Ransomware-resilient backup and disaster recovery for UAE businesses
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Data Backup & Recovery Services in the UAE

Your backups should be the one thing you never have to worry about. We design, implement and test backup and disaster recovery platforms, with immutable storage, DRaaS and a UAE-hosted option when data residency matters.

Data Backup & Recovery Services for UAE Organisations

Most "backups" are never restore-tested. The job runs nightly, the status shows green, and nobody finds out it has been silently failing until the day a restore is actually needed. That is the most common story we hear when a new client calls after an incident. Data Backup & Recovery Services UAE organisations genuinely need start with a strategy, not just a scheduled job.

Ransomware has changed the threat model entirely. Modern strains specifically target backup infrastructure before encrypting production systems. If your backup repository is reachable from the network, it is a target. Immutability, write-once storage that cannot be modified or deleted, is not a premium add-on any more; it is the minimum baseline. Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and most SaaS platforms are also not backed up by the vendor: their responsibility covers platform uptime, not your data.

Without defined RPO (Recovery Point Objective) and RTO (Recovery Time Objective) targets, you cannot size a backup correctly or hold it accountable. Those numbers also determine where restored data lands, and for regulated UAE organisations, restoring to infrastructure outside the country may conflict with UAE PDPL or sector-specific data residency requirements. We start every engagement by agreeing those targets, then build the architecture that reliably meets them.

Backing up servers, Microsoft 365 and databases with immutable copies

What We Back Up & Protect

What We Back Up & Protect

Every workload type your organisation runs, on-prem, cloud or SaaS, needs a dedicated backup strategy. We cover the full estate, with immutable copies and DR replicas built in from the start.

  • Physical and virtual servers (Windows, Linux, VMware, Hyper-V)
  • Microsoft 365, Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive and Teams
  • Databases, SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL and MySQL
  • End-user endpoints (desktops, laptops, remote workers)
  • Immutable backup copies, write-once, tamper-proof and ransomware-hardened
  • Disaster recovery replicas in UAE-hosted or off-site facilities

Capabilities

What's Included

Backup Strategy & RPO/RTO Design

Define recovery point and recovery time objectives first, then build the architecture around them. We translate those targets into a 3-2-1 backup design, immutability policy, DR runbook and a test schedule that makes the whole thing accountable.

Server & VM Backup (Veeam / Acronis)

Agent-based and agentless backup for physical servers, VMware vSphere, Hyper-V and Nutanix environments. We deploy and manage Veeam and Acronis across enterprise environments in UAE.

Microsoft 365 & SaaS Backup

Microsoft does not back up your M365 data. We deploy third-party backup covering Exchange mailboxes, SharePoint libraries, OneDrive and Teams, so a permanent deletion or ransomware event does not mean permanent loss.

Immutable / Ransomware-Resilient Backups

Immutable object storage makes backup copies write-once and tamper-proof. Ransomware cannot encrypt what it cannot modify. Air-gapped and off-site copies add a secondary containment layer for high-risk or regulated environments.

Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)

Full DRaaS with UAE-hosted infrastructure, defined RTOs and tested failover. We spin up your systems in the DR environment and confirm they start cleanly, not just that the replication job reported success.

Backup Monitoring & Restore Testing

Every backup we manage is monitored for job health, storage consumption and RPO compliance. We run scheduled restore tests and share the results with you, so your recovery capability is documented, not assumed.

Why IP Care

What Sets Us Apart

Delivering UAE IT since 2003
Two decades of infrastructure and cloud delivery across UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The backup and DR problems we solve for you are ones we have seen, and fixed, many times before.
UAE-hosted DR and data residency option
For organisations subject to UAE PDPL or sector-specific residency requirements, we provide UAE-hosted disaster recovery so your data never leaves the country, even during a failover.
Tested restores, not assumed ones
We do not just take backups. Every environment we manage has a scheduled restore test and a written report. You will know your recovery works before you need it, not after.
Your own engineers, not a subcontractor
If a backup job fails at 2am, our own UAE-based engineer responds.
IT and ELV under one vendor
IP Care covers cloud, backup, managed IT, infrastructure and ELV. When your DR environment spins up, the same team that manages your network is already context-aware.

Our Delivery Approach

How We Deliver

A proven, repeatable approach, used on every engagement.

01

Assess

Workload inventory, backup health check, RPO/RTO requirements gathering and data residency mapping.

02

Design

3-2-1 architecture, immutability policy, DR runbook, infrastructure sizing and test schedule, documented before any tools are deployed.

03

Implement

Veeam or Acronis deployment, immutable storage configuration, DRaaS provisioning and M365 backup rollout across your estate.

04

Test Restores

Full restore tests across file-level, database and full-VM scenarios, with results documented and reviewed against the agreed RTO.

05

Monitor & Report

Daily job monitoring, RPO compliance alerts and monthly reporting on backup health, storage trends and upcoming restore-test schedule.

Who It's For

Industries We Serve

Enterprise & Large SMEBanking & FinanceHospitalityFacilities ManagementGovernment-AdjacentHealthcareEducation

Questions & Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

Isn't Microsoft 365 already backed up?

No. Microsoft backs up its own infrastructure, data centres and platform availability. It does not back up your data. The M365 recycle bin and version history are retention aids that give you a short, fixed window to recover an accidentally deleted item. If ransomware encrypts a SharePoint library, or a user account is deleted, you need a third-party backup with a proper restore interface. Every M365 tenant we manage gets one.

How fast can you restore after a ransomware attack?

It depends on what you backed up, how it was configured and whether the DR runbook has been tested. With immutable backups and a defined RTO, a typical SME server estate can be back in hours rather than days. The organisations that take weeks to recover are almost always the ones who never tested their restores. We run restore tests on a schedule so you have a documented, realistic recovery time before anything goes wrong.

What's the difference between backup and disaster recovery?

Backup copies your data so you can recover files, databases or systems from a specific point in time. Disaster recovery is the broader plan for keeping your business running after a major failure. It covers the infrastructure your systems run on, the network they connect to and the order in which everything restarts. DRaaS goes a step further: it provides the failover infrastructure as a managed service, so you are not building and maintaining a secondary data centre yourself.

Where is our backup data stored?

You choose. On-premise immutable storage, a secondary copy at an off-site UAE-hosted facility, or cloud object storage in a UAE-resident region. For organisations with UAE PDPL or sector-specific residency requirements, we ensure every copy, primary and replica, stays in-country. We document storage locations in the design so there are no surprises during an audit.

Do you actually test restores, or just take backups?

We test restores. Specifically: scheduled restore tests across file-level, database and full-VM scenarios, with the results documented and shared with you each cycle. If you are with a provider who cannot show you restore-test records, that is the first question worth asking them.

Ready to Protect Your Data?

Talk to our UAE-based team for a free backup health check, we'll review what you have, identify the gaps, and propose a strategy that actually holds up under a real recovery event.

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