Veeam Boosts Data Backup Features for AWS, Veeam Orchestrator

Written by Todd R. Weiss
June 18, 2020

Also getting improved features is Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v5, including for Teams updates.

Data backup vendor Veeam is giving partners and customers more tools to protect business data and speed disaster recovery operations.

During its VeeamON 2020 virtual conference, the company unveiled new versions of Veeam Availability Orchestrator and Backup for AWS. Thursday’s event also included details on expanded capabilities for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 coming in the third quarter.

The latest Veeam Availability Orchestrator (v3) gets full recovery orchestration support for NetApp ONTAP snapshots and additional DR features. Also unveiled is a new, less fully featured disaster recovery pack to help customers begin to use orchestration services.

Veeam Orchestrator automates manually intensive processes and helps use dormant data, the company said. The latest version provides intelligent orchestration and testing for business continuity, disaster recovery and data migration operations.

By providing orchestration support for NetApp ONTAP snapshots, version 3 lets users monitor IT service continuity.

Veeam Backup for AWS v2 Unveiled

Also announced is the latest version of Veeam Backup for AWS v2, which comes seven months after v1 debuted. Veeam Backup for AWS brings AWS-native Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) backup and recovery to customers. It is available through the AWS Marketplace in free, paid or bring-your-own-license versions. It can run as standalone AWS backup and DR or can integrate with the Veeam platform.

There are also other enhancements; for instance, replicating and recovering Amazon Elastic Block Store snapshots across AWS accounts and regions. It also integrates with the new changed block tracking (CBT) API to shrink backup windows, and compute and storage costs.

Veeam also improved its AWS Partner Network (APN) clout by reaching AWS Storage Competency status. That means Veeam has demonstrated significant success helping customers with their AWS deployments and data backup services.

The latest release of Veeam Backup for AWS is now available.

Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 v5

Also getting feature updates is Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v5, including new native APIs for Microsoft Teams backups. The updates will allow companies to protect Teams data as well as channels, settings and tabs. Fast recovery and data restores are also included, as well as granular search capabilities. Expect Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 v5 to be available next quarter.

Kevin Rooney, vice president of Americas partner sales for Veeam, told Channel Futures that all the new features aim to help partners better serve their customers.

Veeam’s Kevin Rooney

“Everything we do in the company, from product development to marketing, it always has the channel in mind,” said Rooney.

The company’s has an overarching message for partners: It always works to make its products more robust, said Rooney.

“Veeam Backup for AWS v2 is a perfect example of that, coming only six months after its previous version.”

Veeam partners and customers play an important role by participating in features planning and providing input and feedback, he said.

“Partners have been asking for these features,” said Rooney. “They’re looking for what their customers are asking for, which is complete flexibility, whether in the cloud, on-premises or wherever.”

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