7 Tips to Create a DR Plan for SMBs
Want to help your small and medium-sized business customers develop and deploy a disaster recovery plan? Here are seven tips for managed service providers to help their SMB customers launch successful DR plans.
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Want to help your small and medium-sized business customers develop and deploy a disaster recovery (DR) plan? Here are seven tips for managed service providers to help their SMB customers launch successful DR plans.
Encourage SMBs to deploy DR plans that ensure the safety of employees and their families in the event of a disaster. This plan should include workplace safety measures designed to safeguard employees and an evacuation plan that can be launched immediately.
Help SMB customers examine their everyday processes and procedures. By doing so, an MSP can help these customers develop scalable DR plans and reduce the risk of downtime in a disaster. And ultimately, an MSP can help its SMB customers determine the key assets they will need to accelerate their growth.
In a disaster, employees must be able to receive emergency notifications via multiple contact platforms. And with an effective communications strategy, SMBs can keep their workers up to date. This strategy can include implementing call trees, email and text updates and other contact methods for distributing critical information quickly.
The cost to replace goods after a disaster can be overwhelming, particularly for SMBs. Fortunately, insurance guarantees these businesses are covered for losses they suffer in a disaster. Encourage SMB customers to document all essential insurance information such as how to file claims to ensure they can quickly and easily begin their recovery efforts after a disaster.
Include employees throughout the DR plan development process. SMBs that define employees' roles and explain how their staff members can provide assistance during a disaster can streamline their DR efforts.
Surge protection systems, generators and other safety systems can be installed to ensure an SMB's work environment remains operational in a disaster. Help SMB customers evaluate their work environments to minimize the risk of downtime due to a disaster.
SMB customers should test their DR plans periodically. By doing so, these customers can find ways to continuously improve their DR strategies. MSPs, meanwhile, can work with these customers to ensure their plans remain effective.
SMB customers should test their DR plans periodically. By doing so, these customers can find ways to continuously improve their DR strategies. MSPs, meanwhile, can work with these customers to ensure their plans remain effective.
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