https://ezbre.com/blog/Plain articles on cloud backup, file sync, ransomware recovery and restore testing for US small businesses, from the Ezbre team in Cheyenne.en-ushttps://ezbre.com/blog/offsite-means-far-away/https://ezbre.com/blog/offsite-means-far-away/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTA backup across town shares the same storms, floods, fires and power grid as your office. How to judge off-site distance, and why access matters as much as miles.https://ezbre.com/blog/what-a-restore-drill-report-shows/https://ezbre.com/blog/what-a-restore-drill-report-shows/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTA restore test is only useful if it is timed and written down. What a backup restore test report should record, a sample report, and what to do when an item fails.https://ezbre.com/blog/budgeting-for-backup/https://ezbre.com/blog/budgeting-for-backup/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuild a backup and recovery budget from your own device, server and user counts, with a worked example priced line by line and a way to weigh it against downtime.https://ezbre.com/blog/laptop-stolen-what-now/https://ezbre.com/blog/laptop-stolen-what-now/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhat to do after a work laptop is stolen: lock the accounts in the first hour, restore the work on the first day, and record what was on it in the first week.https://ezbre.com/blog/moving-off-consumer-sync/https://ezbre.com/blog/moving-off-consumer-sync/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow to move a team off personal sync accounts such as Dropbox: an inventory, a folder map, permissions, shared links, a weekend cutover and a way back if needed.https://ezbre.com/blog/sync-conflicts-and-lost-files/https://ezbre.com/blog/sync-conflicts-and-lost-files/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTSync loses files in a few predictable ways: deletions that spread, conflicted copies, moved folders and closed accounts. How each one happens and how to prevent it.https://ezbre.com/blog/a-nas-is-not-a-backup/https://ezbre.com/blog/a-nas-is-not-a-backup/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTA NAS is a fast local copy, but one box in one room shares every risk with the computers it protects. What it covers, what it misses, and how to close the gap.https://ezbre.com/blog/image-vs-file-backup/https://ezbre.com/blog/image-vs-file-backup/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTA file backup copies your documents. An image backup copies the whole machine. What each one restores, how long it takes, and which systems need which.https://ezbre.com/blog/how-long-to-keep-backups/https://ezbre.com/blog/how-long-to-keep-backups/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow to set backup retention for a small business: daily, monthly and yearly versions, why late discoveries decide the numbers, and who decides the long end.https://ezbre.com/blog/who-holds-the-encryption-key/https://ezbre.com/blog/who-holds-the-encryption-key/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTEvery encrypted backup has a key, and someone holds it. The trade-offs of a provider-held key versus your own, and a plain plan for storing, sharing and testing it.https://ezbre.com/blog/ransomware-first-24-hours/https://ezbre.com/blog/ransomware-first-24-hours/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTA calm, hour-by-hour guide to the first day after ransomware: contain it, call your insurer and counsel, protect your backups, and restore in the right order.https://ezbre.com/blog/writing-a-recovery-runbook/https://ezbre.com/blog/writing-a-recovery-runbook/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTA recovery runbook is a short set of written steps for getting each system back. What to put in it, in what order, with a sample page and a way to test it.https://ezbre.com/blog/immutable-backups-explained/https://ezbre.com/blog/immutable-backups-explained/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAn immutable backup cannot be changed or deleted until its lock date, even with an admin password. How the lock works, what it costs, and what it does not cover.https://ezbre.com/blog/google-workspace-backup/https://ezbre.com/blog/google-workspace-backup/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTGoogle Workspace has trash, admin restore, version history and Vault, each with limits. What they cover, where the gaps are, and what a separate backup should do.https://ezbre.com/blog/does-microsoft-365-back-up-your-data/https://ezbre.com/blog/does-microsoft-365-back-up-your-data/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTMicrosoft 365 keeps the service running and holds deleted items for a while. It does not keep a long-term copy you control. What it keeps, and what to add.https://ezbre.com/blog/rpo-and-rto-explained/https://ezbre.com/blog/rpo-and-rto-explained/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTRecovery point objective is how much work you can lose; recovery time objective is how long you can wait. How to set both, system by system, with a worked example.https://ezbre.com/blog/how-to-test-a-restore/https://ezbre.com/blog/how-to-test-a-restore/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTA safe way to test backup restores: start with one file, work up to a mailbox and a full system, keep the test isolated, time it, and write the result down.https://ezbre.com/blog/how-often-to-back-up/https://ezbre.com/blog/how-often-to-back-up/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTSet backup frequency by how much work each system can lose: hourly for laptops, a nightly image plus hourly files for servers, several copies a day for cloud apps.https://ezbre.com/blog/backup-vs-sync/https://ezbre.com/blog/backup-vs-sync/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTSync keeps every device on the newest version, deletions and encrypted files included. Backup keeps older versions apart. How they differ, and how to run both.https://ezbre.com/blog/three-two-one-backup-rule/https://ezbre.com/blog/three-two-one-backup-rule/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThree copies, two kinds of storage, one off site: what the 3-2-1 backup rule asks for, what does not count as a copy, and how a small office can meet it.