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Microsoft Azure Backup

Composite Score

8.8 /10

CX Score

9.0 /10

178 Reviews Write a Review

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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Strategy and Innovation
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.

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

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

Automated Backup Testing and Verification

Application Awareness

Replication for High Availability

Deduplication Implementation

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Microsoft Azure Backup Reviews

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

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2020

A cost effective solution for cloud and on premise

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

Pros

Reliable
Trustworthy
Respectful
Fair

Cons

Commodity Features

Fred B.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Finance
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2020

We recommend this for any small business owner

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

Easier implementation from the best of our knowledge

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Very seamless

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing so far we've been quite happy

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Seems very reasonable and appropriate for small businesses

Pros

Enables Productivity
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Cassandra L.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: Initial Implementation

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2020

Easy to use but pricy

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

Price and affordability

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy of use

What do you dislike most about this product?

Cost of service

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Give it a try

Pros

Effective Service
Security Protects
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Cons

Vendor Friendly Policies
Under Delivered
Less Transparent

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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.

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

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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

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

A cost effective solution for cloud and on premise

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Fred B.

We recommend this for any small business owner

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cassandra L.

Easy to use but pricy

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery

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