- VoIP & Phone Systems
VoIP for Contact Centres: Features and Best Practices
18 Mar, 2026
Azure Backup Services in the UK for Government & Public Sector
Scalable, geo-redundant Azure backup protecting Government & Public Sector.
Native Azure Protection
Azure Backup integrates directly with your Azure environment — no additional infrastructure required, just configure and protect.
Pay-As-You-Go
No upfront investment in backup hardware. Azure Backup charges per protected instance and storage consumed, scaling with your needs.
Managed & Monitored
Our team configures policies, monitors every job, investigates failures, and tests restores — you get protection without the operational burden.
As UK government organisations migrate workloads to Azure, protecting citizen records and sensitive data with native Azure backup ensures tight integration, cost efficiency, and compliance. Getting the configuration right for your public sector body is where expertise matters.
Cloudswitched offers Azure backup as a managed service for UK government organisations. We design backup policies, configure Azure Recovery Services vaults, and monitor protection across your entire environment so civil servants never worry about data loss.
How it works for Government businesses
A clear, structured process from consultation to ongoing support.
1
Policy Configuration
We design backup policies for each workload type based on your RPO, RTO, and retention requirements. Different workloads receive different treatment — your SQL databases are not backed up the same way as your file shares.
2
Centralised Monitoring
All backup vaults and jobs are monitored through our operations platform. Failures, warnings, and anomalies are detected and addressed the same day.
3
Recovery Assurance
Scheduled restore tests verify that backups produce complete, usable data. We document test results and share them with you quarterly.
Azure Backup Services in the UK for Government
Centralised Management
Azure Backup Centre provides a single dashboard to manage, monitor, and govern backup policies across your entire public sector body infrastructure.
Application Consistency
VSS-integrated snapshots ensure databases and applications like citizen portals and case management systems are backed up in a transaction-consistent state.
Private Endpoint Support
Backup traffic stays within Azure's private network, ensuring citizen records and sensitive data never traverse the public internet during backup operations.
Instant Restore
Restore Azure VMs from snapshots in minutes, minimising downtime for civil servants during critical policy delivery windows.
Azure Backup Services Include
Azure Backup vault setup and policy configuration
Protection for Azure VMs, SQL, and file shares
MARS agent deployment for on-premises server backup
Daily job monitoring with failure remediation
Quarterly restore testing and verification
Cost optimisation with storage tier management
Why Government businesses choose us
Specialist Azure backup knowledge for UK government organisations
Certified Azure administrators and architects on staff
UK-region storage with cross-region replication
No-obligation Azure backup health check for your public sector body
Regular restore testing with documented results
Flexible billing aligned with Azure consumption model
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Cloudswitched manages everything: vault configuration, backup policies, monitoring, and recovery. Your public sector body benefits from Azure Backup without needing in-house Azure skills.
Yes. Native support for Azure SQL, SQL Server on Azure VMs, and SAP HANA provides application-consistent database backup with point-in-time recovery, protecting citizen records and sensitive data stored in your databases.
We monitor all backup jobs via Azure Backup Centre, investigating failures immediately. Your public sector body receives regular reports on backup health, storage consumption, and compliance status.
Azure Backup operates on pay-as-you-go pricing with no minimum commitment. Our management service is available on flexible monthly terms, making it accessible for UK government organisations of all sizes.
Geo-redundant storage means your backup data is replicated to a secondary UK region. If the primary region is unavailable, we can restore citizen records and sensitive data from the secondary region, ensuring your public sector body remains protected.
Free On Boarding worth up to £2,000!
Limited time offer - valid until 31/05/2026
Protect Your Workloads with Azure Backup
Tell us about your Azure and hybrid environment and we will configure Azure Backup to protect everything that matters.
Submit your details and one of our friendly team members will be in touch shortly