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Microsoft 365 disaster recovery planning

What disaster recovery means in a Microsoft 365 SaaS context — Microsoft's responsibilities, yours, and what to plan for.

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What Microsoft handles

Microsoft's commitments under the shared responsibility model cover:

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What you handle

The customer side of disaster recovery in Microsoft 365 covers:

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Service incident response

When Microsoft has a service incident affecting your tenant:

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Business continuity vs disaster recovery

DR is one part of broader business continuity planning:

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Testing

The DR plan that's never been tested doesn't work:

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Common gaps

For organisations serious about Microsoft 365 reliability, DR planning is one of those investments that's invisible when working and devastating when missing. Plan; document; test; iterate.

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