Veeam Software, a global leader in data resilience, has announced it is expanding its partnership with Microsoft. As part of this extended collaboration, Microsoft is making an equity investment in Veeam to support the development of new AI-powered solutions designed to help businesses strengthen their data protection and unlock greater value from their data.
Currently, 77% of Fortune 500 companies and 67% of Global 2000 companies rely on Veeam to protect their data against cyber threats, outages, and natural disasters. With this expanded partnership, Veeam is set to bring Microsoftโs AI technology into its data resilience platform. By doing this, you will be able to gain faster insights, detect threats more effectively, and automate data recovery processes. The goal is to ensure your data stays secure, accessible, and reliable while working harder for your business.
How Veeam plans to use Microsoft AI in its data resilience platform
Veeam will focus on research and development, supported by Microsoftโs expertise, to speed up the delivery of AI innovations for customers like you. As part of this partnership, Veeam will also integrate Microsoft AI services and machine learning capabilities into its offerings. This will enhance key solutions such as:
- Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365: This is already the most widely used backup solution for Microsoft 365, protecting over 23.5 million users worldwide.
- Veeam Data Cloud Vault: This is a data protection-as-a-service (DPaaS) solution, built with Zero Trust principles, that provides secure offsite backups using Microsoft Azure.
- New Entra ID Solutions: These new solutions will improve identity security and resilience, which is vital for organisations operating primarily in the cloud.
By integrating Microsoft AI into these tools, Veeam will enable you to detect suspicious activity more quickly, spot backup vulnerabilities that need attention, and generate compliance and recovery reports automatically. With smarter recovery processes, you will also be able to restore data faster, helping you get your business back online more quickly after disruptions.
What Veeam and Microsoft leaders say about the expanded partnership
The leaders of both companies shared their thoughts on why this collaboration is so important for businesses today.
Anand Eswaran, CEO of Veeam, said: “In a world where cyber threats and the dynamic nature of the cloud are constant, data resilience is no longer optionalโit’s mission-critical. By joining forces with Microsoft, we’re bringing AI-powered intelligence to 550,000 customers, and the majority of Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies, enabling them to protect, detect, and recover faster than ever before.”
Jason Graefe, Corporate Vice President for ISVs & Digital Natives at Microsoft, added: “AI is transforming every aspect of business. By integrating Microsoft AI with Veeam’s market-leading data resilience solutions, we’re helping customers not only protect their critical data but also unlock new insights and efficiencies across Microsoft 365 and Azure.”
With AI playing a bigger role in data protection, Veeam and Microsoft believe businesses like yours will be able to strengthen defences, recover faster, and find new ways to use data to drive innovation and growth.
