Migrate to Microsoft Azure with confidence and maximise your Windows Server value with CSG - your trusted Microsoft partner.
The Azure cloud platform offers more than 200 products and cloud services designed to help you bring new solutions to life, solve today’s challenges and help create your future. You can build, run and manage applications across multiple clouds, on-premises and at the edge – with the tools and frameworks of your choice.
Trust your cloud
Set your security measures from the ground up, backed by a team of experts, and proactive compliance trusted by enterprises, governments and start ups. Security and privacy are foundational for Azure. Microsoft and CSG are both committed to the highest levels of trust, transparency, standards conformance and regulatory compliance – with the most comprehensive set of compliance offerings of any cloud service provider.
Outsource your IT with CSG, IT Partner of Microsoft
At CSG, we use Azure to deploy, manage and support our customers’ existing solutions, allowing our expert team to offer ready-made or custom solutions. Ask the team more about how we use Azure to meet your business goals and help you structure your IT infrastructure to meet the new demands of 2024.
What other customers are using Azure?
Bevan Buckland LLP required an update to their existing onsite system and due to the changes in remote working, the firm required an IT system that had security and continuity as integral components.
CSG undertook a review of the systems through deployment of various industry leading sizing tools and met with stakeholders to discuss the requirements long term. A solution was designed that would migrate server workloads into Microsoft Azure and provide a virtual desktop service through Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD). The migration provides best in class cyber security services, remove single points of failure and help Bevan & Buckland to have improved business continuity.
“CSG recommended we migrate our IT systems into MS Azure to take advantage of latest technologies and cyber security systems. We have recently had a fire in our server room and it didn’t impact the business in anyway. AVD enables our staff to work smart and access all the important apps and data wherever they are based.” – Ian Thomas, IT Manager, of Bevan Buckland LLP.
Is Azure only for Windows Apps and Services?
No – Azure supports open source technologies, so you can use the tools and technologies that you prefer and still receive the benefits. Run virtually any application using your data source, with your operating system, on your device. Azure provides you to have choices and be in control of your cloud platform.
Will Azure work for my industry?
Azure provides solutions for all industries, through proven combinations of cloud products and services. Address your industry-specific business challenges today, and prepare for the future by innovating with Azure solutions.
- Healthcare: Develop solutions for proactive, personalised healthcare
- Financial services: Better serve customers, empower employees and optimise risk management
- Government: Build secure solutions to better serve and protect your citizens
- Retail: Deliver personal, seamless and differentiated experiences
- Manufacturing: Respond quicker to customer feedback and market trends
How does Azure compare to other clouds?
Azure is the only consistent hybrid cloud, delivers unparalleled developer productivity, provides comprehensive, multilayered security, including the largest compliance coverage of any cloud provider. You will pay less for Azure, AWS is five times more expensive than Azure for Windows Server and SQL Server.
Cloud in action
“Azure Arc supports us by freeing up our time form the day-to-day activities of the technical team and focusing on the customer value-add activities. It helps us to make sure that services are always on at the right time for the customer.” – Scott Clennell, Platform and Infrastructure Services Manager at Greggs.
Situation
Greggs had a complicated and disparate IT landscape to manage. Getting its arms around a mix of on-premises servers and applications would have been hard enough, but the company also was embarking on its cloud journey. It needed a way to understand and manage everything.
Solution
The company began with Log Analytics Workspace Insights, using the mapping feature to understand the status of its 500 Azure Arc-enabled servers. It gained centralised management with Azure Arc and added Defender for Endpoint and Defender for Cloud.
Impact
Greggs manages a large and disparate IT landscape more easily than ever before, gaining visibility over interlinked systems and dependencies in minutes rather than days. It easily sets up patches and other maintenance across its estate, including Windows and Linux.
Are you ready to take your business to the cloud? Talk to CSG about your cloud vision and let us help you get started on your adoption strategy.
Contact the team at CSG today to help support your 2024 IT strategy.