Microsoft DPM Valuable Features
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manager/consultant at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
One of the most effective features of Microsoft DPM is its integration with the entire Microsoft ecosystem.
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Magdy Kamel
IT Manager at Nigsd
The most valuable feature is the total integration of the System Center solution. DPM works with other System Center solutions like SCOM, Orchestrator, and Configuration Manager. The main benefit is the capability to integrate the entire suite.
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WayneMcgowan
System Administrator at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
For many years, I used it at work. It was good at backing everything up. All the features were good in the 2012 and 2016 versions but the file system went really bad in 2019, and their move to ARIA caused a lot of issues. They kept releasing update signals to fix it, but it never fixed the problem.
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June 2025
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Saiyed Shahab Ahmed
Chief Digitalization Executive at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
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.
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Microsoft Specialist at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
The SSO feature is really valuable. It was integrated with Azure Active Directory and it provides access across different Microsoft apps using the same credential.
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Senior Consultant at a marketing services firm with 11-50 employees
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William Mugobogobo
Head of ICT Infrastructure & Security at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
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.
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RamaswamyK
M. I. S. Manager at Ruby Mills Ltd
The solution works well as a backup.
The initial setup is quite straightforward.
You can scale the solution easily.
The stability is very good.
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DBA, Developer at a government with 201-500 employees
The solution really does great recovery. When the typical use case of someone says, "Oh gosh, I've accidentally deleted my file", we have that item-level recovery. It's saved us on many occasions. However, I do believe any backup solution would give a user that kind of performance.
The solution came with System Center so we didn't have to pay for it that way. If you're already a System Center customer, I believe it's a free product, or, at least, it comes with that bundle. That benefit there is you're already in the system set or ecosystem.
In that sense, the price is good since we're on System Center.
The solution backs up Microsoft workloads just fine, when synchronization doesn't fail.
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RifkanHasan
Group Assistant, General Manager of IT at CIC
The most valuable feature is the recovery. The recovery of files on its own is no problem.
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System Administrator at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
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.
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Rodney Carlson
System Analyst at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
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.
it_user1350732
Managing Director at Adalites
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.
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RamaswamyK
M. I. S. Manager at Ruby Mills Ltd
One of its most valuable features is its capability to give a BMR for all the workstations that I want to connect to or to the servers, as well as the fact that it could do an online backup off the exchange.
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NastaranMesgari
System Administrator with 51-200 employees
The user interface is very good. The reporting and monitoring features are also good.
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Senior Systems Administrator at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Ease of D2D and D2T backups.
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Database Expert with 51-200 employees
Recovery.
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CEO at a tech company with 51-200 employees
• Data Protection Manager enables fabric administrators to exercise flexibility and freedom in carrying out live migrations of VMs. As an administrator, it is easier now to handle migration of VMs from standalone to cluster, move them within standalones as well as within and across the cluster.
• Offers a perfect solution to redundant data. Data Protection Manager assigns a link to the actual file that connects it to the common area where duplicated cold data is stored. I have found this to be a great saving on file system as file contents are maintained in common chunks.
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