Why is there a need for Veeam backup and Replication agent for Windows Server?

Author: Qais Noori

Some physical servers and workstations just cannot be virtualized and few of the reasons like hardware failures, file corruption or even thefts like ransomware can leave an organization’s data at risk. Veeam agent for Microsoft Windows solves this issue and thus providing the solution to the enterprises with large environments. Veeam

Veeam agent for Microsoft windows is built on extremely successful Veeam Endpoint Backup and includes two brand new additional features designed to ensure the availability of your windows workloads by providing backup and recovery for physical, cloud based workloads and end point devices that belong to user at remote places.

By using Veeam agent for Microsoft windows customers can get Enterprise Level backup and Recovery. They can easily get protection for workstations and windows physical servers including those which are in the cloud.

Veeam Cloud Connect for Physical Off-site Backup

By using Veeam cloud connect customers can also get physical backup off site to a cloud service provider. The data that will be stored in cloud storage will be all secure.

Veeam Backup and Replication provides fast, flexible and reliable recovery of fully virtualized VM’s and data running on premises or private cloud architecture. Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows is another important component of Veeam availability platform and can be used for the workloads that Veeam Backup and replication cannot protect e.g. Desktops, laptops, physical servers running on premises, cloud based workloads in Microsoft Azure, VM’s running on-premises and file level backup to disk.

Veeam Agent for Microsoft Window Server edition brings the power and flexibility to the customers by providing them the following features.

  • Clients can get the backups for their company by having periodic active full windows backup.
  • With the help of application aware processing customers can create consistent backups of their applications
  • File Indexing and search for the clients. A catalogue of files enables effortless search of individual files so a customer can find and restore a file without knowing its precise location or when it was deleted
  • Customer can also have the option to eliminates the need of periodic full windows backup by creating forever incremental backups that can save time and storage
  • Integration with Veeam Backup and Replication

Although more and more organizations are hosting workloads in the public cloud including hyper scale public clouds like Microsoft Azure and AWS, there is still a need for windows backup and recovery tool that has the power and features a customer need which is easy to use and fits in the budget of the client

Direct Restore to Microsoft Azure

Restore or migrate on premises windows based physical servers and endpoints directly into Microsoft azure

Source-side encryption

Clients can secure backup data and network transfer with source-side encryption without having any negative impact on backup processing.

Veeam agent for Microsoft Windows is great for endpoint devices whether they are in the office, at home or on the road however ensuring availability for remote users outside the cooperate network.