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Microsoft Azure Backup

Composite Score
8.8 /10
CX Score
9.0 /10
Category
Microsoft Azure Backup
8.8 /10

What is Microsoft Azure Backup?

Protect your data with a cloud-based backup as a service Keep your data in Azure and on-premises safe. Backup supports VMware and Hyper-V virtual machines running on Linux and Windows, as well as physical Windows Servers.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Azure Backup won the following awards in the Backup and Availability category

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Microsoft Azure Backup Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

87 Likeliness to Recommend

96 Plan to Renew

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Microsoft Azure Backup?

5% Negative
5% Neutral
90% Positive

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Analytics

87

Virtual Machine Backup

85

Backup Automation

84

Backup of Cloud Based Data

84

Integration With Storage Arrays

84

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

84

Automated Backup Testing and Verification

83

Application Awareness

83

Replication for High Availability

83

Deduplication Implementation

83

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery

82

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Ease of Implementation

85

Vendor Support

84

Business Value Created

84

Ease of Data Integration

83

Breadth of Features

82

Ease of IT Administration

81

Availability and Quality of Training

81

Quality of Features

81

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

80

Ease of Customization

80

Usability and Intuitiveness

80

Microsoft Azure Backup Reviews

Axton Q.

  • Role: Finance
  • Industry: Finance
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2022

Azure winning the game again.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

It has shown to be a trustworthy backup solution. With backup picture drives that have been mounted, file-level restoration has also been made possible. The Backup Agent appears to operate without any further maintenance. The best feature of this software is the ability to backup Azure virtualized machines with Azure Backup

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Even when a client has anything in the cloud, it might be useful and occasionally serves as the starting point for a cloud journey. To ensure business continuity, you can restore a computer to the cloud using a restore set. Azure Backup offers tier levels well below the expenditure that non-IT enterprises like us are able to provide.

What do you dislike most about this product?

A restoration that is like for like is not achievable. Additionally, there is no way to exclude drives from holding files. Licensing models are difficult. Azure still has to develop as an enterprise-ready platform in areas like backup and recovery. The only issue might be that the restore process' success notification cannot be configured.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Its user interface is approachable and suitable with Azure's visual brand and usage. Even for individuals with no prior expertise establishing and administering backup settings, its basic configuration is simple. In contrast to the more complicated backup systems, Azure Backup functions fairly smoothly and there are hardly any failed backup jobs. It simply finishes successfully each and every time.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Randall W.

  • Role: Operations
  • Industry: Consulting
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2022

Wonderful software for backup.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

It is used at enterprise level across all departments and servers. I have used it to backup extensive databases and heavy files easily. It protects itself and its contents from viruses. If there is a virus on my computer, it will not effect the files backed up by Azure backup.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like this application because it let’s us make and select folders of our choice. Azure backup sends us notifications and alerts to remind us how much of our data is safely backed up. It also allows users to track the backup process in real time. It is a centralised and well organised approach towards data protection and file encryption.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The application becomes unstable when you try to collaborate with a third party or any other application. Full backup takes a lot of time which is a little frustrating for users. The application should ask you to send notifications when you set it up. Support should be quick and easy to access.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Azure backup is very easy to use and is affordable. Almost everyone can afford it. The support representatives try to help as much as they can. This application is a must have if you’re handling a large enterprise and have a constant need to secure your data and have it backed up somewhere safe.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Faith-Astúa C.

  • Role: Student Academic
  • Industry: Education
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2022

Fast and strong backup solution.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

We back up and recover our data in the Microsoft cloud utilizing the Azure-based service called Azure Backup. Data for on-premises servers, virtual machines, virtualized workflows, SQL server, SharePoint server, and more can all be backed up with Azure Backup.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

In general, Azure Backup has been incredibly dependable and easy to set up. The Azure site has about the same amount of information that you would need to confirm backups are going properly, and the representative on the hosts and local PCs is simple to use. I adore the gateway, the GUI, and how simple it is to use.

What do you dislike most about this product?

A restore places them in a unified Azure storage account using naming conventions that are fundamentally different from those used by the organization. A restoration that is like for like is not achievable. Additionally, there is no way for excluding disks for documents, so you have to backup everything.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

At the corporate level, every department uses it on all servers. In terms of the needs that arise all around user, there is a lot of flexibility available, such as regular backup for at least six months or a combo of daily, weekly, and monthly with a strong preservation policy that allows data recovery to a high extent possible.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

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