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What’s New in the Latest Release

Veeam Recovery Orchestrator 7.2.1 has arrived, bringing with it a host of powerful new features and enhancements designed to streamline disaster recovery, improve security, and expand compatibility. Here’s what you need to know about the latest updates:

  • Expanded Microsoft Hyper-V Support: You can now target Hyper-V hosts and direct-connected clusters, without the need for SCVMM, making it easier than ever to orchestrate recovery for Microsoft environments.
  • Broadened Azure Local Recovery: Recovery plans now support Azure local VMs as a source, with options to restore to the original location or to a new Hyper-V or Azure local cluster. Additionally, for both vSphere and Hyper-V environments can use Azure Local as a target, increasing flexibility for cloud-based disaster recovery strategies.
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Enhanced security with MFA support for secure logins to the VRO user interface, helping safeguard your recovery operations.

Beyond these exciting new features, Veeam Recovery Orchestrator continues to offer robust capabilities, including:

  • Building comprehensive disaster recovery workflows that automate recovery and eliminate manual errors
  • Comprehensive reporting to help organizations meet compliance requirements, with dashboard views of RPO and RTO achievements and automatically updated reports for recovery plan checks, tests, and executions
  • Automated checks and scheduled tests to ensure your recovery plans are always ready, using isolated test labs and thorough readiness checks

Integration & Compatibility:

  • VRO 7.2.1 is now part of the Veeam Data Platform Premium Edition
  • Fully compatible with Veeam Backup and Replication 12.3 and Veeam ONE 12.3

With these enhancements, Veeam Recovery Orchestrator 7.2.1 delivers the agility, security, and compliance organizations need for modern disaster recovery.

Find out more about the release and dive deeper into the documentation here: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/rn/veeam_recovery_orchestrator_7_2_1_release_notes.html#what-s-new-in-veeam-recovery-orchestrator-7-2-1

Check out this Veeam Blog by ​@Matt Crape
https://www.veeam.com/blog/enterprise-resilience-veeam-vro72.html

Definitely some nice enhancements here.  Time to upgrade the lab and test.  😎


nice, I have a customer who bought Premium edition in order to use VRO but the SCVMM requirement was preventing the VRO adoption.


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