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Microsoft Azure Site Recovery

Composite Score
8.1 /10
CX Score
8.3 /10
Category
Microsoft Azure Site Recovery
8.1 /10

What is Microsoft Azure Site Recovery?

Help your business to keep doing business—even during major IT outages. Azure Site Recovery offers ease of deployment, cost effectiveness, and dependability. Deploy replication, failover, and recovery processes through Site Recovery to help keep your applications running during planned and unplanned outages. Site Recovery is a native disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS), and Microsoft has been recognized as a leader in DRaaS based on completeness of vision and ability to execute by Gartner in the 2019 Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Azure Site Recovery won the following awards in the Disaster Recovery Orchestration category

Microsoft Azure Site Recovery Ratings

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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.

93 Likeliness to Recommend

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Since last award

100 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.

+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 Site Recovery?

0% Negative
0% Neutral
100% Positive

Pros

  • Trustworthy
  • Fair
  • Includes Product Enhancements
  • Helps Innovate

Feature Ratings

Average 90

DR Testing

93

Cloud Hosting

92

Data Encryption

91

Variable RPOs

90

Data Replication

90

Protection Groups

89

Compliance Monitoring

88

Managed Services Offering

87

Analytics and Reporting

87

DR Orchestration

86

Bandwidth Utilization Management

82

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 87

Quality of Features

89

Business Value Created

89

Ease of Implementation

89

Ease of Data Integration

88

Ease of IT Administration

87

Breadth of Features

87

Usability and Intuitiveness

87

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

86

Vendor Support

85

Availability and Quality of Training

85

Ease of Customization

84

Microsoft Azure Site Recovery Reviews

Simon G.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Azure Site Recovery is by far one of the best prog

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Site Recovery from other similar products?

Microsoft Azure Site Recovery is a program that seeks the guarantee of solidifying the work of each of its users in the midst of multiple and constant interruptions. There are very few programs that offer you so many options to improve flow and development in a very short time. of work of any work team, this program is smart and powerful enough to apply the many applications that are on my desktop to help fully fulfill my work, this program is known much more for an effective approach and response to the high workload that occurs every day.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Microsoft Azure Site Recovery is a program that seeks the guarantee of solidifying the work of each of its users in the midst of multiple and constant interruptions. There are very few programs that offer you so many options to improve flow and development in a very short time. of work of any work team, this program is smart and powerful enough to apply the many applications that are on my desktop to help fully fulfill my work, this program is known much more for an effective approach and response to the high workload that occurs every day.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Due to the number of functions that this program offers, I would like it to be a little more autonomous when it is implemented. It is true that the applications run automatically thanks to this program, but each of the previous processes to achieve this can be done somewhat tedious by hand to correctly apply all the functions that this program offers us.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Azure Site Recovery is by far one of the best programs that will solve multiple problems in the continuity of any type of company, since this program reinforces each of its systems and workflows for faster and safer responses, thanks to the enormous progress that all the applications that this program tests express, I recommend this program without any doubt.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Petr H.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Microsoft Azure Site Recovery: Power Meets Complex

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Site Recovery from other similar products?

Azure Site Recovery (ASR) sets itself apart in several key areas: Integration and Compatibility: Being a Microsoft product, it offers seamless integration with other Microsoft services. This includes both applications and infrastructures, providing a well-integrated disaster recovery plan across Microsoft-based IT ecosystems. Automation and Scalability: Azure Site Recovery allows for automated protection, replication, failover, and recovery of workloads, significantly reducing the chance of human error and providing scalability to match your business needs.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The automation capability is a standout feature of Microsoft Azure Site Recovery. This feature reduces the potential for human error and ensures business continuity by automating the entire disaster recovery process. The ability to customize recovery plans down to the order in which machines are recovered is incredibly beneficial.

What do you dislike most about this product?

One of the primary challenges with ASR is its cost. It offers a robust set of capabilities, but it comes at a higher price compared to some other solutions. Understanding the total cost of using ASR can be difficult, especially as it is directly linked to the scale of your operations and usage. Another potential drawback is the complexity. The initial setup and ongoing management can be complex, especially for those not already familiar with Microsoft's ecosystem.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For businesses heavily invested in the Microsoft ecosystem, Azure Site Recovery is a compelling choice for its integration, automation, and scalability features. However, be prepared for the potential complexity during setup and ongoing management, so a dedicated IT team or specialist is advisable. Lastly, due to its cost structure, ensure to properly understand and plan for the cost associated with the scale of your operations. Make use of its drill features regularly to ensure your recovery plan is always up-to-date and effective.

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Helps Innovate
  • Performance Enhancing

Cons

  • Vendor's Interest First
  • Less Generous

Rahul A.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Banking
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Backups all your workload on Azure

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Azure Site Recovery from other similar products?

This is Azure native solutions inbuild for most of azure services. no additional integration needed

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

This is great too for file and folder level restore

What do you dislike most about this product?

Time it takes to restore whole VMs

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you running critical workload on Azure Vms then it is critical for your business to use backup services which is reliable.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Trustworthy

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