Microsoft 365 backup
Immutable copies of email, OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams that cannot be altered or deleted for a set period.
Security and resilience
Backup, disaster recovery and resilience
Immutable backups, tested recovery and a plan everyone understands, so a bad day never becomes a disaster.
Overview
Why it matters
Microsoft keeps its services running, but that is not the same as a full backup of your data. Ransomware, accidental deletion and departing staff can all take data with them.
We design backup and disaster recovery around how long you can afford to be down and how much data you can afford to lose. Then we test it, regularly.
- Who it is for
- Anyone who cannot afford to lose data or time
- How we engage
- Design projects and managed backup services
- Outcome
- Recovery you have tested, not just assumed
Capabilities
What we deliver
Server and data centre backup
Backups for servers, virtual machines and storage, with copies kept off-site.
Replication and failover
Copies of critical systems in a second location, ready to take over.
Disaster recovery planning
Recovery targets agreed with leadership, and a written plan for how to meet them.
Testing and exercises
Regular test restores and an annual disaster recovery exercise with written findings.
Ransomware resilience
Isolated, immutable backups that attackers cannot encrypt or delete.
Plain English first
What it means for you, and the technical detail
What it means for you
- Your data backed up automatically
- Recovery tested, not assumed
- A plan everyone knows how to follow
- Confidence for boards, insurers and auditors
The technical detail
- Recovery time objective (RTO): how long you can afford to be down
- Recovery point objective (RPO): how much data you can afford to lose
- Off-site and immutable storage
- Documented runbooks and test reports
- Business continuity planning support
How we work
From first conversation to results
Assess
What you have, what matters most and what the risks are.
Design
Backup and recovery designed around agreed RTO and RPO targets.
Implement
Backups, replication and documentation put in place.
Test
Regular restores and an annual disaster recovery exercise.
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
Does Microsoft not already back up Microsoft 365?
Microsoft keeps the service running, but under its shared responsibility model your data remains your responsibility. A separate, immutable backup protects you from deletion, ransomware and account compromise.
How often do you test recovery?
We agree a testing schedule with you, with regular test restores and at least one full disaster recovery exercise a year.
Can you recover a whole site or data centre?
We design recovery for everything from a single file to complete sites, including replication to a second location where the business case supports it.
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