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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Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

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

Anubhav A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2022

A Comprehensive and Easy-to-Use Solution for Cloud

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

Microsoft Azure Cloud Backup is a comprehensive cloud-based backup solution that enables you to protect your data in the cloud. It is easy to use and provides a wide range of features, including flexible data protection, global deduplication, and support for both physical and virtual environments.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The favorite aspect of this Microsoft Azure Cloud Backup is that it is very reliable and efficient. It has helped me to protect my data and keep it safe from any potential threats.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Microsoft Azure Cloud Backup is a good service, but there are a few things I dislike about it. First, I don't like that you can't back up your entire hard drive. You can only back up specific folders. Second, I don't like that the restore process is a little complicated. It's not difficult, but it's not as simple as restoring files from a backup drive.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are considering Microsoft Azure Cloud Backup, I would recommend that you first assess your needs and evaluate the features and pricing of Azure Backup. Azure Backup offers a variety of features, including the ability to back up data to Azure, to a local disk, or to a remote site. Additionally, Azure Backup offers a variety of pricing options, so you can find a plan that fits your needs.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Effective Service
Inspires Innovation
Over Delivered

Surendra P.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2022

The best backup solution

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

on-premises and cloud backup possible with Azure

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Onsite redundant storage

What do you dislike most about this product?

There is nothing to dislike

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

try the DEMO it is the best

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Raphael G.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2022

Perfect for our kind of workload

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

Optimized for azure workload so it's more convenient, When i used I dealt mostly with cloud storage and azure gave that flexibility to choose between Locally Redundant Storage (LRS) or Geo-Redundant Storage (GRS) for backup vault & the price was just right because it depended on what I stored

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Super easy to use and support is always available to help you solve any issue along the way. Guess what, you pay zero for restores. So, it's a marriage of convience

What do you dislike most about this product?

The most important issue I want to draw out here is there should be a dedication internet connection for this as it takes a lot of time to do a restore and its most likely that at some points, the operation will fail as a result of connection issues

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are running azure workload, this is the real deal, I love it despite little issues here and there

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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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

Anubhav A.

A Comprehensive and Easy-to-Use Solution for Cloud

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Surendra P.

The best backup solution

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Raphael G.

Perfect for our kind of workload

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

AI tech support

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Recovery Automation

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AI enhanced predictive backup

Virtual Machine Backup

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Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery

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