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Azure Backup pros and cons

Vendor: Microsoft

3.9 out of 5

58 reviews
92% willing to recommend

Pros & Cons summary

Azure Backup offers efficient VM and data recovery with flexible restore options and seamless integration with Azure services. It supports automated scheduling, bandwidth control, and scalability with cost-effective features like tiering and compression. Despite ease of use and a single dashboard management, it underperforms in Office365 support, database options, restore speed, and lacks advanced cybersecurity features, often necessitating third-party applications for specific needs.

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PROS

Azure Backup provides efficient and reliable storage backup and restore options, either for virtual machines or data.

Security and connectivity to data, along with seamless integration with other Azure services, are highly valued features.

Ease of configuration and native backup capabilities eliminate the need for additional management tools.

Scalability and cost-effectiveness, including flexible retention options and encryption, are noted advantages.

Azure Backup is recognized for its simplicity and speed in backup and restore processes, making daily operations smoother and more efficient.

CONS

Users express concern over the complexity of setting up on-premise environments compared to the cloud setup.

There are frustrations regarding the speed of file restoration, with many suggesting it should be faster.

Azure Backup lacks support for Office365 backup, which is pointed out as a significant shortcoming needing improvement.

Many users are dissatisfied with technical support, noting that it can be slow and unresponsive at times.

Issues with the duration and transfer rate of data during restore operations are frequently noted, emphasizing the need for faster operations to enhance performance.

Azure Backup Pros review quotes

Managing Director/CIO at Shield Technology Programs

Jul 19, 2021

One of the most valuable features is security and connectivity to the data.

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AE

IT Manager at NOMAC

May 6, 2020

First of all, you can schedule a backup for the client. You can schedule it as you like. You can also control the bandwidth, so the backup will not utilize. The internet will depend on the bandwidth.

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MB

IT, DevOPS and Cloud Advisor at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Sep 10, 2019

This solution allows me to restore either the VM or the data, depending on what is needed.

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Solution Architect at NTT Data

Jun 28, 2022

It's easy to deploy.

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Global Presales Leader at Kyndryl

Sep 26, 2023

You can select the tiering for your backup and manage your cost.

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Owner at Alopex ONE UG

Sep 27, 2023

You have the flexibility to encrypt your backups and choose the storage capacity you're comfortable paying for.

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MG

Backup Engineer at Cloud4C Services

Jun 8, 2023

The deployment process is quite easy in Azure.

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Rahul Sarangdhar

Senior Specialist at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech

Jan 30, 2023

When it comes to Azure Backup, the advantage is that it's native and it's very easy to configure. We don't require a separate tool or manage something on a separate server. At the backend, it's managed by Microsoft itself, and we don't need to manage it.

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SatyaprakashSingh

Senior System Administrator at skp group

May 15, 2023

The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is the file recovery and file vault.

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Muzammil Ahmed Mohammed

Sr. IT Operations Engineer at AlGosaibi Group

Apr 23, 2020

Azure Backup is good because it is entirely cloud-based, which means that you can be 99.9% sure that your backup is safe.

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Azure Backup Cons review quotes

Managing Director/CIO at Shield Technology Programs

Jul 19, 2021

We would like to see some kind of notification given to the user that a file was not synchronized well or what may have happened.

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AE

IT Manager at NOMAC

May 6, 2020

It doesn't have the option to have a backup from the database. It has backup for the files, folders, and backup only the whole virtual machine. But if I need to do a backup from the Oracle database, from an Exchange server or from SharePoint, this ability isn't there. There is no application backup.

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MB

IT, DevOPS and Cloud Advisor at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Sep 10, 2019

The user interface is a little bit confusing and it could be better.

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Solution Architect at NTT Data

Jun 28, 2022

The integration with the record database and integration with other applications will be good, especially with the database piece.

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Global Presales Leader at Kyndryl

Sep 26, 2023

It still does not have a lot of customization, especially if your workloads are not in Azure.

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Owner at Alopex ONE UG

Sep 27, 2023

It would be beneficial to receive alert messages if something isn't configured correctly, for instance, if service principal names are missing, a message could prompt you to set them up.

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MG

Backup Engineer at Cloud4C Services

Jun 8, 2023

Azure Backup is limited to certain workloads. It would be helpful if Microsoft focused on enabling backups for Oracle and other unsupported databases.

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Rahul Sarangdhar

Senior Specialist at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech

Jan 30, 2023

In Avamar, the file-based restores are very quick and fast, whereas, in Azure Backup, VM restore is super easy, but if I have to do a file or a folder restore, I have to mount the entire VM image. I have to wait for some time for it to be mounted, and then I have to go inside and then check the file and copy it somewhere. It's a bit of a manual process, whereas in Avamar, you can directly select a file and folder, and it'll recover with whatever permissions you want.

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SatyaprakashSingh

Senior System Administrator at skp group

May 15, 2023

Azure lacks sufficient solutions for a particular scenario, we may need to resort to using third-party applications. In such cases, these applications can be employed to facilitate backup, replication, and the efficient utilization of internet connectivity and bandwidth. They enable us to effectively manage and transfer data while ensuring optimal utilization of network resources. However, it would be a benefit if we did not have to use third-party applications for these operations.

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Muzammil Ahmed Mohammed

Sr. IT Operations Engineer at AlGosaibi Group

Apr 23, 2020

The compression ratio of the backup data should be improved.

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