Commvault has signed a multi-year strategic partnership with Microsoft to make Commvault’s AI and cyber resilience capabilities available as a native independent software vendor (ISV) service on Microsoft Azure.
Commvault said the arrangement is intended to give Azure customers the ability to discover, provision and integrate Commvault’s services directly from the Azure platform. The company said the capabilities could be used to recover and restore data, applications and identities following attacks, outages or human error.
The companies said the integration aims to provide a unified experience across procurement, onboarding and operations, reducing the need for separate infrastructure or manual integrations.
“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.”
Girish Bablani, President of Azure Core at Microsoft, said, “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 announcement comes as large organisations face pressure to modernise infrastructure while managing cyber risk and supporting AI-driven initiatives, with resilience increasingly treated as a board-level requirement for cloud and AI programs. Commvault said the partnership is aimed at supporting resilience for AI adoption, providing a native Azure management experience, and enabling procurement through Microsoft Marketplace with spending able to count toward Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment (MACC).
Commvault and Microsoft said they will also collaborate on joint go-to-market initiatives, including co-selling and solution development.
Commvault said its native ISV service on Azure is expected to enter public preview this summer.
