We performed a comparison between Microsoft DPM and Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."It has an application backup, a file backup, a system backup and a hypervisor."
"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."
"The solution backs up Microsoft workloads as well as anything on the market."
"The user interface is very good. The reporting and monitoring features are also good."
"This solution helps us to manage all of the operations across servers and different workstations."
"Microsoft DPM is scalable."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the recovery."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"The solution is useful for taking backups for end-user laptops and end-user workstations where data is involved."
"The most valuable features of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows are the backups, ease of use, and report manager."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to navigate inside a backup point to look for a specific folder or data you want to recover."
"The most valuable feature is application availability, which allows us to monitor all agents and accounts."
"The installation of Veeam Agent is straightforward."
"I don't have any major problems with the agent connectivity with Microsoft applications or Microsoft Azure."
"Technical support is good."
"The user friendliness could be improved."
"It needs portability for other vendors. It is good for backing up Microsoft servers, but it doesn't support third-party solutions such as Oracle Database. It depends on Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy, especially for Hyper-V, which has a lot of problems. They should enhance the Volume Shadow Copy functionality. Its reporting should also be better. Reporting is too weak in DPM."
"The user interface can be improved quite a bit."
"Microsoft DPM could improve if it was available in a public or private cloud."
"We can't take a snapshot and take it outside, which is a problem."
"Compatibility and integration with other products needs improvement."
"The problem lies with the 2019 version, it's the file system they’re using."
"You have only a few settings and if you change them for some special configurations, it's very difficult."
"They should improve the solution's automation features."
"Troubleshooting is very hard."
"Maybe in the future, they could do something better with the user interface and the performance, but so far it's a really good, efficient solution."
"In the next release, I would like to see it easier to implement."
"The price of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows could improve."
"The solution could use some updates to minor details omitted from current reporting."
"While the Veeam agent is perfect, sometimes the agent doesn't install in Windows."
"There isn't really anything I would like to improve. Maybe the solution could be more secure."
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Microsoft DPM is ranked 28th in Backup and Recovery with 17 reviews while Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Backup and Recovery with 40 reviews. Microsoft DPM is rated 7.0, while Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Microsoft DPM writes "Good for backing up, but the 2019 version lags". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] writes "Functional application availability". Microsoft DPM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Azure Backup, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Commvault Cloud and Veritas Backup Exec, whereas Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell Avamar, Acronis Cyber Protect, AWS Backup and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager.
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