Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Azure Backup

Composite Score

8.9 /10

CX Score

9.1 /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

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.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2
Since last award

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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.

+91 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?

4% Negative

7% Neutral

89% Positive

Pros

Trustworthy
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Analytics

Virtual Machine Backup

Backup Automation

Backup of Cloud Based Data

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

Deduplication Implementation

Automated Backup Testing and Verification

Application Awareness

Integration With Storage Arrays

Replication for High Availability

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Microsoft Azure Backup Reviews

Dwayne H.

Role: Operations
Industry: Communications
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2025

Fantastic product!"

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

ease of use

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

intergration abilities

What do you dislike most about this product?

not to sure

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

make sure you lookinto all intergration you can

Pros

Appreciates Incumbent Status
Continually Improving Product
Trustworthy
Client Friendly Policies

Sarah S.

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2025

Back It Up, the Azure Way!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

Microsoft Azure Backup has been a lifesaver for our finance IT team. With the critical nature of our data—think transaction logs, compliance records, and client account details—having a reliable backup solution isn’t just helpful; it’s non-negotiable. Azure Backup stands out for its seamless integration with the Azure ecosystem and its ability to handle everything from virtual machines to on-premises data with ease.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

What really makes Azure Backup shine is its policy-driven automation. We’ve set up retention policies tailored to regulatory compliance needs, ensuring that older backups are archived securely while recent ones are readily accessible. The point-in-time restoration for SQL databases has also been invaluable, especially when debugging or resolving data integrity issues after system updates.

What do you dislike most about this product?

One minor drawback is the lack of a fully integrated reporting dashboard within the backup portal itself

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I’d recommend Azure Backup to any organization managing sensitive or high-stakes data. It’s a robust, reliable solution that offers peace of mind and integrates perfectly into a modern IT infrastructure.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Holden L.

Role: Human Resources
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2024

Scalable Data Protection for Azure Environments.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

Few vital differentiators are the solid security features of Azure Backup: advanced options like soft delete, malicious delete protection, multi-user authorization and encryption in transit and at rest provide comprehensive protection of data. Role-based access control further enhances secure and efficient access management.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Few highlights include the creation of application-consistent backups. This provides consistency for applications using databases or transaction logs. This further minimizes the risk of data loss and efficiently uses storage resources through automated scheduling and incremental backups, making the system reliable and efficient.

What do you dislike most about this product?

A disadvantage is that, under certain circumstances, some potential performance issues might appear when handling massive datasets or complex configurations. Some users mentioned very slow processing in cases of backup or restoration, which badly influences the productivity of organizations with extensive data protection needs or time-sensitive operations.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Invest in training and familiarization with the platform. Comprehensive training and leveraging of Microsoft's resources are, therefore, essential for seamless adoption. Begin with core features to lighten the initial implementation burden and expand functionality as your team becomes more experienced.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Microsoft Azure Backup

What is 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

88 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Microsoft Azure Backup Reviews

Dwayne H.

Fantastic product!"

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sarah S.

Back It Up, the Azure Way!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Holden L.

Scalable Data Protection for Azure Environments.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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