Backup & Disaster Recovery in Rapid City and the Black Hills
Backup and disaster recovery in Rapid City from Brink Design: automatic cloud backup for servers and workstations, separate backup of Microsoft 365 mail, OneDrive, and SharePoint, restores tested on a schedule, a recovery plan with named priorities and realistic timelines, and ransomware-resistant versioned retention. For businesses across the Black Hills.
A backup that has never been restored is a hope, not a plan. We build backup and recovery around the question that matters: if this server, this laptop, or this whole office were gone tomorrow, how fast are you working again? Servers and workstations back up automatically to the cloud, Microsoft 365 mail and files are backed up separately because Microsoft's own retention is thinner than most owners assume, and restores are tested on a schedule instead of on the worst day of your year. Alongside the backups, we write a recovery plan that names what comes back first and how long it takes, so a ransomware hit or a lightning strike is a bad week instead of the end of the business.
What is included
- Automatic cloud backup for servers and workstations
- Separate backup of Microsoft 365 mail, OneDrive, and SharePoint
- Restores tested on a schedule, not discovered during a crisis
- Recovery plan naming priorities and realistic timelines
- Ransomware-resistant retention with versioned history
How we work
Plan for the restore, not the backup.
The deliverable is not a backup job that says success. It is a tested path from disaster back to a working business. We design for that, then prove it regularly.
Risk review
We map what data and systems the business runs on, what is currently protected, and how long you could realistically operate without each piece.
Backup design
We design retention, versioning, and cloud destinations for your servers, workstations, and Microsoft 365 data, sized to your recovery targets.
Deployment and testing
Backup jobs roll out and run automatically, and we perform test restores to verify the data comes back intact and within the expected time.
Ongoing verification
Backups are monitored daily, restore tests repeat on a schedule, and the recovery plan is updated as the business and its systems change.
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Backup & Disaster Recovery by area
Where do we install backup & disaster recovery?
We serve communities across western South Dakota and into northeast Wyoming and the Nebraska Panhandle.
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Related services
What is often paired with backup & disaster recovery?
Managed IT Services
Remote monitoring, help desk, and device management for businesses that need a real IT partner, not a break-fix guy.
Microsoft 365 Management
Microsoft 365 administration for businesses: users, security, Teams, Exchange, and Intune, handled.
Cybersecurity
Firewall management, endpoint protection, email security, and DNS filtering for businesses across the region.
Common questions
What do Black Hills clients ask about backup & disaster recovery?
- How much does business backup cost in Rapid City?
- It is a flat monthly rate based on the amount of data and the number of servers, workstations, and Microsoft 365 users protected. We scope it after reviewing what you have.
- We already back up to an external drive. Is that enough?
- No. A drive on site is lost to the same fire, theft, or ransomware as the server, and it is rarely tested. Cloud backup with versioned history and scheduled test restores is the difference between a backup and a recovery.
- Does Microsoft back up our email and files?
- Not against deletion or ransomware. Microsoft keeps the service running; the data is your responsibility. We back up Exchange, OneDrive, and SharePoint separately.
- How do we know the backup actually works?
- Because we test it. Restores are run on a schedule and reported, so you find out a backup is broken during a test, not during a crisis.
- What if ransomware hits us?
- Versioned, ransomware-resistant retention means we roll back to a clean copy from before the infection. The recovery plan says what comes back first and how long it takes.
- How fast can we be back up after a failure?
- The recovery plan sets that. Critical systems are prioritized with realistic timelines agreed in advance, so nobody is guessing on the worst day.
Ready when you are