Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Azure Backup

Composite Score

8.8 /10

CX Score

9.0 /10

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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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Product Impact

2022

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021

2020 Emotional Footprint Champion

2020

Microsoft Azure Backup Ratings

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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

Virtual Machine Backup

Backup Automation

Backup of Cloud Based Data

Integration With Storage Arrays

Automated Backup Testing and Verification

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

Application Awareness

Replication for High Availability

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery

Deduplication Implementation

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Microsoft Azure Backup Reviews

Narinder S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Jul 2024

Excellent Backup solution for Azure Cloud

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

Cost and innovation

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ease of use

What do you dislike most about this product?

Still few features like retention lock on backup vault and Custom alerting

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If someone is looking backup solution with Azure as Primary cloud go for azure backup only

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

Michael A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Energy
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2024

How Azure Backup Energizes Our Data Security.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

With Azure Backup, our data is automatically and securely backed up to the cloud, allowing for quick recovery with minimal disruption. For instance, during a recent power failure at one of our remote sites, we were able to restore the entire system within hours, thanks to the efficiency of Azure Backup.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Azure Backup offers a centralized management console allowing us to monitor and manage backups across various environments effortlessly. Additionally, the incremental backup feature, which only backs up changes since the last backup, saves bandwidth and storage costs while ensuring that our data is up-to-date.

What do you dislike most about this product?

We have experience occasional latency during peak usage times.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Microsoft Azure ensures that our critical data is protected and easily recoverable. It is a great solution that I recommend 100%.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

𝒮𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓮𝓮𝓅 𝒮.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2024

Super Product for Cloud Environment,

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

Back up on-premises Windows machines directly to Azure using the Azure Backup Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS) agent. Back up Azure VMs directly by installing a backup extension to the Azure VM agent.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It seamlessly integrates with Azure services and existing infrastructure. Users can scale up or down based on their backup needs. Azure Backup ensures data encryption at rest and in transit. It provides application-aware backups for consistent data protection.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Some users desire more granular control over backup schedules and retention policies. Although Azure Backup is cost-effective, users may want more flexibility in pricing models. Enhanced reporting and monitoring features would be beneficial for tracking backup health and performance.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Security and Compliance: Review Azure Backup’s security features, including encryption at rest and in transit. Ensure compliance with your organization’s policies. Cost Considerations: Understand pricing models, storage costs, and data transfer fees. Optimize storage usage to minimize costs. Monitoring and Reporting: Explore monitoring tools and reporting capabilities to track backup health and troubleshoot issues.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Microsoft Azure Backup

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

2020 Emotional Footprint Champion

Microsoft Azure Backup Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

96 Plan to Renew

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft Azure Backup?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Analytics Built-in real-time and historical reporting and analytics on SLAs, performance, and resource consumption, as well as predictive capabilities to plan & optimize.

Virtual Machine Backup Automatically discovers and protects VMs as they come online, move, and change. Production VMs are replicated to a secondary data store.

Backup Automation Solution automates backup, recovery and remediation tasks using RestAPI and CLI to integrate with 3rd party solutions, reduce cost and enforce standards.

Backup of Cloud Based Data In addition to targeting backups to the cloud, the solution also has the capability to back up primary data and services already in the cloud.

Integration With Storage Arrays Integrates with APIs from major storage vendors (NetApp, HP, Dell EMC) to leverage capabilities in these arrays such as data snapshots and replication.

Automated Backup Testing and Verification Goes beyond monitoring whether backup jobs completed by verifying the integrity of data restoration.

Backup Monitoring and Reporting Backup and replication are continually monitored for status and effectiveness. Detailed reporting is available on successful and unsuccessful operations.

Application Awareness Application consistent backup and granular restore for application data from core applications such as MS SQL, Oracle, MS Exchange, MS SharePoint.

Replication for High Availability Beyond secondary copy backup, the solution also manages replication of primary data host-to-host and site-to-site for live failover and high availability.

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery Onsite backup data is replicated and stored to a public cloud (AWS, Azure). Can also include restore-to-cloud capabilities for Disaster Recovery as a Service.

Deduplication Implementation Deduplication of redundant data blocks is implemented by the solution. Deduplication can be at source, target, or globally (source and target).

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Microsoft Azure Backup Reviews

Narinder S.

Excellent Backup solution for Azure Cloud

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Michael A.

How Azure Backup Energizes Our Data Security.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

𝒮𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓮𝓮𝓅 𝒮.

Super Product for Cloud Environment,

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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