Managed Cross-Region Resilience with Azure GRS Backup

Ensure resilient and compliant disaster recovery with a fully managed cross-region backup solution.

Our Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE)-developed Managed Cross-Region Resilience Service leverages Azure Backup with Geo-Redundant Storage (GRS) to provide automated backup replication from your primary Azure region to a paired region—without the complexity or cost of traditional DR strategies.

Unlike Azure Site Recovery, which requires continuous VM replication and always-on compute in the secondary region, our solution focuses on cost efficiency, operational simplicity, and on-demand recovery. Backups are automatically and asynchronously replicated across regions and managed entirely by our expert team.

Whether you're protecting production systems with moderate RTO requirements, or securing non-critical workloads such as dev/test or archives, our managed service ensures that your data is durable, recoverable, and compliant with business continuity needs.

Solution Overview

Our Managed Cross-Region Resilience Service simplifies your DR strategy by: • Configuring and managing Azure Recovery Services Vaults with GRS • Automating backup jobs and retention policies • Monitoring backup health and executing restore drills • Enabling manual, on-demand restoration to the paired region in the event of a disaster • Managing networking and compute provisioning post-restore • Providing periodic reviews and compliance alignment

This service offers hands-off resilience with enterprise-grade security, full visibility, and predictable costs—ideal for customers with non-zero but flexible RTO/RPO requirements.

Key Features

• Fully managed backup configuration, replication, and monitoring • Azure-native backup with geo-redundant storage • Application-consistent backups (VSS, pre/post scripts) • Disaster recovery planning and restore drills • On-demand restore to paired region (no pre-provisioned infrastructure needed) • Integration with enterprise network and security frameworks

Target Customers

• Mid to large enterprises using Azure who seek cross-region backup resilience • Customers with workloads requiring DR but not needing real-time failover • Organizations looking to reduce DR costs and operational complexity • IT teams seeking to outsource DR setup and compliance validation

Customer Benefits

• Lower TCO: No continuous compute or warm-standby infrastructure • Expert-Driven: Backups, policies, and restores managed by certified Azure architects • Resilient: Data securely stored and recoverable even during regional outages • Flexible RTO/RPO: Aligns with workload criticality and business needs • Simplified DR: No ASR setup, agent installs, or manual failover processes • Compliance Support: Aligns with organizational and industry data protection requirements

Offer Plan (Consulting/Managed Service)

Assessment & Setup - 2 weeks Ongoing Managed Service - Monthly/Annual DR Event Support - As needed