Update SAP HANA Backup support matrix with scale out preview

Updated the SAP HANA Backup support matrix with new date and added support for HANA Scale-out systems in preview.

Author: anamshaheer

articles/backup/sap-hana-backup-support-matrix.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: SAP HANA Backup support matrix
 description: In this article, learn about the supported scenarios and limitations when you use Azure Backup to back up SAP HANA databases on Azure VMs.
 ms.topic: reference
-ms.date: 12/09/2025
+ms.date: 12/11/2025
 ms.custom: references_regions 
 ms.service: azure-backup
 author: AbhishekMallick-MS
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Azure Backup supports the backup of SAP HANA databases to Azure. This article su
 | **Restore types**          | Refer to the SAP HANA Note [1642148](https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/1642148) to learn about the supported restore types |                                                              |
 | **Cross Subscription Restore** | Supported via the Azure portal and Azure CLI. [Learn more](sap-hana-database-restore.md#cross-subscription-restore). |          |
 | **Number of full backups per day**     |   One scheduled backup.  <br><br>   Three on-demand backups. <br><br> We recommend not to trigger more than three backups per day. However, to allow user retries in case of failed attempts, hard limit for on-demand backups is set to nine attempts.  |
-| **HANA deployments** | HANA System Replication (HSR) |           |
+| **HANA deployments** | HANA System Replication (HSR) <br><br> HANA Scale-out system i.e one HANA system distributed across multiple nodes(PREVIEW)|           |
 | **Special configurations** |                                                              | SAP HANA + Dynamic Tiering <br>  Cloning through LaMa        |
 | **Compression** | You can enable HANA Native compression via the Backup policy. [See the SAP HANA document](https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_HANA_PLATFORM/6b94445c94ae495c83a19646e7c3fd56/86943e9f8d5343c59577755edff8296b.html). |       |
 | **Multi-streaming backup** | You can increase your streaming backup throughput from *420 MBps* to *1.5 GBps*. [Learn more](#support-for-multistreaming-data-backups). |      |
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ The following table lists the required parameters for adding/removing SAP HANA i
 | **Add an instance** | `--sid` | SAP HANA database instance that you want to protect. <br><br> By default, the first instance is selected. | `./msawb-plugin-config-com-sap-hana.sh --add --sid HXE` <br><br> Or <br><br> `./msawb-plugin-config-com-sap-hana.sh  --sid HXE` <br><br>  (Default mode is `add` for the script.) <br><br> After you add instances, registration needs to be done on recovery services vault. If a new instance is added later, re-registration is required.|
 | **Remove an instance** | `--sid` | SAP HANA database instance that you want to remove protection. <br><br> **SID** is a mandate parameter for remove. | `./msawb-plugin-config-com-sap-hana.sh --remove --sid HXE` |
 
+## Support for HANA Scale-out (PREVIEW)
+Backup for HANA systems distributed across multiple nodes i.e. HANA Scale-out is now available in PREVIEW. Reach out to [email protected] to gain access to the preview experience. 
+
 ## Next steps
 
 - Back up SAP HANA databases on Azure VMs using [Azure portal](backup-azure-sap-hana-database.md) and [Azure CLI](tutorial-sap-hana-backup-cli.md).