Item: Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365
Rating: 4
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We initally used Veeam for Microsoft 365 to back up our mailboxes, Onedrive, and Sharepoint. it allowed us to restore any of thise services in am acceptible timeframe. It also filled the need for an offsite, cross region backup solution.

Pros and Cons

Consistent backups
No fuss restores
Reliable restores

Too expensive for what it does
Complicated setup if you plan to create cross region / cross platform sync
There's no way to directly archive to S3, if you're doing cross platform redundancy

Return on Investment

We stopped our subscription and moved to a different, cheaper solution
Had to spend too much time to troubleshoot and fix our VM after updates
Support is inconsistent, or didn't know the product enough to be helpful

Veeam for Microsoft Office 365 Needs Assessment

I don't inherently trust any service and like to maintain my own backups. Additionally, we need to have offsite or cross region copies for regulations we must adhere to.

Usability

Built in options for cross platform storage and archiving is minimal. The need to fix thebproducr after major updates is frustrating. Support is lacking and uncaring.

Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 Data Access

We did not benefit from this capability. (Thankfully)

Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 Restore Flexibility

During my tenure, we didnt need to restore in any way more than a direct restore to a mailbox. Which worked well.

Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 Favorite Features

The restores are super simple, you can literally kick off a restore and walk away, its that easy. Veeam definitely chwcked the b9xnqhen comes to our ability to comply with governance.

Support Rating

There was a complete lack of caring when dealing with support. their suggestions were didnt help at all. In fact, i felt like i got brushed off. it was the main reason we decided to move on.

Key Insights

Do you think Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 delivers good value for the price?

Are you happy with Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365's feature set?

Yes

Did Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 again?

Likelihood to Recommend

We used Veeam for MS365 to back up our mailboxes, Onedrive, and Sharepoint. Although it does the job well, there are simpler (and cheaper) solutions. We also synced our backups to an instance in AWS. One of my problems is that there isnt a direct "archive from an instance to am S3 bucket. You need to get creative in order to move the nackup from the instance to a bucket.

There are easier backup solutions, which cost FAR less. Look around and be absolutely sure before buying. It's expensive.

Overall Satisfaction with Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365