CHECK_PREFERRED_AG_REPLICA/SECONDARY_REPLICA_COPY_ONLY, with additional behaviour around silently applying COPY_ONLY when doing FULL backup on secondary replica
New Server tags for file name <CLUSTER>,<AVAILABILITYGROUP> in server options
Support for Availability Group backup preference
New file location tags
no longer require registry configuration to SkipChecks
Awareness of limitations of backup capabilities on secondary replicas
Support for Email Encryption in server options
Improved support for removable storage media
Support for multiple DATETIME tags
Support for .NET4 & .NET 3.5
Enhancements (Other)
GUI Rebuilt with newer shared components
GUI New window appearance
GUI New product logo
GUI New product switcher - accessible from the product logo top-left
GUI Support for .NET4 & .NET 2
GUI Added Logging menu to Help menu
OLR Basic support for SQL Server 2008-2016
OLR Logging menu
Fixes
SB-5543: Full support for SQL Backup restoring from solid state storage devices
SB-5619: Engine installer sets the correct permissions for Windows 2012, if the startup account is not a sysadmin
SB-5670: CHECKSUM is being set when using fully required on 2016
SB-5673: using CHECKSUM and CONTINUE_AFTER_ERROR returns a warning on SQL 2016
SB-5685: Improve restore process
SB-5689: Restore from backup history works when transaction logs are needed
SB-5690: Support higher BUFFERCOUNT to reduce elapsed time to complete backup
SB-5692: Passwords stored in scheduled backup jobs are obfuscated not encrypted
SB-5694: SQL Backup installer works on .NET 2 & .NET 4 frameworks
SB-5697: Improved support for encrypt connections to SQL Server
SB-5700: Improved support for restoring transaction log files where the STOPAT value matches the time the transaction log backup was started
SB-5701: Paths can now support UNC, VolumeIds etc
SB-5702: Improved support for restoring on Advanced Format hard disks where the sector/byte is NOT 512 bytes
SB-5703: Reports back locking app for SQL Compact data file, when the error 'Get exclusive local data store access failed' is raised.
SB-5719: Can now enter passwords on touch screen devices
SB-5723: Services' ImagePath value is now enclosed in double-quotes
SB-5718: Timeout error reading sysdatabases now caught by SQL Backup