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Azure Site Recovery pros and cons

Vendor: Microsoft
4.0 out of 5
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PROS

Azure Site Recovery is easy to use and stable, offering seamless migration and integration possibilities while being scalable and reliable.
It provides efficient disaster recovery solutions, saving significant time and costs by allowing automation of workload movement and traffic redirection.
The tool is praised for its effective reporting and dashboards, which enhance business visibility during recovery processes.
Automated file synchronization and integration with existing systems are major advantages, aiding in legacy system management.
Azure Site Recovery enables substantial time savings in VM backup and recovery operations, contributing to overall efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

CONS

Error logging in Azure Site Recovery requires streamlining, and troubleshooting processes need clarity when issues arise.
Pricing predictability and clarity could be better, with improvements needed in helping customers predict usage accurately.
Support is slow and unprofessional, with significant delays in response times.
Current replication and failover processes in Azure Site Recovery lack efficiency and could improve stability.
Integration with other platforms is limited, impacting flexibility in diverse IT environments.
 

Azure Site Recovery Pros review quotes

AP
IT Manager at NTT DATA
Jun 19, 2025
A major benefit is that you do not want to pay any more for huge costs to build a DR site.
SJ
Vice President of Delivery & Deployment at TekFriday Inc
Jun 10, 2025
The features I find most valuable in Azure Site Recovery include the test failover, which allows us to test our site recovery without bringing down the primary; disaster recovery provides that feature.
JN
Client Relationship Manager at Infomag
Mar 4, 2025
Despite the cost concerns and downtime management, I would still recommend Azure Site Recovery.
Learn what your peers think about Azure Site Recovery. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: May 2026.
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reviewer2698704 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at a insurance company with 51-200 employees
Apr 24, 2025
The most valuable features of Azure Site Recovery are its ease of use and speed of recovery.
RituparnaBhattacharya - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at MIC Global
Nov 27, 2024
The setup is quite easy, just requiring the creation of a vault.
Rafael Veloso - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at SoftwareONE
May 13, 2024
You can create automation to move workloads and redirect traffic to another region.
Mike Douthitt - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Administrator at Douthitt.net
Jan 26, 2024
Azure Site Recovery allows my company to save around 30 percent of the time on every VM that we need to back up and restore.
YO
IT infrastructure and services at United Bank for Africa
May 13, 2024
We use the tool for business continuity purposes.
Peter Maklin Aquino - PeerSpot reviewer
Project manager at Lapanday Foods Corporation
Nov 29, 2023
Azure Site Recovery's automated file synchronization was a game-changer in managing legacy systems.
ElsayedAboelnaga - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at Target
May 3, 2023
The solution is secure, reliable, and scalable.
 

Azure Site Recovery Cons review quotes

AP
IT Manager at NTT DATA
Jun 19, 2025
Recently, I worked with a mass issue related to Recovery Services Vault, and the VM support engineers are taking a lot of time to extend support to the customer.
SJ
Vice President of Delivery & Deployment at TekFriday Inc
Jun 10, 2025
The flexibility of Azure Site Recovery regarding integration with different IT environments is limited; it is purely an Azure platform service for business continuity, not meant for integration with other services.
JN
Client Relationship Manager at Infomag
Mar 4, 2025
There is room for improvement in the release of patches, such as ensuring they are properly managed to avoid outages.
Learn what your peers think about Azure Site Recovery. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: May 2026.
893,311 professionals have used our research since 2012.
reviewer2698704 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at a insurance company with 51-200 employees
Apr 24, 2025
The system did go down a couple of times, which impacted our operations. For stability, I would rate it a seven out of ten.
RituparnaBhattacharya - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at MIC Global
Nov 27, 2024
Azure Site Recovery does not support shared disk options.
Rafael Veloso - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at SoftwareONE
May 13, 2024
we lack a straightforward method to automate the restart of services, which can be quite time-consuming.
Mike Douthitt - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Administrator at Douthitt.net
Jan 26, 2024
The product's performance is an area of concern where improvements are required.
YO
IT infrastructure and services at United Bank for Africa
May 13, 2024
The solution needs to improve replication and failover processes. We are still looking for improvements in the cost baseline.
Peter Maklin Aquino - PeerSpot reviewer
Project manager at Lapanday Foods Corporation
Nov 29, 2023
The primary area for improvement in Azure Site Recovery is its pricing.
ElsayedAboelnaga - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at Target
May 3, 2023
I would like to see more security features.