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Microsoft Azure Backup

Composite Score

8.9 /10

CX Score

9.3 /10

229 Reviews Write a Review

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 Enterprise Backup category

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2025 Data Quadrant Champion

Latest Award, 2025

2 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

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

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

98 Plan to Renew

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.

+94 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?

4% Negative

4% Neutral

92% Positive

Pros

Enables Productivity
Helps Innovate
Trustworthy
Saves Time

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Auto-Discovery

100

Configurable Backup

Immutable Backups

PaaS Protection

Data Encryption

Containers Protection

Integration with Security Software

Data Deduplication

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

Integration With Storage Arrays

Application-Aware Processing

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Microsoft Azure Backup Reviews

Murat K.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

It needs more development

Likeliness to Recommend

4 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

It works very well for backup operations for systems in Azure environment.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Works very well for backup operations in the cloud environment

What do you dislike most about this product?

It lags behind in cost-benefit analysis.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is a good backup application for those who have systems running in Azure environment.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Effective Service
Caring
Includes Product Enhancements

Cons

Less Efficient Service
Wastes Time
Vendor Friendly Policies

Ahmad A.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Azure Backups = Cost effective backup solution

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

Azure backup backup is the simplest backup solution. we can easy create backup and restore backups and not requires perpetual or other types of license. at anytime we can delete the backups and and pay what we have used.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Backup repositories are on High Availability means it is more reliable and not only works with azure VMs but also we can take backups of on-premises servers.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Cheapest, Simples, Fastest and Relabile backup solution.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Azure backups are the most secured and reliable.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

José A.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Easy tool to use

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Backup from other similar products?

Easy tool to use, with useful feautres

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

easy way to implement backpus, you dont need a specialist to complete your tasks

What do you dislike most about this product?

I feel very satisfied with the tool, nothing to criticize so far

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

east way too implement fast and quick backup solutions

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

Microsoft Azure Backup Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+94 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

Auto-Discovery Automatically discovers physical and virtual machines as they come online, move, or change, and adds them to existing backup/replication schedules based on pre-

Configurable Backup Configure backups for specific data sources and targets to meet recovery requirements.

Immutable Backups Configure selected backups to be immutable (can't be deleted or altered).

PaaS Protection Protects PaaS workloads in public cloud environments (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP).

Data Encryption Encrypt data in flight and at rest.

Containers Protection Protects workloads in container environments (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, etc.).

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

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

Backup Monitoring and Reporting Backup and replication are continually monitored for status and effectiveness. Detailed reporting is available on successful and unsuccessful operations.

Integration With Storage Arrays Integrates with APIs from major storage vendors (NetApp, HP, Dell EMC) to leverage capabilities in these arrays such as data snapshots and replication.

Application-Aware Processing Ensure a consistent application state and support granular restore for application data from core applications such as MS SQL, Oracle, MS Exchange, SharePoint

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Microsoft Azure Backup Reviews

Murat K.

It needs more development

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Ahmad A.

Azure Backups = Cost effective backup solution

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

José A.

Easy tool to use

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Auto-Discovery

Configurable Backup

Immutable Backups

PaaS Protection

Data Encryption

Containers Protection

Integration with Security Software

Data Deduplication

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

Integration With Storage Arrays

Application-Aware Processing

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training