When IT Hits the Fan How Do You Recover? Business Continuity with Microsoft Azure Site Recovery & FyrSoft Services Jim Gowler Sr. Consultant, FyrSoft LLC

#FyrSoft Sr. Consultant at FyrSoft, LLC Presented at Tech-ED, Microsoft MCT Summit, and Microsoft Rapid Deployment Conferences around the world 29 years in IT 17+ years at Microsoft 3+ years at FyrSoft ITIL 3.0 Foundation Certified with a focus on the System Center product suite and Windows Server Chicago, US Jim Gowler

About FyrSoftAbout FyrSoft PMA Cloud Partner of the Year 2014 & 2015 #FyrSoft #MMSMOA

FyrSoft PMA Cloud Partner of the Year 2014 & 2015 Employ standardized engagement programs, tailored to your business & technology goals. Highest number of consultants trained in Azure Site Recovery in North America. Managed Gold Partner in Cloud, Datacenter & Devices. Five years successful expertise migrating and modernizing clients to the Microsoft Cloud Platform. Founded in 2009, FyrSoft (fire-soft) is the premier US Microsoft Managed Partner for System Center-based Hybrid Cloud and Desktop Deployment, delivering optimized IT automation across user device, datacenter and cloud environments. Areas of Expertise: ‐ Azure IaaS + Azure Site Recovery ‐ Windows Server 2012 R2 with Hyper-V ‐ Windows Azure Pack (Infra and Dev) ‐ Enterprise Mobility Suite and Windows 8 ‐ System Center 2012 R2 ‐ Configuration Manager, Data Protection, Operations Manager, Orchestrator, Service Manager, Virtual Machine Manager #FyrSoft #MMSMOA

Business ContinuityBusiness Continuity With Microsoft Azure Site Recover & FyrSoft Services #FyrSoft #MMSMOA

Business Continuity Challenges Impact of Data Growth on Business Continuity #FyrSoft #MMSMOA

What’s your DR plan? Rarely tested and often unsuccessful Only 35% of companies test once a year Cloud-based DR = 4x more likely to test frequently 43% of DRaaS customers test weekly or monthly Average cost of executing is over $280,000 One in four fail… (well… that’s what was admitted) Lack of testing is the weakest link – NY TimesNY Times 93% result in changes to original plan Why? Complex and incomplete – Like Marquette #FyrSoft #MMSMOA

What is the Cost to Your Business? #FyrSoft #MMSMOA Source: IDC QuickPoll Survey July 2013 Annual cost of downtime and data loss? = $1.7 trillion 64% of enterprises reported 25 hour outages 34% had development impacted Source: InfostorInfostor

Availability on Demand Empower your business with cloud services from Microsoft Azure Long-Term Retention Cloud Migration Availability on Demand Cloud Backup Recovery Analytics/Reporting Cloud Bursting DevTest #FyrSoft #MMSMOA

Decrease reliance on tape backup to save money and increase agility Have confidence in the safety of your data with Azure’s cutting-edge security, privacy, and compliance practices Decrease the management overhead of backup processes with automation Reduce the dependence on offsite tape backup to accelerate recovery time #FyrSoft #MMSMOA

Backup your data Powerful solutions for Enterprise and SMB Simplified protection and recovery, built into Windows Server with Windows Server Backup Scalable, centralized backup with System Center Data Protection Manager Enhanced through integration with Microsoft Azure Backup Simplified protection: Back up full volumes, selected volumes, system state, specific files, and folders. Bare Metal Recovery: Fully recover a physical system. Policies: Support backup versioning and simple, effective retention policies. Virtual machines: Protect Hyper-V virtual machines whether they are running or not. Flexible storage: Protect key data to local, including USB, or remote file server storage. Simplified scheduling: Support automated backup once or multiple times per day. Azure Backup integration: Reliable offsite data protection, integrated into the Windows Server Backup user interface. Workload integration: Protect Windows Server and Windows Client along with Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, and Microsoft Dynamics across Hyper-V and VMware. Flexible storage options: Protect to disk, tape, or cloud. Flexible deployment: Run System Center Data Protection Manager virtualized and reduce storage consumption through deduplication support. Low-cost disaster recovery: Protect data on a primary site by using Data Protection Manager on a secondary site. Integration with Operations Manager: Centralize monitoring of Data Protection Manager infrastructure. Azure Backup integration: Provide reliable offsite data protection, integrated into the Data Protection Manager UI. Azure IaaS protection: Run Data Protection Manager in Azure and protect Azure IaaS virtual machines. #FyrSoft #MMSMOA

Long-Term Retention Extend the life of your data Ensure the longevity of your data with long-term retention – 99+ years Reduce investments in tape archives, saving capital budget for your business Meet regulatory compliance requirements for your business or industry A scalable backup solution that can meet the needs of your growing business 99+ #FyrSoft #MMSMOA

Recovery Protect your applications Azure Orchestrate the recovery of your apps for simplified disaster recovery Improve Recovery-Time-Objectives (RTO) and Recovery-Point-Objectives (RPO) for both planned and unplanned outages Achieve zero impact disaster recovery drills Minimize app errors and data loss with application consistent recovery points Replication for heterogeneous environments: Hyper-V, VMware, and physical #FyrSoft #MMSMOA

Azure Site Recover A flexible and heterogeneous offering! Protect important applications by coordinating the replication and recovery of private clouds across sites. Protect your applications to your own second site, a hoster’s site, or even use Microsoft Azure as your disaster recovery site Hyper-V to Hyper-V (between two sites) 1 Hyper-V Replication Hyper-V to Microsoft Azure 3 Hyper-V Microsoft Azure Replication VMware/Physical to VMware (between two sites) 4 VMware/Physical VMware Replication VMware/Physical to Microsoft Azure (In Preview Now!) 5 VMware/Physical Microsoft Azure Replication EMC, HP, NetApp (between two sites) 2 Hyper-V Replication SAN

Orchestrated Disaster Recovery For Hyper-V VMs, between on-premises and Microsoft Azure Communication and replication Microsoft Azure Site Recovery Enterprise / HSP Primary site Windows Server Microsoft Azure Site Recovery Communication channel Replication channel: Hyper-V Replica or SAN replication Enterprise / HSP Primary site Windows Server Enterprise / HSP Recovery site Windows Server Key features include: Automated VM protection and replication Remote health monitoring Customizable recovery plans No-impact recovery plan testing Orchestrated recovery of tiered applications Use Azure as your disaster recovery site #FyrSoft #MMSMOA

Heterogeneous Disaster Recovery Into Microsoft Azure with Azure Site Recovery and InMage Scout Microsoft Azure InMage Scout data channel Microsoft Azure Site Recovery Process Server – Used for caching, compression and encryption Config Server – Used for centralized management of InMage Scout Master Target – Used as a repository and for retention Contoso Fabrikam RX Server – Used for multi-tenant management in Azure RX Server Orchestration Contoso primary location (On-premises or service provider) Source: VMware vSphere VMs and physical servers Process Server Fabrikam primary location (On-premises or service provider) Source: VMware vSphere VMs and physical servers Process Server Config Server Master Target Config Server Master Target

Azure is Built for the Enterprise $15 Bil investment in global datacenter infrastructure 57% of Fortune 500 companies already use Azure 400 Bil Identity authentications 99.95% monthly SLAs 10 languages & 19 currencies supported Available in 140 countries worldwide Hybrid the best of both worlds 24x7x365 enterprise support A state-of-the-art public cloud platform with a growing collection of integrated services that help you move faster, do more, and save money. Microsoft Azure is the cloud built for your business. #FyrSoft #MMSMOA

Customer Example Large Healthcare hosting and SaaS provider moves datacenter fabric to Microsoft Hybrid Cloud Needs Customer wanted to optimize service delivery while reducing hosting infrastructure licensing and maintenance costs, selected Windows Server and Azure with System Center as new cloud platform Solution Windows Server 2012 R2 with Hyper-V Windows Azure Pack SQL Server 2012 with Always-On System Center 2012 R2 – Configuration Manager, Operations Manager, Orchestrator, Service Manager, Virtual Machine Manager PhaseII - Azure Availability Services for Backup and Site Recovery Results FyrSoft team worked closely with customer to deploy new datacenter hybrid cloud for multi-tenant hosting environment Enhanced focus on VM elasticity and dynamic application scaling Improved management of datacenter Optimized provisioning automations Company Profile: Customer is a $2+ Billion publically traded American based healthcare services provider with over 7,000 employees Over a few months deployed 50+ Cisco UCS hosts for new datacenter environment running Windows Server 2012 R2 with Hyper-V, Azure IaaS, the Windows Azure Pack, and System Center providing a management and managed environment for tenants. 1.Host and VM provisioning process reduced from hours to minutes. 2.Use of Hyper-V Clusters and SQL Always- On for high availability. 3.Use of scale out file services for dynamic elasticity of VMs. #FyrSoft #MMSMOA

FyrSoft Accelerated Business Continuity POCs - A 5 Step, 5 Day Engagement Heterogeneous Replication – Protect physical & virtual environments, irrespective of underlying hardware Near-Zero RPO - lightweight mobility service on the primary servers to track & replicate data changes continuously in real-time N-tier Application Consistency - guest level app discovery & enforces consistency across all VMs in a multi-tier app Best-in-class RTO - end-to-end recovery orchestration such as network adaptation & sequencing to minimize site level RTO Maturity & Experience – customers, multiple patents & support for a wide range of different platforms Discover & document all virtual & physical instances, application & data. Design the back-up & restoration plans for business continuity. Deploy ASR & Azure/site connectivity to ensure backup continuity. Tune infrastructure, monitoring & backup/restore plans with testing. Test Recovery-Time-Objectives (RTO) and Recovery-Point-Objectives (RPO) periodically for both planned and unplanned outages. #FyrSoft #MMSMOA

FyrSoft Business Continuity Services Effectively plan your high availability, backup, and site recovery solutions using Microsoft Cloud Migrate and modernize to the Microsoft Cloud Platform Sunset costly third party backup and DR solutions Automate recovery and failover tasks FyrSoft can optimize your cloud platform investments for Business Continuity with Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery (ASR) Exclusive Offer: Free ASR Dashboards Free System Center WebTop 3-month subscription m **Enter “” in comments section Engagement Options: Planning Services (Use DPS Vouchers) 1-2 week Proof Of Concepts Production Deployments Disaster Recovery As A Service (DRaas) Key Contacts: East & Greater Southeast Martin Sajkowski; Gulf Coast (TX, OK, AR) Doug Kohn; West Coast and North Central Darrell Williamson; #FyrSoft #MMSMOA

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