unmatched business resilience with Advanced Security + EDR, designed for service providersProtecting endpoints shouldn’t be complicated and expensive. But today’s endpoint detection and response tools force MSPs to resort to costly advanced security expertise to use them — and require multiple point products for a complete protection, including business continuity.
With Acronis, there is a better way. Designed for MSPs, Acronis Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) delivers:
1. The ability to quickly and easily analyze and prioritize security incidents.
2. Integrated security and recovery capabilities, for comprehensive protection critical to maintaining business continuity.
3. A complete cyber protection solution in a single agent — simple for MSPs to deploy, manage, and scale. - ConnectWise NOC engineers can now manage workloads in Acronis for MSPs with ConnectWise Asio integration 2.1Streamline ticket management and operations by enabling ConnectWise NOC engineers to access the Acronis RMM Console for partners they manage. This allows NOC operators to resolve any issues and manage workloads on behalf of MSPs.
March 2023 Release
- Backup: Remotely boot mediaManage bootable media remotely via a web interface in Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) when there is no screen to access the workload. Streamline your operations and execute remote actions such as recovery, reboot, shutdown, downloading system info, and monitoring the status of the boot media.
- Management: Automatically authenticate remote connections using saved credentialsReduce overload and manual work for technicians via the automatic authentication of web connections by using saved credentials, enabling instant connections to remote workloads for troubleshooting without any additional steps. This update eliminates the risk of compatibility issues between agent plans and selected workloads.
- Acronis Files Cloud: Streamline file sharing with Share GroupsSimplify the sharing of cloud files with multiple team members via Acronis Files Cloud. Facilitate easier team collaboration by creating Share Groups, add team members to them, and streamline sharing of files using an email link. A Share Group can be added to automatically share files with all group members.
- Acronis Cyber Platform console: View what’s newWith the March release, you will be able to quickly and easily check all new capabilities included in the latest software release — via a link available in the Cyber Protection console enabling access to the "What's new" dialog.
- NinjaOne version 2.0 integrationDon’t miss this opportunity to boost your efficiency and security with the new version of the integration of Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) and NinjaOne.
Save time and money by either automatically or manually creating and synchronizing customer tenants in Acronis based on your customers in NinjaOne RMM. Enhance visibility and control over your customers’ device status and alerts in NinjaOne RMM, thanks to the configurable monitoring based on Acronis data. Streamline your ticket management and resolution process by synchronizing tickets in NinjaOne RMM with Acronis alerts. - Support for Class 1 / Class 2 usage reporting in PSA integrationsYou can now separate billing and usage reporting for free and paid storage, and provide greater detail to your customers, with higher reporting flexibility. This means you can easily track and report how much storage your customers are using for their Microsoft 365 seats, as well as any additional paid storage they may need.
In addition to ConnectWise Manage and Autotask PSA, where it was already supported, support for Class 1 / Class 2 usage reporting is now available with our integrations for Kaseya BMS and HaloPSA. - Partner tenant billing for Autotask PSAOur new partner tenant billing saves your time and efforts if you need to do aggregate billing for partner tenants under your Acronis account. This feature allows you to automatically bill any partner tenants under your tenant, without having to aggregate billing for each customer tenant within the sub-partner tenant. You can also get aggregate usage reports for partner tenants under your MSP partner tenant, giving you more visibility and control over your business.
In addition to ConnectWise Manage where it was already supported, support for partner tenant billing is available now with our integrations for Autotask PSA. - Support for range offering items in PSA integrationsDo you want to streamline your billing process and align it with your PSA integrations? We have added support for range offering items in our integrations with ConnectWise Manage, Autotask PSA, Kaseya BMS and HaloPSA. This means you can now report the total usage of Acronis products based on your preferred billing cycle. Whether you want to use the current or previous calendar month, or a custom billing month with a configurable start date, we have you covered. This feature will help you save time and avoid errors when invoicing your clients. Don’t miss this opportunity to upgrade your PSA integrations and enjoy more flexibility and accuracy in your reporting.
February 2023 Release
- Email Security: Speed up provisioning with API-based scanning for Microsoft 365Reduce service delivery costs while increasing scalability with easier and faster provisioning of email security services to new clients using API for Microsoft 365. Selectively choose which domains and seats to protect and reduce configuration errors and support tickets that typically occur when configuring partial domain protection.
- Email Security: Scan Microsoft 365 outbound emailsReduce risk of reputational damage detecting malicious emails originating from client mailboxes. The new improvement also enhances inbound protection accuracy by better understanding communications with external parties. The functionality is available via API-based scanning for Microsoft 365.
- Email Security: Increase attack visibility with improved insights dashboardImprove your security-related decision-making and better demonstrate your ongoing value to clients with new dashboard widgets including: top five attack types with details on each type, highlighted attacks, top attacked and/or compromised people, and top impersonated identities per client.
- Email Security: View scan historyStreamline your efforts when investigating scan-based detections with visibility into the lifecycle events of each scan that Advanced Email Security performed – such as scan time and release time, and emails sent between an admin user and the Incident Response (IR) team.
- Email Security: Manage restricted file types in inbound emailsImprove clients' protection with a customizable restricted files policy for inbound emails. View a list of all file types and add them to block or allow lists in seconds.
- Acronis Cyber Platform: Protect more cPanel server environments and configurations with Acronis plugin version 1.7Back up cPanel servers running on the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Rocky Linux 8 operating systems. Seamlessly recover MySQL 8 databases regardless of the engine configuration, even if it was updated after backup.
- Acronis Cyber Platform: Enable services, packs, offering items across multiple clientsSave time and money when your need to add new services, billing modes, services, or offering items to multiple tenants, instead of relying on manual enablement per client. Also enables easy migration from legacy licensing for multiple partners and folders.
- Integration with HaloPSA available for all partnersFresh out of our Lighthouse program, the new HaloPSA integration makes it easier than ever to keep an eye on the data, applications and systems you protect for your clients. Solve your clients’ cyber protection challenges faster and streamline the provisioning, ticketing and billing of cyber protection services — all through HaloPSA.
- Management: Define status for script executionThe Cyber Scripting feature is a powerful set of tools that enables IT administrators to automate day-to-day tasks. With the February release you can set a script status when creating, cloning or restoring scripts. This way approved scripts and ones for testing can be added immediately to Script plans, unlike draft scripts.
January 2023 Release
- Backup: Save time and effort with group management for Microsoft 365 and Google WorkspaceSimplify protection management for multiple Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace seats by eliminating the need to configure protection for each individual MS365 or Google Workspace workload.
- Reduce onboarding costs with Datto RMM integrationThe updated integration enables you to quickly and easily onboard customers by provisioning Acronis customer tenants based on Datto RMM sites. You can provision all or selected sites from Datto RMM as new tenants, map sites to existing tenants, or configure automatic tenant provisioning based on Datto RMM sites.
December 2022 Release
- Advanced Security + EDR Early AccessAcronis Advanced Security + EDR is the market’s first MSP-class EDR product that enables partners to protect clients against advanced threats like zero days or hacking. Providers can rapidly turn on and scale the service to DETECT, analyze, and RESPOND to advanced attacks that sneak past other endpoint defenses with minimal effort, and with pre-integrated IDENTIFY, PROTECT and RECOVER capabilities, you can achieve true continuity. Early Access is coming in the following weeks, so hurry up and request now for a chance to be one of the first to try it out.
- Advanced DLP: Customize sensitive data detection in DLP rules by file typesWith the December update, partners gain more granular control of DLP rules and reduce the risk of sensitive data leakage on client endpoints by customizing the DLP policy with rules that prevent unauthorized transfers of specific sensitive file types. We’re committed to further developing our capabilities for customizing sensitive data detection as partners show considerable interest in such functionalities.
- New agent for Synology NAS backupReduce operational costs by removing the need for a dedicated server that will enable NAS backup. The new agent enables you to get improved performance by accessing the data from NAS shares locally, instead of reading it over the network via SMB.
- Advanced Management: New remote desktop and assistanceIncrease the efficiency of IT technicians and save time and resources from having to travel on-site with an easy to use, single application for seamless access and support for Windows, macOS, and Linux workloads.
- Compliance mode for immutable storageEnsure client backups do not get lost and can easily be recovered in the case of a malware attack, accidental deletion, or malicious deletion by a rogue administrator. Once the compliance mode is enabled, the immutable storage cannot be disabled.
- Automated test failoverSave time and effort with a simplified, automated test failover. With the Advanced Disaster recovery pack, you can perform automated test failover for any server on a monthly basis, giving you the confidence that you can recover quickly and successfully.
- Provision N-able N-sight RMM 2.0 customer tenants in Acronis Cyber PlatformEmerging service providers using N-able N-sight RMM to monitor and manage customer workloads will be able to reduce the cost and fasten the speed of onboarding customers by easily provisioning tenants as new customer tenants in Acronis or mapping to existing Acronis customer tenants. To streamline the process, partners are able to configure automatic tenant provisioning and deprovisioning.
- Advanced Email Security: Increased visibility of the scope of protected email usersIn December, we’re updating Advanced Email Security’s dashboard to show a detailed view of all protected email users per client. The update will enable partners to easily verify newly protected mailboxes and report on the protection scope on a per-client basis with the goal to also reduce billing-related support tickets.
- Secure sharing of confidential files and folders with external usersGet more flexibility and improved security with the ability to share files and folders with external users and enable them to access and preview the shared content, but also disabling the option to download the content.
- In-product maintenance notificationsStay informed about potential service issues, maintenance in progress and upcoming maintenance events.
- Recovery of deleted accountsReduce the risk of revenue loss, client churn, reputational damage, legal expenses and fines in the case of an unwanted data deletion caused by accidental data deletion, accidental service de-provisioning, a glitch in partner’s integration, malicious impact, and more.
- Advanced Email Security: Improved technical documentationWe have updated the technical documentation for onboarding technical staff and for configuring Advanced Email Security to introduce a centralized documentation space that is accessible in-product, improving its facility and accessibility.
November 2022 Release
- MI-assisted backup validation via boot screenshot analysisEnsure consistency and recoverability of backups with MI-assisted validation via boot screenshot analysis. The screenshots are auto-analyzed by an AI / MI engine, eliminating the need for any user interaction.
- Simplified workload registrationNow you can register workloads directly from the partner account — eliminating the need to log in with customer administrator credentials to register workloads in Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud).
- New integration with HaloPSAThe new HaloPSA integration enables you to save time and reduce efforts by automating various customer management tasks, including tenant and product provisioning, ticket resolution, and usage reporting and billing.
October 2022 Release
- Extended protection for Microsoft 365 OneNoteRecover Microsoft 365 OneNote notebooks quickly and easily directly into the Microsoft 365 account.
- macOS 13 Ventura supportNow you can protect macOS 13 Ventura workloads with Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud).
- Integration with ConnectWise Asio platformAcronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) is now fully integrated with ConnectWise Asio – the new unified IT management platform for MSPs, evolving from the existing ConnectWise Command platform.
- Acronis Cyber Files Cloud: public links to a folderEnable users to create a direct link to a folder and share files with external users.
The flexible configuration allows setting up different parameters for the public link, such as expiration date and different access permissions (view only or view and download).
September 2022 Release
- Effortlessly protect clients’ sensitive data against leakage with Advanced DLP General AvailabilityDrawing from our vast experience enabling service providers and decades of innovation in data protection, we’re now extending Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud)’s capabilities to protect sensitive data against unauthorized exfiltration. Launch a data loss prevention (DLP) service to protect clients’ sensitive data against leakage and strengthen compliance. Minimize effort and cost to value, aided by behavior-based DLP policy creation and extension, thereby unlocking unique simplification and scalability to boost profits.
- Advanced Security: Firewall management for Microsoft DefenderReduce the attack surface of a client workload by enabling Microsoft Defender Firewall in the protection plan. Receive prompt alerts in case unintended tampering of the firewall settings occurs, e.g., the firewall is accidentally turned off. Benefit from the recently launched Cyber Scripting functionality in the Advanced Management pack to effortlessly configure Microsoft Defender Firewall on your managed devices.
- Advanced Email Security: Improved license usage measuringMaximize billing accuracy and predictability with standardized license usage measuring methods for the Advanced Email Security pack. Manually adjust and manage licenses in cases where the auto-measuring method is not applicable, e.g., protecting a portion of the users within a domain only. Eliminate the need to contact support every time a license usage needs to be adjusted.
- Acronis Cyber Files Cloud: Fast and efficient local synchronizationDownloading the entirety of your data from the cloud is no longer required when moving or copying local files and folders with Acronis Cyber Files Cloud. Changes in clients’ files and folders are directly synchronized on the local machine, thus increasing bandwidth, and saving time and system resources.
- Acronis Cyber Files Cloud available in TurkishProvide a higher quality experience for your clients, increase usability, and gain more convenience while working with Acronis Cyber Files Cloud. The user interface is now available in Turkish, making it the fifteenth supported language by the product.
- Unified integrations catalog in Acronis’ console and websiteThe ISV integrations list has been redesigned to improve consistency and provide the same user experience whether you’re accessing the Acronis website or the Management portal. Benefit from a single, unified list of integrations with simultaneous content updates.
August 2022 Release
- Advanced Email Security: Detect, prevent, and mitigate account takeover (ATO) for Microsoft 365Advanced Email Security is now able to intercept account takeover attempts at any stage — ready to detect, prevent, and rapidly respond. Your clients are better protected against ATO by preventing attackers from phishing credentials; constant monitoring of email accounts for anomalies suggesting a compromise;; and ensuring fast remediation and account containment by the incident response team in case of account takeover.
- Advanced Email Security: Enhance compliance and monitoring capabilities with the audit logEnable auditing and investigation of any incident with visibility into all actions performed by admin users and the incident response team with a comprehensive audit log.
- Advanced Email Security: User interface available in additional languagesThe Advanced Email Security management console UI is now available in your preferred language — English, or newly added Spanish, German, French, Italian and Portuguese.
- Advanced Email Security: Chat with the Incident Response team in the management consoleEnsure you’ll receive an even swifter response on email security issues. Rapidly reach the Advanced Email Security incident response team and chat with support — directly in the Advanced Email Security management console.
- Extend anti-malware protection for Macs with Apple M1/M2 CPUsExpand anti-malware protection of macOS workloads with Apple M1/M2 CPUs (on top of already-supported Intel CPUs), against new and unknown threats with the extended support of our behavior engine leveraging advanced heuristics.
- Benefit from Microsoft 365 licensing improvements for blocked seatsFrom August, 2022 onward, Acronis will not charge for blocked seats (i.e., inability to log into Microsoft 365) with access to the protected SharePoint Online site and / or Teams, in case their OneDrive and / or mailbox are not protected.
- AppDirect Integration: Scale your business opportunities with pay-as-you-go billingPartners that leverage the AppDirect Integration are able to answer the dynamic needs of their clients and implement new pricing models to sell the Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) and advanced packs with flexible usage-based billing – per-GB or per workload. Usage reports will be automatically uploaded to AppDirect at the end of each month, triggering billing in the client’s account and will be provided to partners as an accurate account statement reflecting what was consumed during the period.
- ConnectWise Manage integration: Effortlessly report on billable and nonbillable storage usagePartners are now able to separately report and bill their clients on storage that is billable or nonbillable (e.g., storage included in Microsoft 365 protection) from Acronis. This update allows partners to not bill their customers for storage that is not billed by Acronis, and enables service providers to add the free storage as a separate line item on invoices to clients.
- Acronis Cyber Files: Synchronize bookmarked folders across all iOS devicesThe Acronis Cyber Files mobile application allows users to bookmark frequently-used folders, so that users can navigate to folders faster. With the August, 2022 update, bookmarks are synchronized across all iOS devices. If a user creates, renames or deletes a bookmark on one device, his bookmarks will be available to him when he logs in to the Acronis Cyber Files mobile application on a different iOS device.
July 2022 Release
- Protect VMware ESXi 7.0 workloads with Advanced Disaster RecoveryExtend your disaster recovery protection to VMware ESXi 7.0 workloads that are backed up agentless.
- Advanced Email Security: localized user interfaceGet more value and convenience by using the user interface in your preferred language.
Spanish is already available, and more to follow! - Enable end users to request and obtain files quickly and securelyThe files upload request gives end users a fast and secure way to request and obtain files from anyone, with all files being automatically organized into a user folder. Using an easy, drag-and-drop graphic interface, the file upload request enables end users to securely upload files without being added as a guest user or having access to the particular user account.
June 2022 Release
- SpotlightAutomate routine tasks with Cyber ScriptingAdvanced Management pack got a major update, now supporting the management and execution of custom pre-approved Powershell/Bash scripts on remote Windows and Mac machines.
Increase the efficiency of your MSP technicians by automating provisioning, software and user management, network configuration, system maintenance, and other routine tasks to handle more workloads with less efforts. Streamline your operations and minimize human errors. Have complete visibility into script operations with monitoring capability. Leverage a library of Acronis-verified scripts that can run on any machine group. Fine-tune script tasks and create custom scripts that you can run on-demand, on-schedule, or when start conditions are met – based on your and your clients needs. - Manage multiple clients on the partner levelStreamline your operations for multiple clients, including scripting management and alerts and activities monitoring. Simply select the new “All customers” tab to centrally manage all of your direct clients in the Cyber Protection Console – monitor all services and manage workloads on a partner level. With centralized management you can manage your scripts and execute them across all end-clients, dedicated end-clients, individual workloads and static or dynamic groups of workloads.
- Recover workloads quickly and effortlessly with One Click RecoveryEliminate the IT bottlenecks requiring high-skilled IT personal for workload recovery and save time and money reducing the downtime in case of attacks and large-scale incidents. Empower end-users to rapidly recover their workloads by enabling them to start an automated recovery with a single click. The One Click Recovery can be enabled in the protection plan.
- Backup and download Microsoft OneNote filesProtect Microsoft OneNotes files from being lost by backing them up as part of the Microsoft OneDrive and Microsoft SharePoint Online backup process. Additionally, end clients can download the Microsoft OneNote notebooks locally.
- Recover emails to PST format, even without OutlookMinimize the chance of clients not having their in-mail data available by enabling local recovery of emails as PST files even when Microsoft 365 is unavailable.
- Backup and recover web-hosted servers managed via DirectAdminLeverage application-consistent backups of web-hosted servers managed via the DirectAdmin application to enable rapid recovery of the entire server in case of a disaster or to granularly restore individual web-hosting accounts, files, databases, websites, and mailboxes. Enable self-service as an option for web hosting end-clients.
- Advanced DLP: Encrypted removable storage supportBetter protect clients data and help them comply with regulations by neutralizing the risks of sensitive data leaving your clients workloads via unencrypted removable storage devices (e.g. USB flash drives). Advanced DLP can now detect encrypted removable storage devices and allow data transfers only to them.
- Effortlessly manage wildcard SSL certificates for branded URLs.Minimize maintenance efforts and costs for your business with free-of-charge, automatically-renewed SSL certificates by Let’s Encrypt certificate authority. Additionally, you will be notified in advance about the expiration of certificates by other authorities and can renew them in the Cyber Protection Console.
- Enable maintenance notifications for partners and clientsProvide your partners and clients with greater visibility into maintenance work in Acronis data centers by setting up automatic notifications via email per tenant. Tenant administrators where the Acronis maintenance notifications are enabled can subscribe their users for the email.
- Effortlessly manage service and bill usage of a tenant level in ConnectWise Manage integrationPartners who resell Acronis services to other partners or MSPs that serve larger clients with multiple tenants can now manage their services and bill usage using the ConnectWise Manage integration to map Acronis partner tenants to ConnectWise Manage accounts.
- Enable or disable ticket synchronization for Kaseya VSA integrationPartners who do not use Kaseya VSA for ticketing, can now effortlessly switch off ticket synchronization between Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) and Kaseya VSA either during tenant provisioning or in the organization settings.
- Increase awareness with datacenter status and services availability portalThe new datacenter status page, available both in Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) and the Partner Portal, provides a self-service where partners can check services status and upcoming maintenance schedule. This update will strengthen the communication between partners and the Acronis Support team.
May 2022 Release
- Chat with an Acronis account manager in the management portalConsult with an Acronis account manager about planning, launching and scaling your services with us directly in the Cyber Protect console via chat window. This functionality will be available in all data centers, except partner-owned ones, and only for partners that do not use complete white labeling.
- Centralize your visibility across cyber protection alerts, including for malicious email detectionsPrevent potential damage by promptly reacting to malicious email detection alerts in the Cyber Protect console. Demonstrate your email security service value to clients with consolidated statistics on detected malicious emails in the overview dashboard.
- Automate email security service provisioning for Microsoft 365Simplify the initial configuration process and speed-up service provisioning by running a ready-to-use script to automatically set up routing between Microsoft 365 and Advanced Email Security.
- Leverage multiple configuration improvements in the ConnectWise Manage integrationPartners can manually trigger the synchronization of usage and quotas for one or more client tenants between Acronis and ConnectWise Manage. Usage is now reported more accurately to ConnectWise Manage, using float point quantities where applicable.
- Auto-generate product names in mapping wizard for Kaseya BMS and Tigerpaw PSA integrationsAcronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) automatically generates suggested names for new PSA products, using a predictable and understandable naming pattern that simplifies the process of mapping products to Kaseya BMS and Tigerpaw PSA integrations.
April 2022 Release
- Start planning your service upgrade. Get early access to Advanced DLP, designed for MSPsExperience the only data loss prevention (DLP) solution designed for MSPs to prevent leakage of clients’ sensitive data with automatic client-specific policy creation, which eliminates complexity and costs associated with enterprise DLPs. Start planning your service upgrade now to boost profits and reduce security risks for clients with early access to Advanced DLP — at no additional cost.
- Define your company contacts to receive role-specific updates from Acronis with the new ‘Partner profile’ optionKeep your company-related information up-to-date and define which of your company contacts should receive billing, business and / or technical updates from Acronis with the new ‘Partner profile’ tab. Ensure your team only receives information relevant to their specific role.
- Enable sharing of files and folders with external users via Acronis Files CloudThe new “guest user” role empowers Acronis Files Cloud users to share files and folders with external users identified by their email addresses. For repetitive contacts, this an easy alternative to public link sharing that will save time and make the process safer and easily auditable.
- Reduce service delivery complexity when using both Acronis Cyber Platform and SplashtopEliminate the need to manually switch between the Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) and Splashtop consoles. Their native integration enables you to open a remote session to manage devices with the Splashtop Streamer agent directly from the Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) console.
- Manage macOS and Linux workloads via Kaseya VSA integrationEnable mass deployment of Acronis’ Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) agent, manage protection plans, and monitor protection status for macOS and Linux workloads — together with existing support for Windows from within Kaseya VSA.
- Benefit from an improved Advanced Email Security visual experienceThe Advanced Email Security’s management console, accessible via Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud)’s console through a single sign-on (SSO), has been updated with an Acronis look and feel, enabling administrators to maintain the Acronis console’s visual experience.
March 2022 Release
- Failover Azure VMs to Acronis Cyber PlatformEnable enhanced protection against Azure cloud outages while utilizing the public cloud. Benefit from the predictable and simple monthly billing that Acronis provides, unlike the billing of native Azure disaster recovery tools — Acronis MSP partners are billed only for storage and not for outbound network traffic consumption and / or hot disk usage.
- Provide anti-malware services for Apple M1 ARM-based workloadsProtect and manage all Mac-based devices for clients, regardless of the hardware inside. With Acronis, you can now extend your anti-malware services to the ever-growing market of Mac devices based on M1 ARM-based chips.
- Effortlessly recover workloads protected by BitLockerLeverage a streamlined, intuitive process for the recovery of BitLocker-protected workloads. Recover disks, volumes and files encrypted by BitLocker with the ease you recover unencrypted ones — without the need to reboot or take any additional steps.
- Get visibility and report on usage for trial tenants in Autotask PSA and ConnectWise ManageEnable reporting on usage for trial tenants by empowering service technicians to set up a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) or prepaid option with overage billing models. This enhances the capability to provision clients as trial tenants, which was introduced in this past February’s update.
February 2022 Release
- Reduce deployment time with a single, unified Acronis Cyber Files Cloud and Acronis Cyber Platform agentEnsure fast, hassle-free deployment and consolidated agent updates – the file sync and share functionality is now fully integrated into Acronis’ cyber protection agent. This enhancement improves efficiency with fewer system resources used. Plus, by removing silos, you’re empowered with cohesive, easy to deliver services.
- Extend Acronis Cyber Files Cloud support to iOS 15Enable secure collaboration and uninterrupted data access to file sync and share users who are leveraging the latest iOS version on their mobile devices.
- Meet your clients’ privacy requirements with a new Admin role in Acronis Cyber Files CloudManage file sync and share settings without accessing clients’ sensitive data. A new Admin role enables administrators to respond to clients’ privacy and compliance restrictions with ease.
- Preserve revisions and links when moving files and folders in Acronis Cyber Files CloudImprove the file sync and share user experience for clients – users no longer need to re-share links when moving or copying files and folders.
- Enable usage of custom DHCP with L2 site-to-site VPN connectivityUnlock more failover scenarios in Advanced Disaster Recovery. Simply enable clients to use their own DHCP server when one or more servers are in failover on Acronis Cloud, and DHCP traffic is sent via an L2 Site-to-site VPN tunnel.
- Support failover from immutable recovery points in Advanced Disaster RecoveryMitigate malicious or accidental deletion of recovery points by protecting them with immutable storage. Engaging this functionality allows you to initiate failover to Acronis Cloud from a deleted recovery point – whether during regular testing or given a real disaster.
- Empower clients with self-service anti-malware scanning of files, folders and drivesAllow clients to perform on-demand anti-malware scans of any file, folder and / or drive on their workstations. Manual anti-malware scanning is supported on Windows, Linux and macOS.
- Gain more granular control over ransomware protection settingsConfigure your clients’ ransomware protection preferences with ease. Administrators can now choose whether to separately enable ransomware protection, self-protection and cryptomining-process detection.
- Start a free 30-day trial for ConnectWise Manage and Autotask PSA integrationsProvision new customer tenants as trial accounts and give them full access to Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud)’s seamless integrations with ConnectWise Manage and Autotask PSA. Manually switch them to production or wait for the automatic upgrade when the trial period ends.
January 2022 Release
- Bring your corporate style to the agent installer and tray monitorCustomize the Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) Windows and Mac agent installers and tray monitor with your corporate style. The new branding capabilities include agent installer file name and logo, agent name, tray monitor name and color schemes for both the agent installer and the tray monitor.
- Provide administrators with recommendations based on disk and ransomware alertsAdministrators will be provided with additional context on the steps they can take to reduce the risks related to ransomware and disk alerts. Ransomware alerts will signal administrators to activate anti-malware protection to limit the attack surface. Disk alerts advise when to turn on continuous data protection (CDP) to achieve near-zero RPOs on critical data.
- Increase visibility into the disaster recovery protection status of workloadsSee which workloads are protected with disaster recovery services right from the list of all workloads and receive accessible in-product information on how to enable disaster recovery for a workload.
- Ensure disaster recovery failover from a malware-free recovery pointWhen starting a disaster recovery failover, administrators will be able to see indicators of recovery points infected by malware to ensure a faster return to productivity and a better response to threats.
- Know when the disaster recovery compute points quota is exceededWhen service provider administrators are selecting a primary server to be powered on that exceeds the quota for disaster recovery compute points, they will be provided with an in-product notification that the quota is exceeded and that they need to contact the Acronis support team.
- Report on recently affected workloadsService providers will benefit from new dashboard widgets showing recently affected workloads within the last 200 days along with the threat that impacted them.
- Acronis Cyber Files Cloud: Extending support to Android 12Allow data access via secure file sync and share services to users with mobile devices running on Android 12, strengthening data availability and protection across your clients’ organizations.
December 2021 Release
- Protect backups from data deletion with immutable storageStrengthen regulatory compliance by preventing accidental or malicious deletion of clients’ backups. Simply configure the number of days that deleted data should be retained – even if your clients’ workloads are compromised. Deleted data can be recovered via the Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) console.
- Extend data protection services to MariaDB and MySQL databases with Advanced BackupProtect clients’ data across more workloads. Acronis collects metadata for each database running on it while the entire workload is backed up. This means you can browse databases and/or fully or granularly recover data and tables without recovering the entire workload.
- Unlock broader failover control and more failover scenarios for licensed applicationsGain more control over network configurations and IP address leases by running your own DHCP service on a recovery server during failover or test failover. For example, you can edit the MAC address of primary and recovery servers so they can run applications bound to MAC addresses.
- Automate updates to Acronis-Autotask PSA contractsSynchronize all changes made in the Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) management console with Autotask PSA contracts, and vice versa. You can assign cyber protection plans to new workloads without waiting for manual updates in the Autotask PSA contracts, and without waiting for the migration of tenants to new billing modes. All changes are reflected immediately.
- Enhance your file sync and share service with unified iOS applicationsDeliver a better client user experience with the unification of the Acronis Cyber Files Cloud application for iOS and the Acronis Cyber Files on-premises application. This approach not only makes it easier for a client to correctly select an application for file sync and share but also enables simultaneous product updates and improvements.
- Improve clients’ visibility and control over the notarization processElevate client insight into any notarization process with new, instant-status visibility and prompt notifications. Clients can also download notarization certificates as a PDF and easily copy the file notarization information for trusted verification.
- Build trust and make the eSigning process more transparent for clientsEnhance your eSignature services and increase transparency by letting clients see all the emails that are included in an e-signing invitation.
November 2021 Release
- Maximize workload performance through off-host data processing in Advanced BackupReduce the load on your clients’ workloads by moving backup replication, validation, retention and conversion into a VM operation for another machine with the Advanced Backup for Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud). These operations can be performed independently from existing protection plans that are on a separate schedule.
- Achieve near-zero RTOs by scheduling backup conversion into ready-to-start virtual machinesOptimize your RTOs by scheduling a regular conversion of important workload backups into ready-to-start virtual machines (Instant Restore) with the Advanced Backup pack for Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud). The converted VMs are updated incrementally with each conversion task execution. Backup conversion operations can be performed on a separate schedule and different agent.
- Provide greater control of backup and recovery tasks to VMware Cloud Director’s backup operatorsMore data protection options are available for tenants in the VMware Cloud Director tenant portal. VM backup operators can access more backup/recovery options to comply with tenants’ backup policies.
- Protect Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022 with anti-malware and anti-ransomware technologiesStrengthen workload protection by extending your next-generation anti-malware and anti-ransomware services to Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022 to counter modern cyber threats.
- Extend disaster recovery to Linux workloads with logical volumes (LVM)Protect Linux physical and virtual machines that have logical volumes (LVM) with disaster recovery services.
- Leverage a web installer for MacOSMinimize provisioning efforts with a lightweight web installer for MacOS that works on both Intel and Apple M1 CPUs to eliminate the need to download different installers based on a CPU model.
- Easily match usage metrics to their related prices in the price list (SKUs)Easily do a one-to-one match between usage and related SKUs with the introduction of new SKU-related fields in the usage report. Streamline invoice preparation and minimize errors.
- Leverage a one-click access to integration management in the Acronis Cyber Platform consoleThe improved user experience of the Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) console makes integrations much more easily accessible, through one-click access via the navigation pane.
- Benefit from folder improvements in Acronis Cyber FilesLeverage extended folder functionalities in Acronis Cyber Files that allow users to drag and drop folders and files from the Web UI.
October 2021 Release
- Benefit from new, simplified licensing for Microsoft 365Leverage a new, simplified Microsoft 365 licensing model that offers attractive per-seat pricing for partners – with unlimited Acronis Hosted Cloud Storage included. This change is available within “per workload” licensing.
- Delegate backup and recovery task management without compromising vCloud Director securityGain more granular control over who is responsible for VMware backup and recovery management. vCloud Director administrators can now delegate backup and recovery capabilities by manually creating new “Organization self-service VM backup operator” roles with a custom set of permissions.
- Enjoy improved security of API permissions within ConnectWise Manage integrationsProvide more control and greater security of API permissions by no longer relying on the generic “admin” role. Now you can set your own granular permissions for the API user within your ConnectWise Manage environment.
- Ensure support for upcoming macOS and Android OS versionsEnsure you will be able to protect clients’ Android 12 and macOS 12 workloads with cyber protection from day one of the upcoming releases.
September 2021 Release
- New third-party integrationsSupporting your operational efficiency, Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) features new native integrations with commonly used RMM tools. Our list of new integrations includes Addigy, Datto RMM, Ninja RMM, and Paessler PRTG.
August 2021 Release
- Intuitive Section Management for Client Executive Summary ReportThe Executive Summary report enables you to demonstrate the value of your services to clients. Further demonstrate your value in this report by adding, naming, or changing the order of sections within the report to better represent the organization of your client’s business.
- Differentiate the network protection folder path for Windows and macOSProtect both Windows and macOS workloads within a single protection plan by specifying the Network Folder Protection Restore path for either Windows or macOS separately.
- Increased visibility and management of links used within eSignatureUsers are now empowered to better manage links for the eSignature capability in Advanced File Sync and Share; allowing them to view, edit or even revoke shared links. History is also provided by link type and duration of link validity.
- New third-party integrationsEasing your administrative efforts, Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) provides native integrations with commonly used RMM tools. Our list of new integrations includes N-able RMM and N-able N-central.
July 2021 Release
- Full support and integration with VMware vCloud DirectorCloud providers hosting with the vCloud Director can now offer tenants Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud). Enable clients with proactive cyber protection and fast recovery through a simple web interface requiring no client-side deployment. Per-tenant reports allow flexible billing.
- Proactive notifications after Microsoft 365 Data RecoveryClients now can react quickly if needed with proactive notifications after recovery or downloading of backed up data on Microsoft 365.
- ”Restore Operator” role for Microsoft 365/Google WorkspaceProtect your client’s data and prevent accessibility when assigning the “Restore Operator” role, which allows the assignee to recover data on behalf of the client/user without providing access to its content.
- New Advanced File Sync and Share PackImprove the collaboration and productivity of your clients’ teams. The Advanced File Sync and Share pack extends Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud)’s integrated secure file-sharing capabilities with fully remote notarization, file verification, and online signing.
- Advanced audit trail in eSignature certificateKnow exactly the status of your document by viewing a detailed audit trail and tracing the flow of actions within the signature certificate.
- Backup slice management for Android 2.3.0View, select, delete or restore any mobile backup slices of your choice through this intuitive slice management capability.
- Easily and selectively restore backed up pictures and videos for Android 2.3.0Save time and restore only the pictures or videos needed by quickly and easily selecting multiple files at once; by days, sequentially.
- New third-party integrationsEasing your administrative efforts, Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) features new native integrations with commonly used RMM and PSA tools. Our list of new integrations includes ConnectWise Command, Jamf Pro, CloudBlue PSA, and Matrix42.
June 2021 Release
- Device control for macOSReduce your client’s risk from insider data breaches on Mac computers by controlling user access to peripheral devices and local interfaces on protected computers running macOS Catalina and Big Sur.
- Executive Summary Reports to present key performance metrics to clientsEasily demonstrate the value of the services you deliver to your clients with these customizable reports. Reported metrics include: patches installed, malicious URLs blocked, malware blocked, protection status of machines…and more. Available on partner and customer levels in the Management Portal.
- Simplified delivery of initial backup to the cloud for backup plans with replicationsPhysical Data Shipping with replication to cloud is now possible for locations with Always Incremental scheme only.
- Privacy warnings for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace backupsPrevents accidental access to client data by warning the partner and that action will be logged before accessing sensitive data.
- Client Access to audit log for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace backupsThe client or administrator is able to search and review events related to Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace cloud-to-cloud backup for any investigation or analysis of possible deviations.
- Brand-neutral Acronis Cyber Protect installerAcronis partners are able to provide a brand-neutral solution to their customers. Partners can enable white-labeling in the partner settings; allowing the client to download a brand-neutral installer and Cyber Protect Monitor.
- Support licensing for hosting serversFor Acronis partners utilizing web hosting control panels, special web hosting server protection pricing and licensing has been introduced for: DirectAdmin, Virtualmin, ISPmanager.
May 2021 Release
- Advanced Email Security PackEmail is the biggest threat vector for your clients, neutralize it and minimize risks by blocking any email threat, including spam, phishing, business email compromise, advanced persistent threats, and zero-days; before it reaches end-users.
- Auto-update for cyber protection agentsEnsure all agents are updated to the latest version without any manual operation. Available for Windows, Linux, and Mac machines.
- Registration token changesGenerate registration tokens without having to log out from the Partner account and back in as a customer. Empowers script-based integrators to provide flexibility.
- Flexible deployment of agent without anti-malware componentUse Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) without the anti-malware component to decrease the number of services running on the machine, optimize RAM consumption, and improve compatibility with third-party antivirus solutions.
- Monitor signed applications by using behavior detectionIncrease the security of Acronis-protected workloads by monitoring signed applications for potential threats. All signed applications, (non-Microsoft certificates) are monitored via the improved performance of the Acronis Behavior Engine to quickly react to new developing threats.
- Document templates for Acronis Cyber Notary CloudSimplify the process of signing typical documents by using templates for employment contracts, service agreements, or NDAs.
- Software inventory improvements in Advanced Management PackAutomatically be alerted when there is a need to change your current service quota. Software inventory scan results are updated without having to refresh.
- Improved failback planning in Advanced Disaster Recovery PackSave the time and effort needed for planning failback activities and gain immediate visibility of the size of backup data to be transferred back to the local site.
April 2021 Release
- Vulnerability assessments and Acronis Active Protection for macOSIncrease protection for your clients’ macOS workloads by protecting them from advanced threats with Acronis Active Protection. If a macOS is infected with ransomware, Acronis Active Protection is able to detect this activity, stop it, and recover your clients’ data.
- Vulnerability assessments for macOSStrengthen your clients’ macOS workloads by running scheduled vulnerability assessments. Detect known issues before they become a problem with easy to run scans within the Cyber Protection console. If issues arise, you can quickly remediate them to keep your clients’ data safe.
- UX improvements for licensing of Advanced packsSimplify your management and monitoring processes with new UX improvements to Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud). This enables you to easily switch from one client account to another so that you can get at-a-glance views quickly and easily – saving you and your technicians time.
- Collecting hardware inventory from agent-based virtual machinesSave time and effort with hardware inventory information for agent-based virtual machines on a clients’ network. With on-demand scans, you can easily monitor hardware changes, receive detailed reports for devices and ensure that they are adequately protected.
- Performance improvement for behavior engineImproved performance for our behavior engine helps you protect your clients from antivirus and anti-malware with less strain on their systems. With significant performance enhancements, you can increase protection for them with fewer resources.
- Firewall policies managementEasily manage firewall policies on your clients’ behalf for their disaster recovery servers through the Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) console. This enables you to simplify the support process and manage outbound and inbound firewall policies.
- Device control: support of encrypted removable media and screenshot capture accessEliminate the risk of data leaks with encrypted removable media and screenshot capture control. This enables users to keep sensitive information within their organization – should a removable device get in the wrong hands or prevent screenshots from being copied to the clipboard. Keeping your clients’ sensitive data safe and secure.
- Storing cPanel metadata in the backup archive metaQuickly and easily restore massive amounts of data by storing cPanel metadata in the archive. Data heavy environments – such as hundreds of websites – can traditionally take a significant amount of time to recover. This enables you to get cPanel instances up and running quickly.
March 2021 Release
- Acronis Cyber Cloud new licensingLeverage a set of essential cyber protection tools in Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) at no cost or in a pay-as-you-go model. Deliver optimum levels of cyber protection with our new advanced packs - Advanced Backup, Advanced Disaster Recovery, Advanced Security, and Advanced Management – which you can mix and match based on your clients’ needs.
- Automated failback with near-zero downtimeAchieve best-in-class failback times, ensure business continuity, and safeguard your clients’ data by transferring it to the local site, while the virtual machine in the cloud is still running. Get information about the progress and estimated downtime, and plan the failback process accordingly.
- Agentless backup and restore for Red Hat VirtualizationPerform agentless backups and restores of Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) virtual machines and granular recovery of files and folders.
- Support for Scale Computing HC3Protect even more workloads with full support for agentless backup and recovery of Scale Computing HC3 virtual machines.
- Protection for macOS on ARMProvide full protection for macOS on the newly released ARM CPU with Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud)’s vulnerability assessments, patch management, antivirus and anti-malware capabilities.
- Integration with Kaseya VSACentrally monitor and manage all of your workloads and alerts within the Kaseya VSA interface, including provisioning services, managing devices and protection plans, ticketing, reporting, etc.
February 2021 Release
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP) via device and port controlStrengthen data protection and prevent leaks of sensitive information via local physical and virtual workloads. Enforce context-aware controls over local data access and transfer operations on workloads, including clipboard operations.
- Anti-malware for LinuxIncrease protection for your clients’ Linux-based environments. Anti-malware protection for Linux provides real-time protection and scheduled scans so that you can notify clients, and block and quarantine suspicious activity in real-time.
- Support checks for updates via peer-to-peerMaintain your clients’ system updates with ease. With peer-to-peer updates in Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud), as long as one agent is connected to the cloud, it will receive and share updates with other agents on the network. If this agent is down or not connected the rest of the agents will go to Acronis Cloud and will receive updates there – ensuring they are all up to date.
- Bootable Media BuilderRecover clients’ data even faster with the bootable media builder, now available in Acronis Cyber Cloud. This enables you to easily create a customized Linux-based or Windows-based media that can be moved to USBs, ISO, or WIM without downloading any additional software – saving you time and resources.
- IPsec multisite VPN supportStrengthen security with support of IPSec multisite VPN support. Available in Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud, IPsec multisite VPN support integrates secure protocols and algorithms, so you can easily support clients with multiple sites that are hosting critical workloads with higher requirements for security, compliance, and bandwidth.
- Custom DNS configurationProvide flexibility by setting up your custom DNS configurations for the disaster recovery site in the Acronis cloud. This enables you to easily adjust DNS settings for your cloud servers, that are dependent on your own DNS services.
- Enhanced security modeProvide even better security for your clients with enhanced security mode. This mode restricts data access for everyone but the data owner – it safeguards all backups by ensuring they are encrypted and the management console doesn’t store or archive any passwords.
- Acronis Cyber Files Cloud for AndroidProtect even more Android files with additional functionalities within Acronis Cyber Files – including localization support in Spanish. With this new software update, users can now take photos within the app, and provide an even better user experience with pdf files: improved speed, enhanced search performance, and more.
January 2021 Release
- Monitor all of your protected workloadsEasily track the total number of workloads protected across all editions enabled within a specific partner, customer, folder, or unit.
- Save time and effort on service quota managementManage service quotas for multiple devices directly from the devices grid, instead of going through each device individually.
- Gain clear visibility into hardware and software inventory changesSee what’s changed over a specific time period in your hardware and software inventory at a glance with new widgets.
- Access all the system information you need in one placeResolve customer issues faster with all required performance logs and system information, available in the management portal.
December 2020 Release
- Proactive AI-based Ransomware Protection for LinuxSecure all data on Linux systems with real-time protection from ransomware. The AI-based Acronis Active Protection technology uses sophisticated analysis tools to recognize suspicious behavior and a wide variety of ransomware types, stopping their attack.
- Acronis Cyber Notary Cloud e-signature APICustomize, integrate, and extend your services with an advanced e-signature functionality that enables easy, efficient, and secure online signing of files with embeddable e-signatures, no matter where the files are stored.
- Software and Hardware Inventory CollectionSave time and effort with up-to-date software and hardware inventory information.
Discover all software/hardware assets installed on customer machines through automatic or on-demand scans. In addition, you can browse and filter software/hardware assets by multiple criteria, easily generate inventory reports, and auto-delete records once a machine or tenant is removed.
November 2020 Release
- Agentless backup and restore for Virtuozzo Hybrid Server 7.5 virtual machinesNow you can back up and restore Virtuozzo Hybrid Server 7.5 virtual machines and perform granular recovery of files and folders.
- Support for VMware vSphere 7.0Acronis Cyber Cloud provides full support for agentless backup and recovery of virtual machines running on VMware vSphere 7.0.
- New UX for Acronis Cyber Protect MonitorThe Acronis Cyber Protect Monitor is now enhanced with current protection status, date and time of the last backup, and more.
October 2020 Release
- Simplified and automated disaster recovery setupSetting up a disaster recovery infrastructure has never been easier – just enable the disaster recovery functionality in a protection plan and a default infrastructure will be automatically set up based on the device’s CPU, RAM, and network configuration.
- Support for macOS Big SurAcronis Cyber Cloud provides full support for the newest version of macOS Big Sur, set to be released this fall.
September 2020 Release
- Embeddable e-signaturesAccelerate and automate the signature process while reducing costs with embeddable e-signatures and Ethereum-based blockchain notarization for them. In Acronis Cyber Notary Cloud, clients can easily execute every step of the document workflow – from creation, to sending the document to multiple signees – with an easy drag, drop, and sign feature.
- Protection for Citrix WorkspaceAcronis Cyber Platform provides enhanced security for Citrix Workspace to proactively protect workspaces with vulnerability assessment, patch management, code injection prevention, and anti-malware capabilities.
August 2020 Release
- Acronis Cyber Protect Essentials EditionEvery workload is different, but every workload needs cyber protection – whether it stores business-critical data or nothing at all. With Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) Essentials Edition, you can protect workloads that don’t need to be backed up with bullet-proof cyber protection capabilities — antivirus and anti-malware, URL filtering, vulnerability assessment, patch management, and remote desktop.
- Exploit preventionUntil a patch is applied, your clients’ machines are vulnerable. With exploit prevention, you can stop and prevent attacks with memory protection, return-oriented programming protection, code injection protection, and privilege escalation protection.
- URL filtering widget reportSimplify administrative management with an easy to read URL filtering report. At a glance, you can see a static list of URL categories and the number of items that were detected in the defined period of time.
- Read-only role for disaster recoveryEnhance the security of your internal operations with a read-only role for Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud. With this additional user permission, your technicians can monitor and manage the account without the permissions needed to make changes within accounts.
July 2020 Release
- #CyberFit ScoreThis security assessment and scoring tool is now available to everyone as a standalone tool. It identifies the security gaps in an IT environment by looking at common threat vectors and provides detailed recommendations on how an organization can improve its security posture, safeguarding its systems against modern threats.
- Microsoft Teams backup and recoveryBackup and recover your clients’ entire Microsoft 365 Teams site and channels, including team mailboxes, meetings, and channel content. You can also perform full-text searches within channel conversations.
- Enhanced URL filteringHelp your clients manage employee productivity with URL filtering. Advanced categorization by website type allows you to choose which categories users have access to when browsing the web, ensuring they are more focused.
- Assign users access permissionsOne of the best ways to secure data is to compartmentalize who has access to it and who has permissions to change it. We take a similar approach to our platform and now have read-only user permissions to help you better secure clients’ accounts within your organization.
- Enhanced password strength policyCommon or compromised passwords are an easy way for cybercriminals to access an account. New password precautions for the Acronis Cyber Cloud platform checks users’ passwords against top leaked and bad password databases, identifies company and user names, and leverages a password strength meter to encourage better password practices.
Acronis Cyber Cloud 9.0 Update 2
- Point-to-site remote VPN accessWith our new VPN feature, clients on DR-enabled tenants can establish a secure (L2 VPN) connection to the corporate network with their personal devices. This secure point-to-site connection allows clients to access files from the local site or the cloud so they can do their job without compromising the security of the network.
- Updated patch management capabilitiesSoftware patches and updates are essential to securing a business environment. New customization capabilities in Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) enable you to postpone machine reboots until after backups are complete.
Acronis Cyber Cloud 9.0 Update 1
- #CyberFit ScoreThis security assessment and scoring tool, available for Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud), identifies the security gaps in an IT environment by looking at common threat vectors and suggesting ways you can improve your #CyberFit score. By addressing these areas, you can improve your security posture and safeguard your system against modern threats.
- Protection for Zoom, WebEx, and Microsoft TeamsCollaboration tools like WebEx and Zoom can help an organization become more efficient, but the problem is a lot of these tools are not secure. With Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud), you can actively protect these popular collaboration tools with antivirus and anti-malware protection.
- Remotely wipe devicesInstead of letting business-critical data get into the wrong hands, you can now remotely wipe compromised or missing Windows devices. Built into Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud), you can successfully prevent data from being deleted by disgruntled employees or being accessed from lost or stolen devices.
- Remote desktop enhancementsEmployees working from home may need access to files or apps on their work machines, they might not have a configured VPN. Now you can share a secure link with end users so they can remotely access their machine.
- Predefined protection plansProtect your clients’ remote and office workers quickly and easily by choosing one of three preconfigured protection plans. These options help you save time while ensuring you that your clients’ workloads and environments are protected.
- Voice control for Acronis Cyber ProtectYour personal safety and security are our top priority. Given the current environment, we want to enable you to help clients without needing to physically touch their machines. Voice control for Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) means you can now control the console hands-free.
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