Commvault deepens Microsoft tie-up with native Azure resilience service
Data protection provider Commvault Systems Inc. today said it has signed a multiyear partnership with Microsoft Corp. that will see its data security and cyber recovery technology offered as a native service inside the Azure cloud platform.
Under the deal, Azure customers can find, provision and plug in Commvault’s resilience tools straight from Azure, with no separate infrastructure to stand up and no manual integration work. Commvault is among a group of partners whose products are embedded directly into the Azure platform.
The point of the tools is recovery. If an attack, an outage or a staff mistake takes systems down, customers can use them to restore data, applications and identities. Commvault said procurement, onboarding and day-to-day operations all run through one experience, so there’s no outside tooling to bolt on.
There is a billing angle too. Customers can buy Commvault Cloud through the Microsoft marketplace and count what they spend toward their Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment, the prepaid spending deals many large enterprises sign with Microsoft.
