Commvault expands Microsoft Azure partnership in NZ

Commvault has expanded its partnership with Microsoft, building on the availability of Commvault Cloud in Microsoft's New Zealand cloud region by bringing its cyber resilience platform closer to Azure through a native service integration.

The expanded collaboration will see Commvault's AI and cyber resilience platform offered as a native independent software vendor (ISV) service on Microsoft Azure. The move gives Azure customers the ability to deploy and manage Commvault's capabilities directly within the Azure environment through a unified procurement, onboarding and operational experience.

For New Zealand organisations, the development follows the rollout of Commvault Cloud in Microsoft's local cloud region, where customers gained access to data sovereignty and cyber resilience capabilities. The deeper Azure integration extends that relationship by embedding Commvault's recovery and resilience services more closely into the Microsoft ecosystem.

Local focus

The partnership is intended to help organisations recover data, applications and identities following cyber attacks, outages or human error. Customers will be able to provision the service directly from Azure without requiring separate infrastructure or manual integrations.

The offering is aimed at organisations expanding cloud and AI deployments while strengthening cyber resilience. Industries including banking, retail and healthcare continue to increase investment in cloud infrastructure while managing growing cybersecurity risks.

"For New Zealand organisations, data sovereignty and cyber resilience have increasingly become two sides of the same coin, and Commvault Cloud has played a critical role in helping organisations address both," said Martin Creighan, Vice President, Asia Pacific, Commvault.

Azure integration

The native Azure service is designed to support AI workloads by integrating recovery and resilience capabilities into Azure environments. Organisations will also be able to manage Commvault services alongside existing Azure resources through a consistent interface.

Customers purchasing Commvault Cloud through Microsoft Marketplace will be able to apply eligible spending towards their Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment (MACC), aligning resilience investments with broader cloud expenditure.

Microsoft and Commvault also plan to collaborate on joint sales activities and solution development to support customer cloud adoption and cyber resilience initiatives.

The expanded partnership builds on a relationship between the two companies spanning more than two decades.

"For over 25 years, we've partnered with Microsoft and now we're taking that collaboration to the next level," said Sanjay Mirchandani, President and CEO, Commvault. "Many of our customers rely on Microsoft Azure to scale their business in the cloud, use AI, optimize operations, and bring ideas to life. With this joint commitment, we can also make best-in-class resilience plug-and-play for Microsoft customers."

Customer access

Microsoft said the integration will provide Azure customers with additional options for protecting cloud-based data and applications while simplifying deployment and management.

"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," said Girish Bablani, President of Azure Core, Microsoft.

Commvault's native ISV service for Microsoft Azure is expected to enter public preview in the coming months.

"By bringing Commvault's cyber resilience and recovery capabilities closer to Azure, we're helping organisations build a more connected resilience ecosystem around the environments where their most critical data and workloads reside," added Creighan.