What must be proven before taking over production from a SaaS provider?
We're taking over a production Java application from a SaaS provider whose service expires at the end of the month. The application is already running in our own…
disaster recovery
Is it reasonable to take over production before disaster recovery has been proven?
We're taking over a production Java application from a SaaS provider, whose service expires at the end of the month. The application is already running in our own…
How do you verify that PostgreSQL backups on Kubernetes can actually be restored?
For those running PostgreSQL on Kubernetes with an operator such as CloudNativePG, Zalando, or Crunchy, how do you confirm that your backups are genuinely restorable? A successful backup…
How do you verify that PostgreSQL backups on Kubernetes can actually be restored?
For those running PostgreSQL on Kubernetes with an operator such as CloudNativePG, Zalando, or Crunchy, how do you confirm that your backups are genuinely restorable? A completed backup…
What are you using to back up Intune configuration and policies?
Hi everyone! I'm looking for a reliable way to back up Intune configuration profiles, Settings Catalog policies, and related settings. We currently use the IntuneBackupAndRestore PowerShell module, but…
What’s the best way to back up Intune configuration?
I'm reviewing our disaster recovery setup and want a reliable way to back up Intune configuration profiles, settings catalog policies, and other tenant configuration. We currently use the…
How should I make Docker storage resilient to server failure?
I run Docker on Ubuntu while keeping large files such as photos on a redundant NAS through NFS. However, application data and databases, including the Immich database, currently…
How often do you test your backup restores?
Do you regularly verify that your backups can actually be restored? If so, how often do you run restore or disaster-recovery tests, and what do those tests cover?…
How should I design resilient Docker storage and backups?
I run Docker on Ubuntu with a NAS storing large files such as photos over NFS. However, application data and databases, including my photo-management database, currently live on…
How can a non-standard UK institution prove ownership when recovering a Microsoft 365 tenant?
This is a hypothetical disaster-recovery planning question. Our UK institution was created by Royal Charter and subsequent Acts of Parliament, so it does not fit the usual company-registration…
How can I make Kubernetes recovery reliable when our IaC drift caused an outage?
I'm a platform engineer at a cloud-resilience company, and we promote Kubernetes recovery as a major part of our product. During a production incident, I discovered that our…
How do you keep Kubernetes recovery reliable when infrastructure as code drifts from production?
I'm a platform engineer at a cloud resilience company, and during a production incident I discovered that our infrastructure-as-code setup was no longer an accurate representation of the…
What’s the best way to back up Microsoft 365 tenant configuration?
I'm looking for a way to capture configuration snapshots and support disaster recovery for our Microsoft 365 tenant, including Entra ID, Intune, Defender, and other services. I've tried…
How should we recover Entra-joined workstations if the tenant becomes unavailable?
I'm putting together a disaster-recovery plan for a Microsoft tenant deauthentication or outage scenario. The difficult case is Entra-joined, Intune-managed workstations: if normal workstation sign-in fails and Intune…
How do you continuously test resilience across multi-cloud environments?
I used to think cloud resilience mainly meant running a database across multiple availability zones and keeping regular backups. Now I see it as the ability for the…
How should we recover Entra-joined workstations if the tenant becomes unavailable?
I'm building a disaster-recovery plan for a Microsoft tenant deauthentication or outage. The difficult case is Entra-joined, Intune-managed workstations: if normal workstation sign-ins stop working and Intune is…
Production Microsoft 365 Tenant Deauthenticated for More Than 10 Days
Our small organization, with roughly 10 Microsoft 365 identities, suddenly lost access to the entire production tenant. Every sign-in attempt returns AADSTS5000224: "The tenant you are trying to…
What’s the best way to archive old VMware virtual machines for occasional legal access?
We're retiring most of our VMware environment while migrating on-premises applications to SaaS. A few older applications have no replacement and may need to remain available for legal…
What are the biggest risks and lessons when moving a decades-old financial system to Azure?
Has anyone migrated a critical monolithic application that has been running on-premises for 25 years or more? Our company is a consulting business with about 300 employees, including…
Hired for technical support, but now responsible for an entire company’s failing IT infrastructure
I'm a recent Computer Science graduate who started my career in desktop support at a large multinational manufacturer. That role gave me experience with Windows troubleshooting, hardware, basic…