Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows

Score9 out of 10

32 Reviews and Ratings

What is Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows?

Categories & Use Cases

Data Center Backup

Universal recovery
Universal recovery is the ability to restore backups to any machine regardless of the platform
Category average: 8.9
Incremental backup identification
Incremental backup identification is the ability to identify incremental changes since last backup
Category average: 9.1
Backup to the cloud
Ability to store and back up data to the cloud
Category average: 8.5

Retention options
Provision of best-practice and customizable retention policies with reporting
Category average: 9.1
Platform support
Product supports multiple operating systems and applications
Category average: 8.7
Snapshots
Ability to take regular snapshots to ensure that Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is met
Category average: 8.7

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Pros

Seamless integration with Veeam Backup & Replication streamlines backup and restore processes.
Offers flexible backup options, including file-level, volume-level, and full-system backups.
Enables fast backup and restore performance.

Cons

User interface needs improvement in terms of detail, size, and layout.
Upgrade process can be cumbersome, requiring multiple reboots.
Lacks automated upgrade capabilities.

Francisco Neto View profile

IT in Information Technology at Viriato & Viriato, SA (11-50 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows is use for single computer backups to and external storage, for help remediate something. It's easy of use and reliable. Works with windows and linux machines. Also great for small companies to manage backup fleet of 5 to 10 machines.

Pros

backup
increment backups
easy of restoring

Cons

better ui layout
access to download link sould be more easy

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Synology Active Backup Suite

Other Software Used

Synology Active Backup Suite

Verified User

Technician (51-200 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows helps us take backups for client computers. It integrates with the Veeam console and deploys automatically on the clients. It helps you easily create backups of your client computers by deploying this agent on them. Additionally, it requires one Veeam license for every three machines.

Pros

Backups
Ease of use.
Reliability

Cons

Stop the backup job from the console instead of having to stop from the client.
Don't consume too many resources while taking a backup.

Return on Investment

Good pricing.
Ability to restore quickly to keep working.
Security

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Clonezilla

Other Software Used

MobaXTerm, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365, Notepad++

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology (1-10 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are a managed service provider who supplies backup solutions for our clients. All of our client's require daily backups to maintain data security. Having a reliable backup solution is imperative. We install Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows for our clients who need backup replication and for some of our smaller clients with older systems as it is very reliable and cheaper than most solutions.

Pros

Backup whole systems
Replication from one machine to another
Data restores

Cons

An easier interface to navigate, sometimes it can take a while to find what your looking for in settings
It could be made easier to update from older versions to the current version, possibly in the client would help

Return on Investment

Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows is easy to bill for, we generally add a small markup to our clients from the bill we receive from Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows
Customers feel secure in the event of a disaster that their data is safe. For most clients this is apparent when they accidentally delete a file or folder and we can immediately do a file level restore

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Redstor and Arctera Backup Exec

Other Software Used

ConnectWise Automate, Bitwarden, Hudu, Brave, Redstor

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology (201-500 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows to connect our server infrastructure to our main organization backup solution. Each server has an agent deployed to it which enables a multitude of backup options depending on which type of backup we require. The agents handle all communication back to the Veeam backup and recovery console.

Pros

Server communication
Overview of server/system state
backup job telemetry

Cons

automated upgrades
update schedules
quicker Veeam job cancelations

Return on Investment

Increased confidence in security
Lower TCO organization wide
more efficient backup space management

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Veritas Backup Exec

Other Software Used

Microsoft Azure, SysAid, Fortinet Security Fabric

Nick Vardis View profile

IT Director in Information Technology at KSMHR (1001-5000 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows in production servers to have an additional secondary backup solution. They are set up to retain historic copies and are also configured to alert the associated admins through email. Also, make full copies after one or two weeks of operation. Till now, they have never failed to launch.

Pros

I can perform a bare metal restore.
Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows integrates with Veeam Backup & Replication.
Start the OS from the Veeam Recovery Media.

Cons

More detailed UI.
UI Agent should be larger.
Multitasking of backup jobs.

Return on Investment

Secondary platform to do an extra incremental backup.
Reduced the cost of an extra backup solution.
Used a spare NAS to store backups.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

NAKIVO Backup & Replication

Other Software Used

VMware ESXi

Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows

What is Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows?

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