System Center Data Protection Manager 2019

Microsoft shared their roadmap during Ignite regarding what the product group was aiming for regarding the 2019 release of DPM.

This is the list that the PG is trying to accomplish:

• Support for new versions of SQL Server and Windows Server – DPM 2019 will support new releases like Windows Server 2019 and SQL Server 2017
• VMware to tape Backup – DPM will get support for backing up VMware VMs to tapes for long-term retention
• Modern Backup Storage – There are a couple of improvements how DPM handles the Modern Backup Storage using ReFS. These should enhance the reliability and performance of backup storage
• More flexibility to recovering from Azure – Even if you lose your local DPM database, you can now still restore workloads from Azure
• Enhanced Reporting and Monitoring – Integration of DPM servers connected to Azure Backup, Azure Log Analytics or PowerBI

If you have any thoughts regarding what's included send an email and I will forward it to the Product Group :)