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 product is very reliable and easy to use."
"You have the flexibility to encrypt your backups and choose the storage capacity you're comfortable paying for."
"The deployment process is quite easy in Azure."
"It's stable."
"The most valuable features of Azure Backup for us are its flexible retention options and the ability to recover to a second region with geo-replication and read access."
"This solution is easy to configure and restore. It is a Microsoft product so is easily compatible with other solutions."
"The storage backup is very efficient."
"The scalability has been good."
"This solution helps us to manage all of the operations across servers and different workstations."
"The most valuable feature is that DPM has an index so individual files can be searched."
"Microsoft DPM is scalable."
"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."
"It has an application backup, a file backup, a system backup and a hypervisor."
"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."
"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."
"I can’t use the solution to restore another native cloud solution. Azure must add this new feature."
"The product could improve its performance."
"The integration with the record database and integration with other applications will be good, especially with the database piece."
"Lacks an AI system that would enable easier upgrading of the hardware."
"We would like to see some kind of notification given to the user that a file was not synchronized well or what may have happened."
"Azure Backup must include features similar to enterprise solutions."
"The extensibility onto hybrid environments needs a bit of tweaking for those on-prem."
"The tool's backup should be faster. Azure Backup's support should be faster."
"The user friendliness could be improved."
"There is a very poor online user community in terms of people blogging about their experiences with DPM."
"Compatibility and integration with other products needs improvement."
"Microsoft DPM could improve if it was available in a public or private cloud."
"Additional Hyper-V knowledge would be great."
"You have only a few settings and if you change them for some special configurations, it's very difficult."
"The data tagging feature needs improvement. The solution could be a bit more intuitive in certain aspects."
"It would be better if it integrated seamlessly with open source and competitor products. In the next release, I would like to see some data governance frameworks. It should have support features for data integration and data replication like Veeam. Right now, we are also using Veeam for certain scenarios."
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, Veritas Backup Exec and Veeam Data Platform. See our Azure Backup vs. Microsoft DPM report.
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