Asigra Cloud Backup

Begin by deciding what you cannot afford to lose. In the admin console, group workloads into backup sets—databases, virtual machines, file shares, endpoints, and SaaS apps—then apply policies for frequency, retention, and encryption. Use incremental capture to shorten backup windows, enable compression to cut storage costs, and throttle bandwidth to protect daytime traffic. Set alerts for job failures or unusual activity and review dashboards from the web or your phone to confirm everything ran as planned overnight.

Extend protection to cloud services in minutes. Connect Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, or other SaaS platforms, choose which mailboxes, sites, and drives to include, and define point-in-time recovery goals per service. For on‑prem or IaaS workloads, auto‑discover VMware/Hyper‑V VMs and cloud instances, tag them by priority, and place them into schedules aligned with business hours. If you manage multiple business units or clients, use the multi‑tenant view to create isolated spaces, delegate access by role, and track usage for chargeback or billing. Routine tasks—policy enforcement, lifecycle management, and storage tiering—run automatically once set.

When recovery is needed, pick the fastest path for the situation. Restore a single file, message, or document back to its original location or redirect it elsewhere without taking systems offline. For larger incidents, mount a VM directly from backup storage to resume service quickly, then migrate to production storage in the background. If a facility is unavailable, launch your disaster runbook to bring critical services online at a secondary site in the right order, with network mappings and dependencies preserved. Schedule non‑disruptive test restores to verify readiness and export proof of recoverability for stakeholders.

Security and compliance are built into daily operations. Turn on immutable retention so protected data cannot be altered or deleted before its hold period ends. Require MFA for administrators and use your own keys to encrypt data in flight and at rest. Enable malware scanning during backup and again before restore to prevent reinfection, and quarantine suspect versions automatically. Choose storage locations to meet data residency rules, track every action with detailed audit logs, and generate reports that map policies and retention to your regulatory needs. If something goes wrong, roll back confidently to a clean version with full traceability from capture to restore.