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Azure Disaster Recovery in the UK for Architecture & Engineering
Tested disaster recovery plans that keep your architectural practice operational when the unexpected strikes.
Tested & Proven
We conduct regular DR drills to verify your failover works as expected — not just on paper, but in practice with real recovery tests.
Rapid Recovery
Recovery time objectives measured in minutes, not hours. Azure Site Recovery enables near-instant failover of critical workloads.
UK Region Resilience
Replicate between UK South and UK West Azure regions to maintain data sovereignty while achieving geographic separation.
For architecture firms, unplanned downtime means lost revenue, damaged reputation, and potential RIBA and building regulations breaches. Whether caused by cyberattack, hardware failure, or natural disaster, your architectural practice needs to recover quickly. Azure disaster recovery provides the failover capability to keep your operations running regardless of what happens.
Cloudswitched delivers Azure disaster recovery services for UK architecture firms. We design failover architectures using Azure Site Recovery, configure replication for CAD drawings, BIM models, and project files, and conduct regular DR tests. Your architectural practice receives documented recovery runbooks with defined RTO and RPO targets aligned to RIBA and building regulations expectations.
How it works for Architecture businesses
A clear, structured process from consultation to ongoing support.
1
DR Architecture Design
We design your recovery architecture around your specific RTO and RPO requirements, selecting the right Azure services and replication methods for each workload.
2
Automated Failover Plans
Recovery plans are scripted and automated so failover can be initiated with a single action, executing in the correct sequence with dependency management.
3
Regular DR Testing
We schedule and execute non-disruptive failover tests at least quarterly, producing reports that confirm your recovery plan works and meets your objectives.
Azure Disaster Recovery in the UK for Architecture
Defined RTO & RPO
Recovery time and recovery point objectives set specifically for your architectural practice, ensuring CAD drawings, BIM models, and project files can be restored within the timeframes your business demands.
Automated Failover
Azure Site Recovery replicates Revit, AutoCAD, and ArchiCAD environments to a secondary region, enabling automatic failover when primary systems fail without manual intervention.
Regular DR Testing
Scheduled failover tests validate your architectural practice's recovery plan works as documented, with detailed reports confirming compliance with RIBA and building regulations requirements.
Documented Runbooks
Step-by-step recovery procedures ensure any team member can initiate disaster recovery for your architectural practice, reducing dependence on individual staff knowledge.
Disaster Recovery Service Includes
DR strategy design with defined RTO and RPO targets
Azure Site Recovery configuration and management
Automated recovery plans with sequenced failover
Regular non-disruptive failover testing
Replication monitoring and health alerting
DR test reports with compliance documentation
Why Architecture businesses choose us
Proven DR implementations for UK architecture firms with documented recovery success
RTO and RPO targets defined collaboratively with your architectural practice leadership
Regular failover testing with detailed compliance reports for RIBA and building regulations auditors
Azure Site Recovery expertise ensuring Revit, AutoCAD, and ArchiCAD environments replicate correctly
Runbook documentation enabling any team member to initiate recovery procedures
Post-incident analysis and continuous improvement of your architectural practice DR plan
Frequently Asked Questions
Backup protects individual CAD drawings, BIM models, and project files against loss or corruption. Disaster recovery replicates your entire Revit, AutoCAD, and ArchiCAD environment to a secondary location, enabling rapid failover of all architectural practice operations if the primary site becomes unavailable.
For most architecture firms, we achieve RTOs of one to four hours and RPOs of minutes using Azure Site Recovery. Exact targets depend on your architectural practice's specific requirements and are agreed during the DR planning phase.
We recommend quarterly DR tests for architecture firms and conduct them without disrupting production. Each test produces a documented report confirming recovery success, which supports RIBA and building regulations audit requirements.
Yes. We replicate Revit, AutoCAD, and ArchiCAD environments along with underlying databases, file shares, and network configurations. DR testing validates that Revit, AutoCAD, and ArchiCAD function correctly after failover, ensuring your architectural practice can continue operating from the secondary site.
Costs depend on the number of protected VMs and data volume replicated. Azure Site Recovery pricing is straightforward at a per-instance monthly fee plus storage. We optimise by prioritising critical architectural practice systems and using tiered protection levels.
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Build a Disaster Recovery Plan That Works
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