This chapter gave you a good understanding of various different cloud approaches to DR, and also explained how DR/HA can be implemented by using native mechanisms from some of today's mainstream cloud providers. This chapter did not cover disaster recovery with respect to Office 365, as that is pretty apparent in Microsoft's SLAs and service continuity agreements (and should be with any SaaS offering). I've witnessed my share of failed SharePoint implementations and I would say that almost all of them could have been avoided by simply doing more strategic planning. This can't be overstated, particularly as it applies to disaster recovery and business continuity planning. And planning is even more important when integrating with cloud technologies, as another layer gets introduced into the mix. In any case, there are a couple of things that we hope you remember.
There is no "one-size-fits-all" disaster recovery plan or model. Despite the appearance of similarity in all of the participating...