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Migration is the easy part.
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A backup you have restored from is a backup
Everything else is a scheduled job with a green tick. We design protection around agreed recovery targets, then prove it with tests.
How it fits together
Two numbers decide the design
How much data can you afford to lose, and how long can you afford to be down? Those two numbers — recovery point and recovery time objective — determine the architecture, the cost, and whether a proposed solution is adequate. Everything else is detail.
The diagram is illustrative. It shows the shape of the capability rather than any specific customer environment.
Overview
In practice
In practice the answers differ per system. A finance database might need fifteen-minute recovery points; a file share might tolerate twenty-four hours. Designing to a single blanket standard either overspends or under-protects.
We also treat Microsoft 365 as in scope. Retention inside a tenant is not the same as backup, and the responsibility for protecting that data sits with you, not with Microsoft.
What changes
Outcomes we are measured on
The point of the work, stated as results rather than product names.
01
Recovery targets agreed in writing
Per-system RPO and RTO signed off by the business, so expectations are set before an incident, not during one.
02
Copies ransomware cannot reach
Immutable and offsite copies so an attacker with domain access cannot delete your only means of recovery.
03
Tested restores
Scheduled restore testing with documented results — including how long it actually took.
04
Coverage of the gaps
Microsoft 365 data, endpoints and SaaS platforms included, not just the servers in the rack.
Capabilities
What sits inside this practice
Capability areas we design, implement and support. Scope for any engagement is agreed and documented in writing.
Backup
Getting reliable copies made.
- Enterprise Backup
- Veeam Backup
- Microsoft 365 Backup
- Endpoint Backup
- Cloud Backup
- Offsite Backup
- Immutable Backup
- Backup as a Service
- Backup Monitoring
- Long-Term Retention
- Data Archiving
Disaster recovery
Getting the business running again.
- Disaster Recovery
- Disaster Recovery as a Service
- Replication
- Failover Design
- Recovery Planning
- Business Continuity
- RPO/RTO Planning
- Runbook Development
Assurance
Proving it works.
- Recovery Testing
- Restore Verification
- Backup Health Assessments
- Data Restoration
- Reporting and Evidence
- Retention Policy Review
How we deliver
A sequence, because order matters here
Each stage produces something you can review before the next one starts.
Classify
Systems and data ranked by criticality, with recovery objectives agreed with system owners.
Design
Backup topology, retention, immutability, offsite copies and DR approach matched to those objectives and to budget.
Implement
Deployment, initial seeding, schedule tuning and monitoring integration.
Test and report
Scheduled restore tests, documented recovery times, and reporting suitable for audit and board review.
Questions
The things people ask before signing anything
Microsoft protects its own infrastructure and provides retention and recovery features, but under its shared responsibility model your data remains your responsibility. Retention policies and recycle bins are not a substitute for backup, particularly after a compromised account or a malicious deletion.
A backup copy that cannot be altered or deleted for a defined period, even by an administrator account. It is the control that stops ransomware operators destroying backups before they encrypt production systems.
At minimum annually for a full DR scenario, and more frequently for spot restores of individual systems or files. We build a test schedule into the service and provide the evidence afterwards.
Yes, starting with a backup health assessment — what is protected, what is not, whether jobs are actually completing, and whether the retention matches what the business believes it has.
Technologies supporting this capability
Backup & Data Resilience
Cloud & Productivity
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