Why Veeam is a good solution to back up your Azure data
September 11, 2023
Why Veeam is a good solution to back up your Azure data
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365
We exclusively use Microsoft 365 products for email, unified communications, and cloud storage solutions. These are the most critical systems for our business and we cannot afford to lose the data they contain. While Microsoft offers some degree of backup within Microsoft 365, it is lacking for our business needs. We need a more robust solution that is separate from Microsoft. If an issue arises with one of their services, we need to have a completely independent backup copy of all that data.
- Licensing is very easy to manage; Microsoft licensing is notoriously complex
- The management interface is intuitive and easy to navigate
- We already use Veeam Backup and Replication for our virtual environment; it makes sense to extend that to our cloud services
- Account, licensing, and technical support are generally responsive
- I have had some minor issues with their flagship product, but not with this one; nothing to report here
- This service is definitely an integral part of our business continuity plan
- It allows IT to meet our service level agreements and ticket close times
I think that anyone who uses any Azure services knows they need something like this. There are various options, but Veeam put the effort in years ago to make data backup and recovery an easy process. Extending that to Microsoft cloud services is a logical next step, especially for anyone already using Veeam Backup and Replication.
It can be a sensitive conversation when someone comes into your office and needs a mission critical file restored. It's even more difficult when you cannot fulfill their request. Having a solution that gives IT more confidence in our ability to take care of these instances, whether it's because of something malicious or accidental, goes a long way towards providing our employees with the peace of mind they deserve to have. They should not have to concern themselves with the technical side of things. Our job is to reassure them that we have that taken care of for them.
I think having those types of options are simply a basic requirement for a solution like this. I have worked with other direct competitors that did NOT have all of these features and it made restoring data more of a hassle. I was not a fan of those products and am glad I don't need to work with them anymore.
Simple integration with Azure. It is simple to set up and requires no ongoing management, as it should be. One of our goals is to move as many services to the Azure cloud as we can. This product can do this well. Restoring user data quickly. Sometimes things are time sensitive and you need a product that allows you to get your data back promptly. Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 does a good job at this.
Veeam is superior in multiple ways. Simpler, more cost effective licensing model. Easier to restore data to ANY supported format, including PST. (Backupify did not have PST support for years.) No account management; if I did not stay on top of things, like license management, no one would know until it was time to renew. This actually happened and cost a lot of money, which was not budgeted.
Do you think Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 delivers good value for the price?
Yes
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?
Yes
Did implementation of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 again?
Yes