Cloud Services
Some businesses move their existing servers and applications into Azure. Many can stop running servers altogether by switching to cloud-based applications, which makes the whole IT setup simpler. We work out which route fits each system.
Two routes
Moving to the cloud can mean running your existing servers in Azure, or replacing them with cloud-based software you subscribe to. The second route often removes servers entirely.
Which route
We ask four questions of each system, in this order: does the vendor specify the hardware, does it exchange data constantly with on-site equipment, is it already covered by a licence you hold, and does it serve machines or people.
When a good cloud-based version exists.
When the application has to keep running as it is.
When distance or on-site equipment requires it.
The result
Moving to the cloud made the system noticeably more responsive, and being able to manage the service up and down has saved us money.
Michael Parker, Director, Queenscorp Insurance Services
In practice
We have worked with OrganiseIT for over ten years. Running it on Microsoft Azure SQL removes the cost of an on-site SQL server and its licensing, and shifts the platform to a pay-as-you-use model.
Data stays in Australian data centres, which helps you meet Australian privacy obligations. Ten years of backup retention is included, and the service can be started and stopped from a phone.
A national client moved more than fifteen servers and around three hundred users to Azure and Microsoft 365, then grew past six hundred users on the same platform.
We staged the work so the business kept operating throughout, then moved the environment into ongoing managed support.
First step
Before anything moves, we look at what you run today and work out where each workload belongs. You get a recommendation you can act on with us or without us.
The engineers who plan the move also support the platform afterwards, so they plan for how it will run day to day. We move in small, validated waves with a way back at each step.
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No. We plan around what suits the business. Some workloads belong in Microsoft 365 or Azure, some belong on site, and many businesses run a mix. We will tell you plainly which is which.
Not always. Many businesses can replace their servers with cloud-based applications, such as SharePoint for files and the cloud edition of their accounting or CRM system, and stop running servers altogether. Azure is the right answer when an application has to keep running as it is.
For the services we build on Azure, data is held in Australian data centres. For Microsoft 365, data residency follows your tenant configuration, which we set at the start.
We stage migrations in waves, with a validation step and a way back at each one. Email cutovers include hands-on support on the day and standby support afterwards.
Yes. Business-grade internet can be part of the same agreement, because cloud services depend on the connection into them.