We performed a comparison between Dell ProtectPoint [EOL] and Microsoft DPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."One of the features I find most valuable, is the good technical support."
"The speed and the ease of the initial setup are both good. It is not complex."
"Its capability to give a BMR for all the workstations that I want to connect to."
"I could back up all the stuff we had, even the VMs we have for Hyper V."
"The most important feature is that it's easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the recovery."
"The most valuable feature is that DPM has an index so individual files can be searched."
"The user interface is very good. The reporting and monitoring features are also good."
"I like the core backup feature. I also like the file server backup feature. I find Microsoft DPM interesting because it has fantastic integration with Microsoft products. For example, in Exchange and SharePoint, DPM is excellent when it comes to backing up data. It also does a decent job with open-source products."
"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 interface and documentation need to improve."
"The product has to be more mature, like to be another six to eight months on the market. A lot of maturity needs to be incorporated."
"Management reporting could be improved."
"The user friendliness could be improved."
"We can't take a snapshot and take it outside, which is a problem."
"There is a very poor online user community in terms of people blogging about their experiences with DPM."
"You have only a few settings and if you change them for some special configurations, it's very difficult."
"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."
"The data tagging feature needs improvement. The solution could be a bit more intuitive in certain aspects."
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Dell ProtectPoint [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Backup and Recovery while Microsoft DPM is ranked 27th in Backup and Recovery with 17 reviews. Dell ProtectPoint [EOL] is rated 7.6, while Microsoft DPM is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Dell ProtectPoint [EOL] writes "Speedy and easy setup but it needs to mature ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft DPM writes "Good for backing up, but the 2019 version lags". Dell ProtectPoint [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Microsoft DPM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Azure Backup, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veritas Backup Exec and Commvault Cloud.
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