Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure

2020: Close integration with Azure, cloud mobility and isolation of these backup copies

On April 28, 2020 the Veeam Software company announced public availability of upgraded version of Veeam Backup to Microsoft Azure, a cloud solution of the corporate level to backup and recovery. The presented solution will allow customers and service providers to transfer more applications and data to the Azure platform and also to protect cloud applicaions and data in the environment of Azure is simpler, safer and more economic. The portable format of backup copies Veeam also provides complete cloud mobility — including backup procedures, recovery and migration — in multicloud environments.

As noted in Veeam Software, public IaaS, such as Microsoft Azure, continue to win surely the market as solutions for placement of workloads. Even in public IaaS where smooth operation of infrastructure is ensured by the supplier of service, the company anyway not only bears responsibility for the data, but also for protection of the data against such threats as programs racketeers, accidental removal, violation of integrity of data and malicious actions of users — in the same way as at data storage in own infrastructure. With the solution Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure the Veeam company expands support of platforms with the complete solution of the corporate level on backup and application recovery in Azure and data on Azure virtual machines.

"According to the research Veeam Cloud Data Management Report, all organizations face data loss problem in a cloud. Regardless of the reasons, whether it be an error, accidental removal, security risks, such as malware or programs racketeers, problems with storage, etc., the obligation for data protection lies on the company, regardless of where there are its data — locally or in a cloud. Our solutions fix problems and difficulties which IT specialists at reliability augmentation face, reduction in cost and reduction of recovery time of data. The provided version of Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure allows to control better expenses and to reach bigger economy, providing control over data in a cloud and protecting Azure along with other cloud, virtual and physical applicaions and data", 'Denny Allan, service station Veeam noted'

According to the developer, the provided version of Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure gives to the companies more confidence at data transfer and applications in a cloud as the Veeam platform which they use in the local environment and to which got used to trust works also in Azure. Main features:

• Close integration with Azure. Easily is established from Azure Marketplace and provides protection from the moment of installation. The built-in automation of creation of pictures of data allows a thicket to create recovery points. Backup is executed in Azure Blob storage; fast recovery — as complete, and at the level of files is provided.
• Cloud mobility. In a multicloud environment the mobility is provided thanks to a portable format of backup copies Veeam that allows to perform backup, recovery and migration between different clouds, virtual and physical mediums.
• Reduced total ownership cost for a cloud. The industry-first calculator of cost of backup allows to optimize politicians and to avoid excessive or unexpected costs. Long-term data storage is executed in economic storage Azure Blob.
• Isolation of these backup copies of data from production environment. Increases data security through a backup in different accounts and different regions and the multifactor authentication which is in addition protecting from cyber attacks.

Veeam Software emphasized that the solution Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure is available as in the paid, and free version. Both versions easily are established from Azure Marketplace. The free version allows to execute backup to 10 Azure virtual machines and unlimited number of vosstanovleniye. The paid version is licensed through the Universal licenses Veeam (VUL) and can be integrated with Veeam Backup & Replication, together representing a flexible solution on data management in a cloud within a single platform.

"Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure offers the large companies additional opportunities of simple data recovery in read minutes irrespective of the reasons of their loss. Thanks to integration with Azure Lighthouse suppliers of BaaS based on Veeam will be able to build in the offers on backup for Azure of an ability to manage by several clients that will allow the companies to reduce costs more simply and quicker to pass into a cloud", 'Ted Brokvey, the vice president of Microsoft, division of Azure, Storage, Media and Edge noted'

"The enterprises continue to diversify the working infrastructure, aiming to avoid a binding to one supplier and to support expenses at a low level. And they should be sure that their suppliers in the field of solutions for backup will not leave them without support irrespective of in what environment they work. Releasing Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure, the Veeam company shows the aspiration to develop support of dynamic environments and to satisfy the increasing requests of clients", 'Christophe Bertrand, the senior analyst, ESG noted'

"As from service provider clients expect performance improvement and efficiency, reliable protection and security of the data from us. Deep integration of the products Veeam into Microsoft Azure give us the unique combined solution which allows to implement our strategy and provides inexpensive and extremely fast functionality of backup and recovery in the environment of Azure. Upgraded version of Backup for Microsoft Azure will allow us to expand even more a portfolio of offers and to provide native protection of the virtual machines working in Azure when preserving that high level of security and cost efficiency which is expected from us by our clients", the Goal, service station, Brainlink International, Inc noted the Passion

2019: Announcement of Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure

On November 7, 2019 the company Veeam Software presented a cloud solution for data protection for workloads Microsoft Azure - Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure. The solution supports cloud the strategy of the company and provides to users of Microsoft additional scalability, protection and the improved control of cloud data.

According to the company, the opportunities put in Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure provide the maximum usability and "turnkey" deployment via Microsoft Azure Marketplace and also recovery at the level of files for pictures and backup copies of Veeam. For the first time in the industry the solution includes the tool of a preliminary estimate of cost of use of cloud resources that gives to customers of a possibility of more strict expenditure management. Integration with Veeam Backup & Replication allows to control better cloud data thanks to protection and management of backup copies of Azure together with cloud, virtual and physical data.

Observing for November, 2019 rapid growth of popularity of Azure among our clients, we are glad to present own solution for backup developed in cooperation with Microsoft especially for Azure workloads. Ratmir Timashev, the co-founder and the executive vice president for sales and marketing of Veeam Software told

According to representatives of the company, for November, 2019 Veeam actively interacts with the companies worldwide, aiming to increase for them the value of solutions of Microsoft. This aspiration is confirmed also in the forthcoming releases of solutions of Veeam for Azure. For November, 2019 Veeam will show expansion of opportunities Veeam Backup & Replication thanks to which customers will be able to protect better Azure virtual machines, using the following built-in features:

• The native cloud data protection implemented for Microsoft Azure workloads, with support of the built-in pictures and backup copies of Veeam and also Azure optimized for long-term data storage in storage of BLOB objects.
• Powerful and reliable technologies of recovery for providing the indicators of RTO, best in the industry, including recovery at the level of files of pictures and backup copies of Veeam and also a possibility of recovery in local data center or any other Wednesday supported by Veeam.
• Cost reduction thanks to the industry-first tool of a preliminary estimate of cost of use of cloud resources. Modeling of payments for use of resources before start of backup allows to avoid excessive costs.