Veeam and Microsoft Extending Storage Alliance for Azure

• Veeam enables businesses to deliver the digital life experience users expect by protecting applications and data running in hybrid cloud, leveraging cloud backup and DR based on Microsoft Azure and Veeam ‘Always-On Cloud’ Availability Platform for non-stop BC, agility and lower costs
• New Veeam DR in Microsoft Azure combines capabilities of Veeam Direct Restore and NEW Veeam PN to simplify and automate DR in Azure
• NEW Veeam’s native support for cloud object storage in Azure Blob reduces data archival, long-term retention and compliance costs for Veeam backups
• NEW Veeam Agent for Windows protects applications running in Azure
• NEW Increased disk size capacity in Azure reduces backup storage cost by up to four times
• NEW Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 with multi-tenancy enabling service providers to deliver backup and availability solution for Office 365

Veeam Software, Inc. announces new capabilities enabling any business to deliver the Digital Life experience users expect by protecting applications and data running in Hybrid Cloud leveraging backup and DR based on Microsoft Azure and Veeam ‘Always-On Cloud’ availability platform.

Veeam Disaster Recovery in Microsoft Azure

According to Gartner: “From 2016 through 2020, the use of either DRaaS or IaaS to support the failover of production applications will grow by more than 200%.

Thus, the need for a simple and powerful solution for cloud backup and DR is growing, as cloud with its elasticity and pay-as-you-go model represents the best platform for on-demand DR and availability.

News builds on a long-standing alliance between Veeam and Microsoft,
and allows customers to benefit from:

• Non-Stop BC leveraging cloud backup and DR based on Veeam ‘Always-On Cloud’ availability platform and Azure
• Digital Transformation Agility through easy, secure and reliable Veeam-powered cross-cloud data management and migration to leverage Azure’s agility and flexibility
• Reduce cost by utilizing Veeam’s flexible platform and Azure consumption model

Delivering a Simple and Powerful On-Demand DR in Azure
When a disaster strikes, businesses of all sizes need a reliable solution for on-demand DR in the cloud. The cloud makes DR affordable for businesses of any size, but many of them still struggle to properly manage the complex DR process, including data restore and network setup and configuration.

• New Veeam DR in Microsoft Azure simplifies and automates a DR in Azure, helping businesses maintain BC and availability of critical workloads with all-encompassing on-demand DR in Azure. Veeam DR in Azure combines Veeam Direct Restore and new Veeam PN (Veeam Powered Network)
• New Veeam PN for Microsoft Azure is a powerful solution designed to simplify and automate the setup of a DR site in Azure using lightweight software-defined networking (SDN). It helps maintain BC and availability by eliminating the complexity of VPN deployments and is designed for businesses of all sizes and service providers.

Native Support for Cloud Object Storage (Azure Blob)
in New Veeam Availability Suite v10
Veeam announced a new Scale Out Backup Repository (SOBR) support for cloud object storage as an Archive Tier extent. This functionality, arriving with Veeam Availability Suite v10, enables customers to archive backups to Azure Blob storage. This native support helps customers to leverage Azure to reduce long-term data archival, retention and compliance costs.

New Veeam Agent for Windows (previously announced)
Veeam Agent for Windows, previously announced and being made available at VeeamON 2017. This solution extends ‘Always-On Cloud’ Availability Platform to public cloud and physical servers. It offers features and capabilities designed to ensure Availability for Windows-based physical servers, workstations and endpoints, as well as Windows workloads running in Azure.

Increased Disk Size Capacity in Azure
Microsoft announced that it will enable all Azure customers to access and use disks in Azure up to 4TB in size (previously 1TB). This enhancement means customers can realize a more cost-effective solution using a Veeam virtual appliance to backup four times as much data in Azure Storage. This feature will be available mid-2017.

New Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 with Multi-Tenancy
The company also announces an update to its SaaS Availability solution, Veeam Backup for Office 365, which more than 11,000 organizations are using four months after release. In this update, a multi-tenant architecture enables protecting larger Office 365 deployments with a single installation, while empowering Veeam Cloud and Service Providers (VCSPs) to deliver Office 365 backup services.

Further to this news, Veeam has introduced enhanced automation options via RESTful API and PowerShell SDK to minimize management overheads, improve recovery times and reduce costs. And looking ahead, the next version of Veeam Backup for Office 365 is in development which will include much-requested support for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business.

Veeam’s Co-CEO and president Peter McKay, and Azure CTO Mark Russinovich, announced the new functionality during VeeamON 2017 in New Orleans, LA.

“Increasingly, enterprises are using Microsoft Azure as part of their Hybrid Cloud move in support of the strategic Digital Transformation initiatives. Hybrid Cloud creates new challenges and opportunities to deliver the Digital Life experience users expect by ensuring 24.7.365 Availability,” said McKay. “Veeam and Microsoft have its customers covered with new solutions for backup and DR using Azure. With Veeam, enterprises can confidently move to Azure and hybrid cloud, and be confident that their data and applications will always be available, no matter what happens.“

“Veeam was born in the era of virtualization and cloud, so it should come as no surprise that we are leading the way in providing Availability for hybrid-cloud environments,” said Paul Mattes, VP of the global cloud group, Veeam. “Our close collaboration with Microsoft is enabling us to take full advantage of Microsoft Azure to realize DR in the cloud, direct access to Azure Blob storage and many other benefits that make hybrid-cloud Availability both robust and easy to manage. Together, Veeam and Microsoft are eliminating the hurdles many of our mutual customers have faced in using our technologies for cloud backup and DR, and as a long-term data archive and retention solution for greatly improved governance and compliance.“

Mark Russinovich, CTO, Microsoft Azure, said: “Through a strong collaboration, Microsoft Azure and Veeam customers have enjoyed the benefits of our complementary technologies for some time. Both companies share a vision for reinventing IT for business agility. This announcements will help support our mutual customers’ business critical applications to ensure they can benefit from the enterprise scale, performance and reliability of the Azure cloud platform.“