03 — Cloud Solutions · Cloud platforms

For organizations that already rely on Microsoft 365, Entra ID and Windows workloads, Azure is often the natural cloud. We design Azure environments that connect cleanly to your identity and productivity tools, migrate workloads carefully and build data and application platforms with governance from the start.

What this solves

The problems Microsoft Azure Solutions solves.

Landing zones, Entra ID, migration, app hosting, data platforms and governance on Azure.

  1. 01

    Subscriptions and resource groups have grown without structure.

  2. 02

    Identity and access are managed inconsistently between Microsoft 365 and Azure.

  3. 03

    Windows and SQL Server workloads still run on ageing hardware.

  4. 04

    Data lives in many places and can't easily be combined.

Capabilities

What Microsoft Azure Solutions covers.

Key concepts

Azure, structured from the top down.

Azure environments go wrong when subscriptions and permissions grow organically. We follow the Cloud Adoption Framework's landing-zone model, adapted to your size.

Management groups
A hierarchy that applies Azure Policy and role assignments to groups of subscriptions instead of one by one.
Entra ID
Identity for people and workloads: conditional access, privileged identity management and managed identities instead of stored secrets.
Hub-and-spoke networking
A shared hub for connectivity, firewalls and DNS, with workloads in peered spoke networks.
Platform services
App Service, Azure Kubernetes Service, Functions and Azure SQL where they reduce what you have to operate.
Microsoft 365 and data
Integration with Microsoft 365, Fabric, Synapse and Power BI when the business already runs on Microsoft.
Defender and monitoring
Defender for Cloud posture scores and Azure Monitor with Log Analytics as the single place for logs.

What you receive

Clear, owned outputs.

  • An Azure target architecture and landing zone
  • Identity and access design
  • Migration plan and runbooks
  • Policy and governance baseline
  • Cost management set-up

Business benefits

Why it's worth it.

  • Joined-up identity

    One identity platform across Microsoft 365 and Azure.

  • Modernized workloads

    Older Windows and SQL Server estates move to supported platforms.

  • Governed growth

    Policies keep new resources compliant and tagged.

Where it fits

When Microsoft Azure Solutions is the right move.

  1. 01A Microsoft-centric organization moving from its data centre.
  2. 02A company building a modern data platform on Azure.
  3. 03An Azure estate that needs governance and cost control.

Technologies & platforms

  • Azure Virtual Machines
  • Azure App Service
  • Azure Kubernetes Service
  • Azure SQL
  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • Azure Policy
  • Azure Data Factory
  • Microsoft Fabric
  • Bicep
  • Terraform

Methodology

How Microsoft Azure Solutions work runs.

  1. 01

    Assess

    Current workloads, dependencies, costs, skills and constraints.

  2. 02

    Design

    Target architecture and landing zone on the chosen platform.

  3. 03

    Build

    Foundations, pipelines and environments defined as code.

  4. 04

    Migrate or deliver

    Workloads moved or built in waves with tested rollback.

  5. 05

    Operate

    Monitoring, cost reviews, security checks and handover.

FAQ

Microsoft Azure Solutions questions.

Do you work with Microsoft 365 as well as Azure?

We focus on Azure but design with Microsoft 365 and Entra ID in mind, because identity and access span both.

Can we keep some systems on-premises?

Yes. Hybrid designs using Azure Arc, VPN or ExpressRoute connectivity are common during and after migration.

Is Microsoft Fabric right for us?

It can be, especially for Microsoft-centric analytics teams. We compare it with alternatives like Databricks or Synapse based on your needs and skills.

Cloud Solutions

Talk to us about microsoft azure solutions.

Describe the environment and what needs to change. We'll reply with the questions we would answer first and a sensible first step.