Veeam adds to free tools family with Endpoint Backup FREE

Source: Veeam video.

IT professionals now have a simple, free solution for backing up endpoints such as Windows-based desktops and laptops with a tool from Veeam that requires no additional software or purchases. 

Veeam has a history of providing standalone free tools to the IT community that solve real challenges. With Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE, users can back up personal devices, protect the last couple of physical servers in a data centre, or ensure that data on a small company’s fleet of laptops can be recovered if lost.

Backup destinations include external hard drives, shared folders on the network or a Veeam Backup & Replication repository. Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE also enables the creation of bootable recovery media. 

“Even in today’s highly virtualised environments, most endpoints remain physical and they need to be backed up,” said Doug Hazelman, VP of product strategy at Veeam. “It’s no small problem. With more than 330 million Windows-based devices shipped last year, that’s a lot of endpoints to protect. While availability solutions have evolved exponentially for the virtualised data centre, endpoint protection has been somewhat ignored. 

"With Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE, IT professionals now have a simple solution for backing up endpoints. Plus, if the IT organisation still has a few physical servers left in their data center, Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE can help fill that gap.”

Key backup features include:

• Image-based volume and file-level backups, with flexible configuration including multiple scheduling options. 
• Multiple recovery options from the same image-based backup, including bare-metal recovery to the same or dissimilar hardware, volume and file-level restores. 
• Support for application item recovery with Veeam Explorers for Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, SQL Server and SharePoint from backup of server machines created with Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE.

“Endpoint backup has been a difficult task for SMBs and individuals,” said Liz Conner, Research Manager at IDC. “With this new free tool, Veeam has introduced an interesting and elegant solution for both individuals looking to back up their own personal machines, or as protection for a small number of enterprise endpoints or even a few physical servers.”

Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE joins the Veeam family of free tools that also includes Veeam Backup Free Edition with Veeam Explorers for Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint, HP snapshots, and NetApp snapshots; Veeam ONE Free Edition, and Veeam Task Manager for Hyper-V.

Download Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE here, and view the associated video here.