Pattern A: Core Demo

Business Recovery Confidence in One Guided Demo

A compact executive walkthrough that proves a simple business item can be protected, restored, validated, and turned into a clear go-forward decision.

Click Demo Architecture Proof Artifacts References
15 minBusiness story
1 VMProtected workload
7 daysRetention
LowProof cost

What Pattern A Shows

Pattern A answers the first sponsor question: when a file, report, or small team app disappears, can we prove recovery quickly without a full enterprise program? It is the fastest path from backup concept to visible recovery evidence.

Start Demo Backup Hub

Business Value Click-through

Executive guided mode 10 minute decision story

Critical Team App

A business file, report, or team application that leaders need back quickly.

Recovery Promise

The visible commitment for retention, recovery points, and restore ownership.

Business Recovery

Recover the missing item, validate it, and give the business a clear status.

Business question: can we recover before the next meeting?

Start with a simple business event: a finance file or team document is missing and the owner needs a confident recovery answer today.

15 minBusiness walkthrough
Same dayRecovery confidence
LowProof cost

Interactive architecture walkthrough

Step through the core demo environment, backup flow, monitoring, restore, and validation in a guided click-through.

Launch architecture demo

Proof for the Conversation

Business Owner

Knows the app or file that matters, validates the restored item, and signs off that the recovery proof is meaningful.

Recovery Evidence

Shows the protected workload, recovery point, restore action, and status in a way a sponsor can understand.

Cost Boundary

Keeps the proof intentionally small: one protected workload, short retention, and cleanup after the demo.

Pattern A Artifacts

ArtifactUse It ForLink
Deployment GuideBuild the demo environment and restore story.DEPLOYMENT_GUIDE.md
SpecReview assumptions, resources, retention, and cleanup.SPEC.md
KQLShow backup jobs, failed backups, and vault activity.backup-jobs / failed / vault
SourceOpen the implementation package in GitHub.GitHub source

Compact Technical Reference

Runbook
  1. Confirm the protected workload and business owner.
  2. Verify a healthy recovery point exists.
  3. Restore one file or folder into a safe location.
  4. Ask the owner to validate the restored item.
  5. Capture evidence and cost, then clean up resources.
Deploy Command
cd azure-backup-demo-spec az login az account set --subscription "<subscription-name-or-id>" ./scripts/deploy.ps1 ` -Location canadacentral ` -EnvironmentName backup-demo ` -Owner <owner-name>
Monitoring Query
AzureDiagnostics | where Category has "AzureBackup" | project TimeGenerated, Resource, OperationName, ResultType, ResultDescription | order by TimeGenerated desc