The Next-Generation Unitrends Endpoint Backup

Securing endpoint data has become increasingly complex for IT teams today. Organizations are grappling with a surge in data volume and a shift toward remote and hybrid work models, dispersing their endpoint devices across diverse networks and locations. This blurs the traditional boundaries of corporate environments and creates new vulnerabilities, putting business-critical data at greater risk than ever before. At the same time, cyberthreats targeting these endpoints are growing more sophisticated. For instance, cybercriminals are rapidly employing new tactics, such as exploiting remote connecting tools like Microsoft’s Quick Assist, to target end users.

These growing endpoint threats underscore the criticality of a reliable endpoint protection solution like Unitrends Endpoint Backup, which is indispensable for protecting business-critical data on your endpoints. Notably, Unitrends has significantly revamped our solution, incorporating valuable customer feedback, to best suit the evolving challenges faced by IT teams. Now, you can experience the next-generation Unitrends Endpoint Backup, an even more powerful solution that will secure your endpoints while giving you more control and efficiency.

This all-new, built-from-the-ground-up solution brings key advancements compared to its predecessor. Users now have greater control over backups, enabling better management of cloud storage costs, scheduling has been enhanced with granular, customizable options that align more seamlessly with business workflows and much more. In this blog, we discuss the new updates to the next-generation Unitrends Endpoint Backup and how they will benefit IT pros like you.

Redefining endpoint protection: The Unitrends journey

The first version of Unitrends Endpoint Backup set the benchmark for reliable endpoint data protection, offering businesses a simpler, more effective way to secure their critical information. Unlike traditional backup methods, which are often expensive, cumbersome and error-prone, Unitrends Endpoint Backup delivers a scalable, cloud-centric solution tailored to the modern IT environment needs.

Traditional backups often come with significant drawbacks. Setting up and maintaining local backups is costly and complex, often requiring dedicated infrastructure and expertise. These methods lack the scalability needed to accommodate today’s diverse devices and operating systems, leaving critical gaps in protection. They also increase the risk of human error — improper storage or handling of backup media can lead to data degradation or complete loss. Furthermore, relying on on-premises storage solutions makes it costly and time-intensive to expand as business needs grow.

Unitrends Endpoint Backup intelligently and efficiently addresses these challenges, providing enhanced resilience and recovery options for businesses of all sizes.

• Cross-platform support: The solution seamlessly protects Windows servers, virtual machines, cloud instances, desktops and laptops, ensuring comprehensive coverage across diverse environments, including devices running ARM processors, such as Surface Books.
• Flexible recovery options: In the event of downtime or data loss, the direct-to-cloud backup enables fast restoration — whether you need to recover specific files, folders or the entire system. Options like bare-metal recovery allow restoration to original or new hardware, minimizing disruptions.
• Complete protection: No workload is left behind. Unitrends supports backups for Windows systems across primary data centers, remote locations, virtual machines and even the cloud, ensuring consistent protection for office-based and remote employees alike.
• Cost-effectiveness: With competitive pricing, Unitrends Endpoint Backup delivers robust protection without the high costs of traditional systems. Its affordability makes it a practical choice for businesses looking to secure their critical data on a budget.

Upping the game: What’s new in the next-generation Unitrends Endpoint Backup

The new version of Unitrends Endpoint Backup introduces cutting-edge features designed to address evolving IT challenges. From enhanced control and improved restore capabilities to seamless integrations, this updated version empowers IT teams with smarter, more efficient tools for comprehensive endpoint protection.

Fig 1: The new Endpoint Backup dashboard

More control: Your backups, your rules!

Unitrends Endpoint Backup now offers unparalleled control over backups through customizable Backup Policies, giving IT teams the flexibility they need.

Here’s what’s new:

• Customizable backup schedules: No more fixed intervals. Choose from continuous backups, business hours or custom schedules to suit your needs.
• Flexible retention options: You can define cloud retention periods of 90 days, 1 year, 3 years or 7 years directly within your backup policy — they are no longer tied to licensing.
• Bandwidth throttling: Reduce network impact with granular controls. Throttle bandwidth continuously, during business hours or on custom schedules.
• Selective backups: Save on cloud storage by selecting specific files, folders or volumes for backup. Use wildcard filters to exclude unnecessary data, such as OS files or certain file types.
• Cross-platform support: You can now protect Windows x64 devices (including ARM processors like Surface Books). MacOS and Linux support is coming soon.
• End-to-end encryption: While your data is always secure at every stage with encryption in transit and at rest, you now have the option to use customer-managed encryption keys as well.

Fig 2: Endpoint Backup policy creation

Enhanced restores: Faster recoveries, your way

With the next-generation Unitrends Endpoint Backup, recovery is faster, more flexible and tailored to your needs. Here’s what’s new:

• Flexible restore locations

Choose where to recover your data:

• Original location
• A new folder on the original device
• An alternate agent (new device)
• Download as individual files
• Differential restore
  Reduce recovery time by restoring only the changed blocks of a file — perfect for large files or data sets.
• Virtual disk export (Coming Soon)
  Future updates will include the ability to export data as virtual disks, further enhancing recovery options.

Seamless workflows: One platform, endless possibilities

Unitrends Endpoint Backup integrates seamlessly into UniView, offering a single-pane-of-glass experience for IT pros to perform unified IT management. It has workflow integrations with remote monitoring and management (RMM), professional services automation (PSA), IT documentation and security tools to extend the benefits of the IT Complete ecosystem and make IT management easy and efficient.

Here are some integrations through which it streamlines your IT workflows:

• Integrated management with UniView
  Manage Unitrends appliances, SaaS backup modules and Next-Generation Unitrends Endpoint Backup from a single intuitive interface.
• Datto RMM & Kaseya VSA
  Automate installation of agents through the use of Deployment Tokens. Deployment Tokens enable you to customize the cloud storage location and backup policy applied to deployed agents. In the absence of Datto RMM or Kaseya VSA, Microsoft Group Policy Objects (GPOs) or Microsoft Intune may be used to automate agent deployment.
• Kaseya BMS, Autotask, and ConnectWise PSA
  Streamline ticketing workflows with PSA tools. Map organizations from them to deploy protection for end devices. Automatically open and close tickets with BackupIQ intelligent alerts.
• IT Glue
  Sync backup status with your IT documentation platform.
• RapidFire Tools
  Get automated backup documentation for evidence of compliance.

Unitrends: The future of endpoint protection starts here

Modern IT environments demand solutions that are not only robust but also adaptable to the unique challenges of remote work, rising cyberthreats and increasing data volumes. On that front, Unitrends continues to lead the way in redefining endpoint protection.

With the next-generation Unitrends Endpoint Backup, IT teams are empowered with advanced tools to protect data, optimize recovery and streamline workflows — all from a single, intuitive platform. It’s more than just a backup solution; it’s a comprehensive strategy for resilience and efficiency in today’s dynamic IT ecosystem.

Don’t wait to experience the future of endpoint protection. Take the first step by booking a call with our experts or exploring the product tour today. Your data deserves the best.