Microsoft Azure

• Microsoft Azure provides organizations with a platform for growth. It offers you an affordable service that is scalable to your needs and by letting Microsoft run everything you can focus on value adding activity. Azure is a cutting edge platform that provides cloud infrastructure based on Windows and Linux offering innovative platform-as-a-service (PaaS) capabilities; web application hosting and identity management, best in breed intelligence-as-a-service including computer vision and machine learning capabilities – all underpinned by market leading software development tooling and support. Inherent in the Azure services is a pathway to the cloud, either through the migration of existing services or via hybrid cloud capabilities.

Services of Microsoft Azure

• Storage and virtualization - Outsource your data center to the cloud.  Not only is this a flexible and affordable way to get the storage you need, it saves you resources by managing your servers. Launch virtual machines in minutes running windows or Linux to your specification.


• Hybrid - A hybrid cloud approach offers the best path to the cloud and a way to optimize your existing assets. Hybrid integration solutions let you seamlessly integrate applications, data and processes allowing you to operate with exceptional speed and agility.


• App and web hosting - Quickly build, deploy and scale enterprise-grade web, mobile and API apps running on any platform with Azure. Meet rigorous performance, scalability, security and compliance requirements while using a fully managed platform to perform infrastructure maintenance.


• AI and cognitive services - Use a comprehensive set of flexible Artificial Intelligence (AI) services for any scenario and enterprise-grade AI infrastructure that runs AI workloads anywhere at scale. Modern AI tools designed for developers and data scientists help you create AI solutions easily, and with maximum productivity.


• Security on Microsoft Azure - Microsoft spends over $1bn annually on security. They are the worlds leading cloud provider when it comes to security and privacy, with more certifications than any other cloud provider.  Azure meets a broad set of UK and industry-specific compliance standards, such as ISO 27001, HIPAA, SOC 1 and SOC 2 and UK G-Cloud. Rigorous third-party audits by the British Standards Institute verify Azure’s adherence to the strict security controls these standards mandate.