Merge pull request #37074 from MicrosoftDocs/WilliamDAssafMSFT-patch-3

020260415 Clarify immutability for LTR backups in Azure SQL

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azure-sql/database/long-term-retention-overview.md

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 By using the LTR feature, you can store specified full SQL Database and SQL Managed Instance backups in redundant Azure Blob storage with a configurable retention policy of up to 10 years. LTR backups can then be restored as a new database. If an LTR policy is configured, automated backups are copied to different blobs for long-term storage which you can then use to restore your database to a specific point in time. The copy process is a background job that has no performance impact on the database workload. The LTR policy for each database can also specify how frequently the LTR backups are created. 
 
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-> You can [configure long-term retention backups of Azure SQL Database as immutable](backup-immutability.md), a feature currently in preview.
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-> It's not currently possible to configure backups of Azure SQL Managed Instance as [immutable](/azure/storage/blobs/immutable-storage-overview). LTR backups are nonmodifiable, but you can delete them through Azure portal, Azure CLI, PowerShell, or REST API. As a workaround in Azure SQL Managed Instance, you can take [copy-only database backups](/sql/relational-databases/backup-restore/copy-only-backups-sql-server?view=azuresqldb-mi-current&preserve-view=true) and retain them in your own Azure Storage account as an immutable file.
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+> - In Azure SQL Database, you can [configure long-term retention backups as immutable](backup-immutability.md).
+> - In Azure SQL Managed Instance, it's not currently possible to configure backups as [immutable](/azure/storage/blobs/immutable-storage-overview). LTR backups are nonmodifiable, but you can delete them through Azure portal, Azure CLI, PowerShell, or REST API. As a workaround in Azure SQL Managed Instance, you can take [copy-only database backups](/sql/relational-databases/backup-restore/copy-only-backups-sql-server?view=azuresqldb-mi-current&preserve-view=true) and retain them in your own Azure Storage account as an immutable file.
 
 To enable LTR, you can define a policy using a combination of four parameters: weekly backup retention (W), monthly backup retention (M), yearly backup retention (Y), and week of the year (WeekOfYear). If you specify W, one backup every week is copied to long-term storage. If you specify M, the first backup of each month is copied to the long-term storage. If you specify Y, one backup during the week specified by WeekOfYear is copied to the long-term storage. If the specified WeekOfYear is in the past when the policy is configured, the first LTR backup is created the following year. Each backup is kept in long-term storage according to the policy parameters that are configured when the LTR backup is created.