Veeam Data Cloud for Azure

We assumed Azure would automatically back up our data, but later learned otherwise. Veeam was able to be used across on-prem and Azure, centralizing management.

In replacement of native Azure backup which seems to cost an arm and a leg. Azure native backup also seems to balloon quickly with storage growth. We use Veeam Backup for Azure and had more reliable pricing.

I think it is best suited for hybrid environments because it provides a centralized management. This avoids having to bounce between tools. I would say it is less suited for Azure VM's hosting SQL Server. You cannot restore a single database without restoring the entire virtual machine. This is a major drawback for database heavy environments.

We have Servers in Azure and we use Veeam Backup for Azure to back them up. Our company has been a customer for a few years and we find the product easy to manage. Azure backup needs a little help and Veeam Backup for Azure fits the bill.

We purchased Veeam Backup for Azure for one reason and that was to backup Azure. it was designed for this so we are in good hands. We have never had an issue

We are using Veeam Backup for Azure daily, becasue we need it for backing up our infrastructure which is located in Azure. We didn´t have any problems with this product. We use it to back up our environment. I recommend it to other clients because of its functionality and ease of operation. Veeam has worked very well with our hybrid infrastructure.

Veeam Backup for Azure is perfect for easily create, manage, and automate backups virtual machines, disks, and files. They can also perform granular file-level recovery and full VM recovery in minutes.

As we began to deploy systems in Azure we knew we needed a backup solution. Since we use Veeam B&R for on-premises systems it was a no brainer to use Veeam for Azure. The policy based backup makes it easy to ensure new systems are automatically captured without needing to adjust backup jobs every time.

For our purposes I can't particularly find any shortcomings of Veeam Backup for Azure. It has been working well for our needs for a few years now. Maybe for someone with a larger cloud footprint or more complex needs, or maybe someone who wants to be able to deploy and configure the appliance using infrastructure as code it may not be as practical.

We currently use the product initially to back up configurations, In the next few steps we will appli on to virtual machines and then databases.

In our case, we have a hybrid environment and with this tool we have the possibility of making backups using a single tool. For our organization, the tool complies with the ones we use.

We had a few VMs running in Azure that needed to be backed up and Veeam for Azure was the perfect fit for our needs. The setup was very easy and we had no issues getting the VMs backed up with our specific schedule and retention setings. We also tested restores without any issues.

Any VM in Azure is a good option for Veeam backup. It is compatible with most operating systems and the setup and configuration of the backup jobs and schedules is very user friendly. We also use Veeam on-prem to backup VMs in our datacenters but we wanted a solution for the cloud hosted workloads as well.

We use Veeam Backup for Azure to protect our server workloads that we run. We have critical VMs that are protected by this solution. We require the ability to recover our Azure VMs quickly and easily.

Quickly allows for setup of backup policies. The restore process sometimes seems like there are a series of steps which I think could be streamlined.

We use Veeam Backup to back up our critical systems and data. It provides some assurances that we are able to back up and restore against data corruption, accidental deletion, hardware failure, etc. We have been using and relying on Veeam for our backups ever since I started with the company going on 8 years now and would highly recommend it.

Would highly recommend Veeam's Backup products. Ability to have immutable storage, file-level restores and multiple restore points are all key features Veeam provides.

I’ve been a user/manager of Veeam’s on-premise solution for 7 years or more, and in general have been extremely happy with it. The installation is incredibly easy and intuitive, you can just get on with it. Veeam Backup for Azure is less so. Firstly, we needed external support to get this in place. I am sure we could have worked this out ourselves, but time and resources at our end were constrained and buying in professional services days (it took 2 days) was the path of least resistance. Azure in general is more complex than on-premise so I guess that shouldn’t be entirely unexpected, but it is something to consider, as this isn’t simply a case of installing an application, but standing up a virtual infrastructure for it too. Secondly, this does not support multi-subscription/cross-subscription backups. To be fair to Veeam this is most likely down to how Azure works and limitations placed on you by external forces (i.e. Microsoft), however you’d have thought that by now a solution would have been created to allow this to happen (we’ve been running this for about 2 years now). So, we had a choice of either buying another separate set of licensing for the other subscription using Veeam Backup for Azure or another solution such as Microsoft Azure Backup instead for it. We came down on the side of cost, and in this instance ‘free’ won (again, Microsoft). Veeam Backup for Azure has many more bells and whistles on it than Microsoft Backup, and as such I would recommend it, but there are other players in the market now which can manage and maintain your backups for on-premise and cloud, so it is worth shopping around to see what best fits your situation.

If you're already a user of Veeam it's a no brainer really. It'll be familiar to you and your team to use which means you can get up and running reasonably fast with this, It's obviously useful having support and licencing all under one banner too, but the cloud solution does seriously lag behind in functionality compared to it's on-premise solution.