We performed a comparison between Azure Backup and Microsoft DPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The fact that Azure Backup is integrated is one of its biggest advantages."
"The MARS agent makes it easy to use."
"The product is cost-effective compared to other vendors."
"Setting up Azure Backup is straightforward and the total deployment time was about a month."
"With Azure Backup, you can readily make your environment if your setup somehow fails on the cloud or on-premises."
"This solution is easy to configure and restore. It is a Microsoft product so is easily compatible with other solutions."
"I like the product's restoration cases."
"There is only one feature, and that is the backup."
"The initial setup is quite straightforward."
"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 solution backs up Microsoft workloads as well as anything on the market."
"I could back up all the stuff we had, even the VMs we have for Hyper V."
"The user interface is very good. The reporting and monitoring features are also good."
"It has an application backup, a file backup, a system backup and a hypervisor."
"This solution helps us to manage all of the operations across servers and different workstations."
"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."
"Azure Backup could improve the backup data copies because they are not immutable."
"Azure lacks sufficient solutions for a particular scenario, we may need to resort to using third-party applications. In such cases, these applications can be employed to facilitate backup, replication, and the efficient utilization of internet connectivity and bandwidth. They enable us to effectively manage and transfer data while ensuring optimal utilization of network resources. However, it would be a benefit if we did not have to use third-party applications for these operations."
"While Azure Backup allows ingress data, the egress data is chargeable, which should be excluded."
"I once tried restoring a Linux environment, and the size of the Linux VM or the data disk was really huge. It took a really long time to restore the environment and send the data from the storage to the disk. It took around 25 to 30 minutes, which was much longer than I anticipated. They can improve the duration of such restore operations. In the next release, it would also be good if they could reduce the duration for transferring the data from their storage to the actual storage while creating a virtual machine. They can reduce the duration or increase the data transfer rate."
"It doesn't have the option to have a backup from the database. It has backup for the files, folders, and backup only the whole virtual machine. But if I need to do a backup from the Oracle database, from an Exchange server or from SharePoint, this ability isn't there. There is no application backup."
"It would be beneficial to receive alert messages if something isn't configured correctly, for instance, if service principal names are missing, a message could prompt you to set them up."
"Azure Backup must include features similar to enterprise solutions."
"On-prem can be complex to set up but the cloud is simple."
"You have only a few settings and if you change them for some special configurations, it's very difficult."
"Additional Hyper-V knowledge would be great."
"The problem lies with the 2019 version, it's the file system they’re using."
"To evaluate the solution's abilities and its performance under demanding conditions, it is recommended to carry out a stress test."
"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."
"We can't take a snapshot and take it outside, which is a problem."
"The user friendliness could be improved."
"Management reporting could be improved."
Azure Backup is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 51 reviews while Microsoft DPM is ranked 28th in Backup and Recovery with 17 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while Microsoft DPM is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Azure Backup writes "Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft DPM writes "Good for backing up, but the 2019 version lags". Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect and N-able Cove Data Protection, whereas Microsoft DPM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Commvault Cloud, Veeam Data Platform and Veritas Backup Exec. See our Azure Backup vs. Microsoft DPM report.
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