Veeam Availability Suite 9.5 to Include Integration With Windows Server 2016 and Hyper-V

Veeam Software, Inc. announced that the Availability Suite 9.5, available later this year, will integrate with Windows Server 2016 and Hyper-V technologies used in the data center.

The company, in collaboration with Microsoft Corp., will deliver greater security and offer easy integration between Microsoft’s releases of Windows Server 2016, Hyper-V 2016 and enterprise applications.

“It is our goal to be one of the first Availability solutions to fully support Windows Server 2016 and Hyper-V 2016 technologies, but also to deliver the most comprehensive support,” said Doug Hazelman, VP, product strategy, Veeam. “The latest version of Veeam Availability Suite will provide users with the ability to utilize the most current Microsoft technology and benefit from enterprise-grade security and reduced complexities. Veeam, working together with Microsoft, provides the right combination of virtualization, and fast recovery to deliver Availability for the Always-On Enterprise.“

As part of approximately 100 new features and enhancements being introduced in Availability Suite 9.5, the new integration with Windows Server 2016 and Hyper-V 2016 technologies is a continuous effort to support company’s direct integration with one of the world’s leading OS, hypervisor, and most widely used enterprise applications.

“Thousands of businesses of all sizes rely on Veeam for Hyper-V backup and protection,” said Chris Van Wesep, director, cloud platform marketing, Microsoft. “As such, we are pleased to extend our collaboration with Veeam to provide IT administrators new options for efficient backup operations, high-speed recovery, and the BC they need to keep businesses protected and productive anytime, anywhere.“

Complete integration with Windows Server 2016
and Hyper-V technologies in Availability Suite 9.5 includes:

• Windows Server 2016 support for installing firm’s Backup & Replication components as well as support as a guest OS of protected VMs, including network-free communication with a guest via PowerShell Direct.

• Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V support, including integration with Resilient Change Tracking (RCT) for backups and restores, and Hyper-V hosts installed on Nano Server and Storage Spaces Direct (S2D).

• Support for the most current versions of Exchange, SharePoint, Active Directory, and SQL Server for application-aware processing and application item-level recoveries through company’s Explorers for fast RTOs of less than 15 minutes.

“In our recent surveys we found that the improvement of backup and DR was the top storage objective for organizations for 2016” said Henry Baltazar, research director, storage, 451 Research.” Customers have little tolerance for downtime, which makes data and workload resilience a key goal for any organization. The recent enhancements Veeam has introduced can help Microsoft customers facilitate the rapid recovery and BC needed to remain competitive in the Always-On era.“

Availability Suite 9.5 is expected to be available later this year, close to availability of Windows Server 2016.

The company previously announced expanded existing storage integration to include Nimble Storage, Inc. in addition to existing integrations with enterprise storage offerings from HPE, NetApp and EMC as part of the Availability Suite 9.5.