Microsoft Azure Backup Customer Reviews 2023

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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2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2023

1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2023

2 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2022

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022

Strategy and Innovation
Product Impact

2022

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021

2020 Emotional Footprint Champion

2020

Microsoft Azure Backup Ratings

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87 Likeliness to Recommend

95 Plan to Renew

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81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+88 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

6% Neutral

89% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity

Alaa B.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Nov 2023

Reliable and Efficient Backup Solution

Likeliness to Recommend

9 / 10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

Seamless Integration: Azure Backup is tightly integrated with the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, allowing for easy integration and management of backups within a comprehensive cloud environment. This integration provides a smooth experience for users already utilizing Azure services.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Centralized Management: Azure Backup offers centralized management and monitoring through the Azure portal

What do you dislike most about this product?

Limited Granularity of Restores

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

for sure totally recommend Azure backup for Azure end users , & organizations Azure Backup offers scalability to meet the growing backup needs of organizations. It supports a wide range of data source

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy

Heena O.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Other
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Nov 2023

Microsoft Azure is scalable

Likeliness to Recommend

10 / 10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

Azure site recovery is a comprehensive service whose capabilities extend beyond restoring simple data to replicating applications on the cloud.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Data storage and management Great choice for hybrid cloud

What do you dislike most about this product?

Speed issues for some regions Expertise requirements

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Azure is a fantastic cloud platform that offers a wide range of services to businesses

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Nirav K.

Role: Finance
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Oct 2023

Amazing product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 / 10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

uniqueness, scalable and easy to use

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

easy to use and secure

What do you dislike most about this product?

not applicable

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

use it once atleast

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

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Awards & Recognition

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

95 Plan to Renew

Up 1Since last award

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+88 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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Physical Backup for Multiple Platforms Backs up data and system info for non-virtualized systems. Primarily Windows and Linux servers but also, potentially, AIX, Unix and others.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Microsoft Azure Backup Reviews

Alaa B.

Reliable and Efficient Backup Solution

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Heena O.

Microsoft Azure is scalable

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Nirav K.

Amazing product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Analytics

Automated Backup Testing and Verification

Backup of Cloud Based Data

Backup Automation

Integration With Storage Arrays

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

Application Awareness

Virtual Machine Backup

Physical Backup for Multiple Platforms

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery

Replication for High Availability

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation