Every cloud architecture should include disaster recovery planning. But what should that planning include? Every cloud application implementation varies and understanding how applications behave when the infrastructure fails is paramount. For some companies it could mean the difference of near zero downtime to the other extreme of closing their business entirely. Are you really prepared?

In this talk, you'll learn about various disaster recovery and planning options. We'll discuss the cost analysis to understand if various approaches are cost effective. You'll also learn how to get started creating playbooks and runbooks based on scenarios. Also included in this talk in an understanding of what Azure regions are made of and how they can have an outage. The greatest takeaway you'll have is how to start making preparations against the unknowns that can happen at any time.