Managed Backup & Business Continuity

Wekos manages your entire backup stack — server backup, Microsoft 365 protection, and DR infrastructure — so that when something goes wrong, recovery follows a documented procedure executed by our engineers. Not a scramble.

Your Cloud Provider Is Not Your Backup Provider

One of the most dangerous assumptions in IT is that because your data lives in the cloud, it is automatically protected. It is not. Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and every other major cloud provider operate under a shared responsibility model — they are responsible for the availability and resilience of their infrastructure, but the protection of your data is explicitly your responsibility.

Microsoft 365 retains deleted items for a limited window and provides basic version history — but it does not provide a true backup. If ransomware encrypts your SharePoint, if a malicious insider deletes your OneDrive, or if a misconfigured sync wipes your Teams data, Microsoft’s native retention may not save you. The same principle applies to Azure, AWS, and Google Workspace. Cloud storage is not cloud backup.

Microsoft 365 has no native backup — it has retention policies with hard limits
Deleted data beyond the retention window is permanently gone
Ransomware that encrypts cloud-synced files propagates directly to OneDrive and SharePoint
Azure and AWS storage replication protects against hardware failure — not against deletion, corruption, or ransomware
Google Workspace Vault is an archive tool — not a backup and recovery platform

Ransomware Does Not Stop at Your Perimeter — And Neither Should Your Backup

Modern ransomware and cryptolockers are specifically designed to find and encrypt backup data before triggering the visible attack. They look for network shares, cloud-synced folders, connected backup drives, and accessible storage targets — and they encrypt those first. If your backup destination is reachable from an infected machine, your backups are not safe.

Wekos addresses this with a layered backup architecture that includes air-gapped storage, immutable backup copies, and offsite replication to Wekos-managed infrastructure that your production environment cannot reach. Immutable backups cannot be modified, encrypted, or deleted — not by ransomware, not by a compromised admin account, and not by mistake.

How Wekos protects your backups from ransomware:

Immutable backup storage — copies that cannot be altered or deleted for a defined retention period
Air-gapped offsite replication to Wekos infrastructure — unreachable from your production network
Wasabi object storage with Object Lock for WORM-compliant retention
Pre-restore malware scanning — workloads are tested in isolation before being brought back into production
Microsoft 365 backup with independent retention — separate from Microsoft's own systems and limits
Backup job monitoring with anomaly detection — unusual job behavior flagged before it becomes a problem

What's Included in Managed Backup & Continuity

This is an ongoing managed service — not a one-time setup. Wekos monitors your backup jobs daily, verifies restores on a regular schedule, manages your DR infrastructure, and maintains the documentation. You get protection that actually works, from engineers who are accountable for it.

What We Manage For You

Server Backup

Managed backup for physical and virtual servers
Daily job monitoring and failure alerting
Tested restore procedures on a defined schedule
Supports Veeam, Windows Server Backup, and agent-based solutions
Retention policies configured to your compliance requirements

Microsoft 365 Data Protection

Per-user backup of Exchange Online, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams
Protects against accidental deletion, ransomware, and Microsoft retention gaps
Granular restore — individual emails, files, or full mailboxes
Retention configurable beyond Microsoft’s native limits
Managed and monitored by Wekos — not a self-service portal

DR Infrastructure — Retainer

Reserved DR capacity maintained at Wekos facilities
Your environment spun up on demand when disaster occurs
Fraction of the cost of always-on DR
Defined activation process with documented runbook
Suitable for businesses that can tolerate 2–4 hour RTO

DR Infrastructure — Active

Fully active, continuously replicated DR environment
Near-zero RTO for organizations that cannot tolerate downtime
Veeam replication from on-premises to Wekos cloud infrastructure
Regular replication health monitoring included
Automatic failover capable with defined runbook

Backup Storage

Scalable managed backup storage billed per GB
No overprovisioning, no wasted capacity
Offsite replication included for 3-2-1 compliance
Wasabi object storage available for cold-tier retention
Air-gapped and immutable options for ransomware protection

93%

of most ransomware attacks specifically target backup repositories before triggering encryption

0 days

Microsoft’s retention window for permanently deleted SharePoint and OneDrive data after the recycle bin

Your call

Immutability is optional — but the businesses that wish they had it only find out after an attack

Choose Your Recovery Profile

Backing up your data is great for recovering an accidently deleted file. But what do you do when your infrastructure is gone due to a disaster or cyber event? You need some place to restore to. Most clients start with Standard protection and add DR infrastructure as their recovery requirements become clearer. All tiers include Wekos management, monitoring, and tested restore procedures.

Standard

Best for most SMBs focused on data loss protection.

DR Retainer

For businesses needing site-level recovery within hours.

DR Active

For organizations that cannot tolerate extended downtime.

Need Enterprise-Grade DR Architecture?

The service tiers above describe what Wekos manages for you every day. If you’re evaluating a complex multi-site DR design, need to define formal RTO/RPO targets, or want to understand how Wekos approaches recovery architecture at the engineering level — our DR Expertise page covers that in detail.