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Unlocking the full potential of Microsoft Azure
The Azure platform offers over 200 services that can be provisioned to deliver applications on a per-second basis. But while this brings a wealth of opportunity, it also involves a measure of complexity – which our expertise can cut right through.
We know that successful deployment typically requires multiple services with many configuration settings, and that the data held on these applications may be confidential, sensitive, or subject to regulation. Security is therefore fundamental. But a successful Azure deployment must also function well, and our experience and best-practice knowledge give us stand-out advantage in achieving these complementary goals.
We’ll pull out all the stops to ensure that your data is protected and that your systems are following best-practice architectures. We will also do whatever we can to find and implement potential improvements and to detect and resolve any security risks before they can grow into problems.
Azure client success story
To support their new product development and wider business growth, Tiger Eye needed strategic guidance to migrate their infrastructure from a legacy data centre to a modern Azure-hosted environment.
How Doherty Associates can help
Seamless integration and management
We ensure your cloud environment is seamlessly integrated with your IT infrastructure – then optimised, monitored, and maintained. We handle the complexities of cloud management, freeing your time to focus on your organisation’s core activities.
Scalability and flexibility
We help you design systems that scale-up to handle your peak loads efficiently, while scaling-down as required to ensure you’re not paying unnecessarily and ensuring a seamless experience.
Enhanced business agility
We help you to architect and design systems that follow Microsoft best practice. When that best practice advice changes, we keep you aligned to it, ensuring continuous improvement and agility.
Security and compliance
We ensure compliance with industry standards, protecting your business from threats and regulatory breaches. Our proactive security team helps keep your data safe and your operations compliant.
Cost efficiency
We provide strategies to reduce your Azure costs without compromising performance or security, maximising your investment. We help you track your Azure spend and allow it to be allocated correctly, eliminating any unnecessary expenses.
Expert support and training
We empower your team to leverage Azure effectively through ongoing support and training by our certified Azure professionals. Our experts are available to assist with any challenges and provide the knowledge needed to maximise Azure’s potential.
Our Microsoft Azure services
Design and architecture
Our team of certified Azure solution architects has extensive experience in building new Azure environments and of keeping them secure and up to date. As the Azure platform is constantly evolving, we continually invest in skilling up our staff to ensure they are fully familiar with any new capabilities, with many holding certifications in areas such as networking and security.
Landing zone design and build
If you are in the initial stages of creating an Azure environment, we can design and build a landing zone with the right set of policies and controls in place to ensure the environment you migrate into is ‘live’ and ready for use while maintaining best practices for security and governance. This can be undertaken on a project basis or as part of a wider cloud migration.
Cloud migration
If you are looking for an edge when adopting Azure, our extensive history of migrating systems and applications to the cloud, coupled with our experience of hosting and maintaining customer environments, make us a sound choice. We begin with a process of understanding both the technical and business impacts of migrating to ensure you achieve your business goals – be they reducing costs, enhancing reliability, or unlocking new capabilities.
Azure monitoring and management
Once your environment is set up in Azure, we can help to ensure that the systems and services inside it are running well, that your data is protected from attack, and that your business achieves the benefits of scaling appropriately. We’ll help to control your costs, monitor performance and capacity and provide actionable recommendations. We can deliver a fully managed service, or work alongside your in-house IT team.
Azure security and networking
By successfully integrating Azure into our wider security management services, we make sure that your total security surface is covered. Our monitoring services include service health, backup, security monitoring, actionable alerts, disaster recovery monitoring, traffic analytics, inventory capabilities and real-time threat monitoring. We also offer higher levels of security and regulatory compliance if required.
Training and enablement
We can provide user and administrator training across the Azure technology stack, with additional support from expert consultants when needed. For the majority of businesses, the most important factor in moving to the cloud isn’t the actual migration; it’s the ability to extract maximum benefit from their investment and training is a key part of getting to grips with the technology.
Our approach
Frequently asked questions
- Why should your organisation consider moving to the cloud?
- What are the key factors to consider when migrating to Azure?
- What are the cost implications of using Azure services and how can they be managed effectively?
- How can you extract maximum benefit from your Azure investment?
- What are the key security considerations when using Azure?
- What are the advantages of having an IT provider manage your Azure environment?
- What are the best practices for optimising performance in your Azure environment?
- How does Azure integrate with other Microsoft services like Office 365 and Dynamics 365?
- Why do you need to keep your business’ Azure environment up to date?
- How can Azure’s scalability features benefit your business operations?
- How can Azure AI and Machine Learning services enhance your business operations?
- How does Azure support business continuity and disaster recovery?
- What are the key considerations around Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)?
- What are the benefits of using Azure DevOps for your development projects?
- How can Azure’s compliance offerings help your business meet regulatory requirements?
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