Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows's own pricing page, checked 21 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | one backup job to local drive, network share or Veeam repository · no guest processing · no advanced scheduling · no object-storage or Cloud Connect targets · no synthetic full, CBT, cache or GFS |
| Server | Priced on request | commercial license · all product functions · unlimited backup jobs · guest processing · advanced scheduling |
| Workstation | Priced on request | commercial license · one job to local drive, network share, object storage or Veeam repository · unlimited Cloud Connect jobs |
The facts
Each one read from Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Application processing
- Server edition supports guest processing, including VSS-aware processing and optional file-system indexing for application-consistent backups.checked 21 Oct 2026
What it does
- Automation API
- The public Configurator reference documents command-line operations with basic syntax, XML input/output files, status reporting and encrypted credentials.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Backup scope
- mixedchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Backup targets
- Backups can target local or directly attached disks, SMB NAS, SAN or iSCSI, on-premises or cloud object storage, Veeam repositories and Veeam Cloud Connect.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Computer backup
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Documentation depth
- The Help Center provides a versioned user guide, installation, recovery, licensing, automation, troubleshooting and how-to sections.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Encryption limitation
- Only Microsoft BitLocker drive encryption is supported, and encrypted volumes must be unlocked when backup or restore starts.checked 21 Oct 2026
- File-system limit
- Supported FAT32, exFAT, NTFS and ReFS volumes must be 64 TB or smaller because backups use Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Image backup
- It can create complete system-image backups, volume backups, file backups and folder backups.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Latest documented release
- Veeam's 2026 What's New document describes Veeam Backup & Replication v13 enhancements including agent-based backup changes, OpenSSL 3 secure communication and reduced network-port requirements.checked 21 Oct 2026
- License model
- The software is proprietary and licensed rather than sold; bundled open-source components retain their own licenses.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: automation and reporting
- PeerSpot reviewers asked for more automated installation and more detailed backup reporting.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: backup hangs
- A September 2026 Trustpilot reviewer reported backups repeatedly hanging around 52–54%.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: performance predictability
- Some reviewers reported variable completion times, occasional slowness and a need for better stability.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: updates and permissions
- Reviewers cited difficult updates, configuration hassles and credential or permission problems during setup.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Mobile backup
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
The company
- Company founded
- Veeam says its company story began in 2006.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company size and headquarters
- LinkedIn lists Veeam as privately held, headquartered in Seattle and employing 5,001–10,000 people.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2006checked 19 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Baar, Switzerlandchecked 19 Oct 2026
- Legal company name
- Crunchbase identifies the legal name as Veeam Software Holding Inc. and lists founders Andrei Baronov and Ratmir Timashev.checked 21 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Free telemetry
- Veeam's EULA says telemetry and license-usage collection is mandatory for Free and Community Edition licenses.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: free-edition scope
- The free edition restricts users to one local, network-share or Veeam-repository job and omits several commercial backup features.checked 21 Oct 2026
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