If you count the number of backup tools currently running across your client base, the number is probably higher than you’d like to admit. One for on-prem, one for M365, maybe another for cloud VMs. And that’s before you factor in the clients who are running something you didn’t set up.
Client environments are simply more complex than they used to be. With data scattered across on-prem infrastructure, multiple clouds, SaaS applications and remote endpoints, single-workload backup solutions were not built for this reality.
Enter Commvault. Now available in the Sherweb marketplace, Commvault is a unified data protection platform. It delivers backup, recovery and data security across on-prem, cloud and SaaS workloads, all from a single platform.
Instead of stitching together multiple tools, Commvault allows MSPs to centralize data resilience. Here’s how it tackles the most common data protection challenges MSPs face.
The true cost of fragmented data protection
According to the Sophos State of Ransomware 2025 report, unknown security gaps were a contributing factor in 40.1% of all successful ransomware attacks. This highlights the very real danger of relying on a fragmented, multi-tool backup strategy that leaves blind spots.
Here is what we hear from MSPs about the data protection challenges they deal with every day:
- Managing multiple point solutions: Relying on separate tools for on-prem backups, M365, cloud VMs and SaaS apps creates dangerous visibility gaps. It also makes recovery incredibly difficult to coordinate when an incident actually occurs.
- Ransomware recovery is harder than it looks: Without isolated, validated backups, MSPs often discover mid-incident that their recovery strategy has critical flaws. Avoiding downtime and getting clients back online quickly requires far more than just a basic backup.
- Microsoft 365’s native retention isn’t enough: Many clients mistakenly assume their M365 data is fully protected. It isn’t, especially not for strict compliance standards. MSPs who fail to address this gap are actively carrying risk on their clients’ behalf.
- Multi-tenant management doesn’t scale: Jumping between different dashboards to manage various clients’ backup environments is exhausting, time-consuming and unsustainable as an MSP’s client base grows.
These challenges all stem from the same root problem: relying on fragmented tools for a unified goal. Commvault addresses all of these from a single platform.
How Commvault unifies backup for MSPs
Commvault takes a fundamentally different approach to data resilience. Instead of managing workloads separately through disparate tools, everything runs through one unified platform.
Full hybrid coverage
A single interface covers backup and recovery for on-prem servers, endpoints, VMs, databases and cloud workloads across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. MSPs no longer have to log into multiple platforms or struggle to reconcile data from different tools.
Active ransomware defense
Built-in threat scanning detects malware before the recovery process even begins. Backup isolation ensures that clean copies are kept entirely out of reach of active threats, supporting fast, safe recoveries without the risk of reinfection.
Complete M365 protection
Commvault provides extended retention and compliance-ready recovery for Exchange, SharePoint, Teams and OneDrive. This fills the exact gaps that native Microsoft retention leaves behind, which is critical for clients in regulated industries or those facing audit requirements.
Multi-tenant architecture
MSPs gain a single, centralized dashboard for managing multiple client environments. This provides clear visibility across all accounts without the need to switch portals or piece together separate reports.
Automated disaster recovery
Orchestrated recovery testing validates that workloads will actually restore successfully before a crisis hits. This allows MSPs to actively demonstrate recovery readiness to their clients, rather than just claiming it.
Commvault is the right fit for clients with complex, hybrid or strictly regulated environments.
The business impact of unified data resilience
For MSPs, every tool added to the portfolio has to fit into the business model. Commvault offers a number of benefits for MSPs looking to improve their backup stack while growing their bsiness:
- Stronger client security posture: Built-in ransomware defense and air-gapped backup copies give MSPs a truly defensible recovery strategy. Clients in regulated industries also benefit from compliance-ready recovery documentation.
- Simpler operations: Using one platform for all workload types drastically reduces the number of tools MSPs must manage, train staff on and invoice for. This means less context-switching and far more visibility across the entire client portfolio.
- Scalability without the overhead: The multi-tenant architecture is built to grow. MSPs can confidently add new clients and workload types without needing to rebuild their tech stack or hire additional staff to manage disparate tools.
- Competitive differentiation: Offering unified data protection complete with built-in disaster recovery and compliance capabilities helps MSPs successfully compete for larger clients with complex environments or strict regulatory requirements.
Streamlining operations and bolstering security is great for your current bottom line, but it becomes even more important when you look at where the market is heading.
Meeting the demands of evolving client environments
Client IT environments are more complex than they were five years ago, and the gap keeps widening. SMBs that once ran a single on-prem server now operate across multiple clouds, SaaS applications and remote endpoints, often without a clear picture of where their data actually lives or how it’s protected.
At the same time, the compliance landscape is getting harder to ignore. Requirements like HIPAA, GDPR and a growing number of state-level privacy laws are pushing MSPs toward backup strategies that are auditable, not just functional. Clients in healthcare, finance and legal services increasingly need to demonstrate exactly what’s protected, how it’s retained and how quickly it can be recovered.
According to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report, organizations with automated recovery testing in place experience significantly lower breach costs and shorter containment times. For MSPs, on top of this being a selling point, it’s also a measurable difference in client outcomes.
The path forward for hybrid data resilience
Managing backup and recovery shouldn’t require a half-dozen different portals and constant anxiety about coverage gaps. As client environments become increasingly fractured across on-prem hardware, cloud workloads and SaaS applications, MSPs need a single place to manage data resilience with confidence.
Commvault delivers that: tested recovery, ransomware defense and true hybrid backup for MSPs, all from one platform that scales with your business. When you add Commvault through Sherweb, you also get the support that comes with your partnership: consolidated billing, a single management portal and an account team that knows your business.
Ready to resell Commvault?
Commvault is now available in the Sherweb marketplace. Partner with Sherweb today to add Commvault to your security stack and bring unified data protection to your clients.
