As cyber attacks continue to grow in sophistication and organisations expand their use of artificial intelligence, Commvault and Microsoft have announced a strategic partnership designed to make cyber resilience an integrated part of cloud infrastructure.
Under the agreement, Commvault’s AI-enabled cyber resilience platform will be delivered as a native Independent Software Vendor (ISV) service within Microsoft Azure, allowing customers to deploy recovery and resilience capabilities directly through the Azure environment.
The move is intended to reduce the operational complexity often associated with deploying standalone backup and recovery platforms while helping organisations recover more rapidly from ransomware, outages and other cyber incidents.
Commvault President and CEO Sanjay Mirchandani said resilience has become fundamental to successful digital transformation.
“For over 25 years, we’ve partnered with Microsoft and now we’re taking that collaboration to the next level.
“Many of our customers rely on Microsoft Azure to scale their business in the cloud, use AI, optimise operations and bring ideas to life. With this joint commitment, we can also make best-in-class resilience plug-and-play for Microsoft customers.”
According to Commvault, the partnership addresses growing customer demand for integrated protection across cloud workloads, identities and AI-driven applications.
The companies say native Azure deployment will enable organisations to provision resilience services directly through Azure, while maintaining a consistent operational experience alongside existing cloud services.
Microsoft President of Azure Core Girish Bablani said the partnership expands customer choice while strengthening resilience across Azure environments.
“Customers rely on Azure as a resilient foundation for their cloud and AI workloads. Supporting Commvault natively gives them more choice in how they protect and recover their data, with a more seamless experience inside Azure.”
The collaboration is also designed to support organisations deploying AI by helping ensure critical data, applications and identities remain recoverable following cyber attacks or operational disruptions.
Customers purchasing Commvault Cloud through Microsoft Marketplace will also be able to apply spending towards existing Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitments (MACC).
Commvault’s native Azure service is expected to enter public preview later this year.
