Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Azure Backup

Composite Score

8.9 /10

CX Score

9.2 /10

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What is Microsoft Azure Backup?

Protect your data with a cloud-based backup as a service Keep your data in Azure and on-premises safe. Backup supports VMware and Hyper-V virtual machines running on Linux and Windows, as well as physical Windows Servers.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Azure Backup won the following awards in the Backup and Availability category

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2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2023

2 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2022

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022

Strategy and Innovation
Product Impact

2022

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021

Microsoft Azure Backup Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

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98 Plan to Renew

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87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Microsoft Azure Backup?

3% Negative

5% Neutral

92% Positive

Pros

Enables Productivity
Saves Time
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product

Feature Ratings

Average 85

AI tech support

FOUR EYES principle

Recovery Automation

Integration with Other Security Software

Backup Automation

Analytics

AI enhanced predictive backup

Virtual Machine Backup

Backup of Cloud Based Data

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery

Deduplication Implementation

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Microsoft Azure Backup Reviews

ADEDOTUN A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2023

Great product

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

The security

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The data security, privacy and access settings

What do you dislike most about this product?

The cost of usage with limited users

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Ensure to utilise the security settings to the fullest

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy

Rupak R.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2023

Awesome backup solution from Microsoft

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

Awesome product to backup the applications with convenience.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It has auto backup policies which helps to backup the apps automatically.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I haven't seen any issues in that. But it's cost are little high.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I am highly recommended this.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Benjamin W.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2023

Outstanding Data Backup and Recovery.

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

I think what makes Azure Backup unique compared to other similar products is its seamless integration with Microsoft's cloud ecosystem, providing a comprehensive solution for data backup and recovery. It also offers different options for backing up data, including file and folder backup, application-consistent backup of virtual machines, and system state backup

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My best experience with Azure Backup has been its ease of use and the flexibility it offers in terms of scheduling backups. For example, I really appreciated the ability to schedule backups on a daily or weekly basis as well as customize the retention policy for each backup as well as the ability to restore files and folders in just a few clicks.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I don't have any significant complaints about Azure Backup as my experience with the product has been very positive

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

My recommendation to someone considering Azure Backup would be to evaluate their specific backup and recovery needs and prioritize the features they require in a solution. If they heavily rely on Microsoft's cloud ecosystem, then Azure Backup is an excellent solution to consider due to its integration capabilities.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Microsoft Azure Backup

What is Microsoft Azure Backup?

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

Microsoft Azure Backup Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft Azure Backup?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

AI tech support Technical professionals can access a generative Ai chatbot when querying the knowledge base

FOUR EYES principle Require 2 administrators to approve changes

Recovery Automation Orchestrate faster recover of the right pieces to bring them up in the right order and built automated recovery plans

Integration with Other Security Software Service will integrate with existing security systems, such as firewalls, SOAR, SIEM, endpoint security, or other security components.

Backup Automation Solution automates backup, recovery and remediation tasks using RestAPI and CLI to integrate with 3rd party solutions, reduce cost and enforce standards.

Analytics Built-in real-time and historical reporting and analytics on SLAs, performance, and resource consumption, as well as predictive capabilities to plan & optimize.

AI enhanced predictive backup Use AI to suggest weaknesses or inefficiencies in backup policies

Virtual Machine Backup Automatically discovers and protects VMs as they come online, move, and change. Production VMs are replicated to a secondary data store.

Backup of Cloud Based Data In addition to targeting backups to the cloud, the solution also has the capability to back up primary data and services already in the cloud.

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery Onsite backup data is replicated and stored to a public cloud (AWS, Azure). Can also include restore-to-cloud capabilities for Disaster Recovery as a Service.

Deduplication Implementation Deduplication of redundant data blocks is implemented by the solution. Deduplication can be at source, target, or globally (source and target).

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Microsoft Azure Backup Reviews

ADEDOTUN A.

Great product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Rupak R.

Awesome backup solution from Microsoft

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Benjamin W.

Outstanding Data Backup and Recovery.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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