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Azure Backup pros and cons

Vendor: Microsoft
3.9 out of 5

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PROS

Azure Backup is praised for its efficient storage and backup features, allowing users to restore both VMs and data as needed.
It offers seamless integration with other Azure services, simplifying configurations and ensuring backup security and connectivity.
The ability to schedule backups, control bandwidth, and set flexible retention options enhances user experience and operational efficiency.
Azure Backup is highly regarded for its stability, scalability, and cost-effectiveness, providing reliable data protection while saving money.
Enhanced data recovery capabilities and ease of restoration are key highlights, with geo-replication and compression features contributing to its utility.

CONS

Support for Office365 backup needs significant improvement.
Azure Backup lacks features for application-level and specific database backups, leading to reliance on third-party applications.
Restore operations are slow, especially for large data volumes and encrypted VMs, needing faster and more automatic solutions.
Integration and backup capabilities for Oracle databases and non-Microsoft environments are insufficient.
Technical support response times and clarity in Azure Backup's licensing model require enhancement.
 

Azure Backup Pros review quotes

Sanjay Sahu - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at Capgemini
Oct 29, 2025
The benefits I see from Azure Backup are that this solution is beneficial; we can access the data or files in Azure Backup anywhere, anytime, and from a security point of view, we can restrict the access for the parties, and there are many benefits.
RiteshPurbey - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Analyst at ESRI INDIA
Feb 7, 2026
My customer's experience with Azure Backup's data recovery capabilities is good.
reviewer2356350 - PeerSpot reviewer
Ambassador at a pharma/biotech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Dec 26, 2024
We use the normal features for Azure Backup, specifically to make backups of the VMs.
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RituparnaBhattacharya - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at MIC Global
Apr 23, 2025
The feature I find most effective in Azure Backup is the high-level restore.
Nilesh Kalal - PeerSpot reviewer
AI Solution Architect at Bitscape Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
Dec 16, 2024
The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is its simplicity.
reviewer2589033 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Oct 28, 2024
Automation provides us more time to work on other tasks, avoiding repetitive tasks and saving hours that we can allocate elsewhere. This gives more free time for involvement in other activities instead of repetitive data pulling.
SaadeAlkhoury - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director/CIO at Shield Technology Programs
Oct 15, 2024
The compression features save us money and speed up the backup and restore process.
Terry Tull - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Architecht at Capgemini
Feb 26, 2024
The most valuable features of Azure Backup for us are its flexible retention options and the ability to recover to a second region with geo-replication and read access.
Sameer_Shah - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Solution Specialist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 24, 2024
Azure Backup is easy to configure and restore.
RohitKumar13 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Consultant at ITC Infotech
Aug 18, 2023
It is a stable solution...It is a highly scalable solution.
 

Azure Backup Cons review quotes

Sanjay Sahu - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at Capgemini
Oct 29, 2025
One of the reviews indicates that Azure Backup needs improvements for specific backup options beyond just full VM snapshots. I believe it should be improved actually.
RiteshPurbey - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Analyst at ESRI INDIA
Feb 7, 2026
Azure Backup can be improved by providing an option and a utility so we can restore quickly instead of any manual intervention.
reviewer2356350 - PeerSpot reviewer
Ambassador at a pharma/biotech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Dec 26, 2024
Azure Backup needs improvements in allowing more specific backup options rather than just full VM snapshots.
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RituparnaBhattacharya - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at MIC Global
Apr 23, 2025
The area that I believe needs improvement in Azure Backup is the restoring time.
Nilesh Kalal - PeerSpot reviewer
AI Solution Architect at Bitscape Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
Dec 16, 2024
The reporting functionality of Azure Backup needs improvement.
reviewer2589033 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Oct 28, 2024
Connection with more legacy data services could be beneficial as some are currently unsupported.
SaadeAlkhoury - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director/CIO at Shield Technology Programs
Oct 15, 2024
Azure sometimes provides reliable recovery that can be slow for large-scale scenarios.
Terry Tull - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Architecht at Capgemini
Feb 26, 2024
Azure Backup could improve by offering better integration for Oracle databases and enhancing features like granular restore and backup compliance capabilities.
Sameer_Shah - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Solution Specialist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 24, 2024
The solution’s user interface could be improved.
RohitKumar13 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Consultant at ITC Infotech
Aug 18, 2023
My company faces a lot of difficulties in restoring any encrypted VM backup.