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We performed a comparison between Backup and Restore for SharePoint & Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft DPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"The stability has always been very good.""The most valuable feature includes leaving the stub files behind and integrating that with the recenter feature.""Backup and Restore for SharePoint & Microsoft Office 365 is easy to use.""The solution has good scalability."

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"It is almost perfect for Microsoft products. It is not a very powerful tool, but it is okay for small sites and small businesses with Microsoft products. It is easy to use for backup and restore. It is good for backing up Microsoft servers such as Exchange and SharePoint servers.""The initial setup is quite straightforward.""The most valuable feature is the recovery.""The most valuable feature is that DPM has an index so individual files can be searched.""The automated procedure is quite good for us, as it is able to capture all of the information that we require.""Microsoft DPM is scalable.""The user interface is very good. The reporting and monitoring features are also good.""The most important feature is that it's easy to use."

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Cons
"We need more options for the backup schedule.""The user experience needs a little refreshing touch.""The solution's updates and rollouts of the patches cause a lot of problems.""I think the solution itself keeps up with everything else. Sometimes it would be nice if they could move a little bit quicker and have faster updates, but in terms of the features, it's absolutely fine and adequate."

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"It would be better if it integrated seamlessly with open source and competitor products. In the next release, I would like to see some data governance frameworks. It should have support features for data integration and data replication like Veeam. Right now, we are also using Veeam for certain scenarios.""Microsoft DPM could improve if it was available in a public or private cloud.""To evaluate the solution's abilities and its performance under demanding conditions, it is recommended to carry out a stress test.""There is a very poor online user community in terms of people blogging about their experiences with DPM.""Additional Hyper-V knowledge would be great.""Management reporting could be improved.""Compatibility and integration with other products needs improvement.""The data tagging feature needs improvement. The solution could be a bit more intuitive in certain aspects."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The solution could also be cheaper."
  • "Regarding CloudArchiver, you purchase per terabyte."
  • "The solution’s pricing is expensive."
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  • "Microsoft DPM is a free solution. However, we pay approximately $3,000 annually for support."
  • "I think Microsoft DPM pricing is reasonable. The additional costs are related to storage and technical support."
  • "Microsoft DPM can be considered as an expensive solution for smaller or medium enterprises, but we have been satisfied with the price structure as it is fixed and it offers a variety of useful features"
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Backup and Restore for SharePoint & Microsoft Office 365 is easy to use.
    Top Answer:Regarding CloudArchiver, you purchase per terabyte. There are no additional costs to the standard license.
    Top Answer: This solution helps us to manage all of the operations across servers and different workstations.
    Top Answer:Microsoft DPM can be considered an expensive solution for smaller or medium enterprises, but we have been satisfied with the price structure as it is fixed and offers a variety of useful features. I… more »
    Top Answer:To evaluate the solution's abilities and its performance under demanding conditions, it is recommended to carry out a stress test. It would ensure that the current version of the solution can accept a… more »
    Ranking
    14th
    out of 76 in SaaS Backup
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    Average Words per Review
    411
    Rating
    8.3
    28th
    out of 133 in Backup and Recovery
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    4,685
    Comparisons
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    Reviews
    4
    Average Words per Review
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    Rating
    7.8
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    DPM, Data Protection Manager, MS DPM
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    Overview

    DocAve Backup and Restore for SharePoint provides full-fidelity backup and recovery - from individual content items to entire SharePoint environments and all of their farm-level components - maintaining all metadata, security settings, and version histories. Featuring a highly intuitive user interface, enterprise-strength scalability, and deep integration with leading hardware providers, DocAve Backup and Restore offers simple and truly comprehensive SharePoint protection.

    Microsoft Data Protection Manager (DPM) is an enterprise backup system that can be used to back up data from a source location to a target secondary location. Microsoft DPM allows you to back up application data from Microsoft servers and workloads, and file data from servers and client computers. You can create full backups, incremental backups, differential backups, and bare-metal backups to completely restore a system. Microsoft DPM can store backup data to disks for short-term storage, to Azure Cloud for both for short-term and long-term storage off-premises, and to tapes for long-term storage, which can then be stored offsite. Backed up files are indexed, which allows you to easily search your recovered data.

    Microsoft DPM contributes to your business continuity and disaster recovery strategy by facilitating the backup and recovery of enterprise data, ensuring resources are available and recoverable during planned and unplanned outages. When outages occur and source data is unavailable, you can use DPM to easily restore data to the original source or to an alternate location.

    Key Features of Microsoft DPM:

    • Application-aware backup: Application-aware backup of Microsoft workloads, including SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange, and SharePoint.

    • File backup: Back up files and folders on computers running Windows Server and Windows operating systems.

    • System backup: Back up the entire system state or run complete backups of physical computers running Windows Server or Windows client operating systems.

    • Hyper-V backup: Back up Hyper-V virtual machines running either Windows or Linux. You can choose to back up an entire virtual machine or specific applications on the virtual machine.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Microsoft DPM stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its robust and flexible backup capabilities and its being easy to manage with one central dashboard.

    William M., the head of ICT infrastructure & security at a tech services company, notes, "The automated procedure is quite good for us, as it is able to capture all of the information that we require. The compatibility is very good. We have an IBM AS/400 machine in our office that we're using, and we're able to back it up fine. This is the same for other systems, as well. I think that overall, it is really adaptable, compatible, and scalable."

    Mohammed I., a managing director at Adalites, notes, "I would definitely recommend data protection DPM. It has an application backup, a file backup, a system backup and a hypervisor. It works flawlessly, never a problem."

    Rodney C. a system analyst at a financial services firm, writes, "The most valuable feature is that DPM has an index so individual files can be searched. This is our primary tool for recovering deleted files or folders. Once we implement a System Center Operations Manager, all of our DPM servers can then be seen on one dashboard."

    Sample Customers
    Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services, Bunker Holding Group
    Medical Park, Centropol Energy, a.s., NCFE, D & H Distributing, Metalor, Colosseum, a.s., Sanitas S.A., Icebreaker
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Government12%
    Comms Service Provider8%
    REVIEWERS
    Manufacturing Company40%
    Government20%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Marketing Services Firm10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Government12%
    Educational Organization9%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business31%
    Midsize Enterprise5%
    Large Enterprise64%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business37%
    Midsize Enterprise26%
    Large Enterprise37%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise53%
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    Backup and Restore for SharePoint & Microsoft Office 365 is ranked 14th in SaaS Backup with 4 reviews while Microsoft DPM is ranked 28th in Backup and Recovery with 17 reviews. Backup and Restore for SharePoint & Microsoft Office 365 is rated 8.2, while Microsoft DPM is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Backup and Restore for SharePoint & Microsoft Office 365 writes "Allows for storage optimization and archiving functionality of DocAve Backup is valuable for organizations with large amounts of data". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft DPM writes "Good for backing up, but the 2019 version lags". Backup and Restore for SharePoint & Microsoft Office 365 is most compared with Code42 Incydr and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, whereas Microsoft DPM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Azure Backup, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Commvault Cloud and Veritas Backup Exec.

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