Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Azure Backup

Composite Score

8.8 /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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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.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

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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

6% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Analytics

Virtual Machine Backup

Backup Automation

Backup of Cloud Based Data

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

Deduplication Implementation

Application Awareness

Integration With Storage Arrays

Automated Backup Testing and Verification

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery

Replication for High Availability

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

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

Ashmit Narayan R.

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2025

Fantastic Product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

Easy to use

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Scalability: Easily handles both small and large data backups. Security: Data is encrypted, with features like multi-factor authentication. Automation: Backups can be scheduled and automated.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Not much to dislike its good

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Please go for it

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service

Ayushi S.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2025

Reliable, but needs granular restore options.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

Microsoft Azure Backup stands out with its seamless integration into the Azure ecosystem and strong support for hybrid cloud environments.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Microsoft Azure Backup is its seamless integration with Azure services, making it easy to manage and protect data across hybrid cloud environments.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Complex setup process

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I recommend thoroughly familiarizing yourself with Azure's setup and configuration processes as well as leveraging its integration with other Azure services to maximize backup efficiency and management.

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Respectful
Fair

Jamal B.

Role: Public Sector
Industry: Government
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2025

Strong choice for business

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

Data protection

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Cloud based work loads

What do you dislike most about this product?

Complex pricing model

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Based for cloud based solution

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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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).

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.

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

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

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

Ashmit Narayan R.

Fantastic Product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Ayushi S.

Reliable, but needs granular restore options.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Jamal B.

Strong choice for business

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

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