Microsoft DPM and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager compete in the data protection solutions category. Microsoft DPM seems to have the upper hand in Microsoft-centric environments due to integration and cost-effectiveness, while Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is favored for its advanced features and versatility in various IT infrastructures.
Features: Microsoft DPM provides excellent integration with Microsoft applications like Exchange, SQL Server, and SharePoint. It offers robust backup and recovery options optimized for Windows environments. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager supports multiple environments, including on-premise, cloud, and hybrid, and provides advanced automation and orchestration for efficient data recovery processes.
Room for Improvement: Microsoft DPM could improve its compatibility with non-Microsoft platforms and enhance its scalability for larger enterprises. Its user interface might also benefit from modernization. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager might need to streamline its deployment process and simplify its complex configuration. Additionally, enhancing system resource efficiency could improve its market appeal.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Microsoft DPM offers straightforward installation, particularly for existing Microsoft infrastructure, and is noted for responsive customer service in these environments. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager involves a more complex deployment process but provides comprehensive documentation and support, which is beneficial for organizations with broad data protection needs.
Pricing and ROI: Microsoft DPM is generally viewed as cost-effective for businesses heavily invested in Microsoft technologies due to its lower initial setup cost and long-term ROI through seamless integration. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, while having higher upfront costs, delivers strong ROI through its comprehensive features, appealing to organizations needing robust data protection.
PowerProtect Data Manager offers efficient data protection capabilities leveraging the latest evolution of Dell trusted protection storage architecture.
With operational simplicity, agility and flexibility at its core, PowerProtect Data Manager enables the protection, management and recovery of data in on-premises, virtualized and cloud deployments, including protection of in-cloud workloads. You can also protect cloud-native workloads across multiple public clouds via our integrated SaaS based PowerProtect Cloud Snapshot Manager.
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Reviews from Real Users
“We keep an eye on the future, and we are confident that PowerProtect Data Manager and PowerProtect DD series appliances will support our transformation project. Both products are continuously evolving and will cover our future needs, including using the cloud for data protection.” – Dimitris Mavromichalis, IT Deputy Manager at National Bank of Greece
“PowerProtect Data Manager combined with PowerProtect appliances – that’s cutting edge. That’s world leading as far as we’re concerned.” – Drew Hills, Infrastructure Analyst at USC Australia
““Most of my wish list came true with the PowerProtect Data Manager plugin for vSphere, which provides perfect integration with vCenter.” – Dave Chapman, Senior Technician at PSC Publishing
Microsoft Data Protection Manager (DPM) is an enterprise backup system that can be used to back up data from a source location to a target secondary location. Microsoft DPM allows you to back up application data from Microsoft servers and workloads, and file data from servers and client computers. You can create full backups, incremental backups, differential backups, and bare-metal backups to completely restore a system. Microsoft DPM can store backup data to disks for short-term storage, to Azure Cloud for both for short-term and long-term storage off-premises, and to tapes for long-term storage, which can then be stored offsite. Backed up files are indexed, which allows you to easily search your recovered data.
Microsoft DPM contributes to your business continuity and disaster recovery strategy by facilitating the backup and recovery of enterprise data, ensuring resources are available and recoverable during planned and unplanned outages. When outages occur and source data is unavailable, you can use DPM to easily restore data to the original source or to an alternate location.
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Reviews from Real Users
Microsoft DPM stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its robust and flexible backup capabilities and its being easy to manage with one central dashboard.
William M., the head of ICT infrastructure & security at a tech services company, notes, "The automated procedure is quite good for us, as it is able to capture all of the information that we require. The compatibility is very good. We have an IBM AS/400 machine in our office that we're using, and we're able to back it up fine. This is the same for other systems, as well. I think that overall, it is really adaptable, compatible, and scalable."
Mohammed I., a managing director at Adalites, notes, "I would definitely recommend data protection DPM. It has an application backup, a file backup, a system backup and a hypervisor. It works flawlessly, never a problem."
Rodney C. a system analyst at a financial services firm, writes, "The most valuable feature is that DPM has an index so individual files can be searched. This is our primary tool for recovering deleted files or folders. Once we implement a System Center Operations Manager, all of our DPM servers can then be seen on one dashboard."
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