Unlock the power of the cloud with Microsoft Azure
As a Microsoft Solutions Partner, Caledonian Tech have advanced expertise across the Microsoft Azure cloud stack, providing end-to-end cloud infrastructure services and solutions.
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When Might You Need Azure Managed Services?
You've secured a major customer contract with stringent security requirements, necessitating advanced measures to protect sensitive data and ensure compliance with industry standards.
The costs of using cloud platforms are on the rise, impacting budgets and requiring careful management.
As your business grows, compliance and governance become increasingly important for maintaining standards.
The demands exceed your current technical capabilities and capacity to fulfill them, highlighting the need for upgrading skills or resources.
You require access to a diverse set of expert skills, although these may not be required consistently or full-time.
Need round-the-clock support and monitoring, ensuring that any issues with AWS infrastructure are promptly addressed, minimising downtime and disruptions.
What is Microsoft Azure?
Microsoft Azure is the leading, global cloud platform. It’s growing number of integrated cloud services provide a complete solution for businesses looking to improve the productivity, increase their efficiency and enhance their flexibility.
With Azure, businesses can build infrastructure, develop, deploy and run applications, manage identity, and set up reliable back-up and disaster recovery options and more.
Designed to provide a secure, future-proofed infrastructure and hosting platform, Azure is the long-term solution to enable strategic business goals.
Hosting options for Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure allows organisations to run Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) or Software as a Service (SaaS) workloads, without having to manage any physical hardware. Depending on which Azure’s services you opt for, you can take advantage of IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS all on Microsoft’s platform with our help.
Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Azure IaaS allows you to outsource your network and server requirements to Azure and retain control of your operating systems and software. Access over 200 IaaS facilities, from compute and networking to security and storage
Azure Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Azure PaaS delivers a cloud-powered development platform on a pay-as-you-go basis. Whether it’s the smallest web app to enterprise level software, automatic scaling means there is no need to worry about server configurations.
Azure Software as a Service (SaaS)
Azure SaaS allows you to host the apps you’ve created, and get access to Microsoft SaaS products such as Outlook, SharePoint, and Microsoft 365, all built on Azure. Take advantage of powerful technology and intelligence tools like Microsoft analytics and machine learning.
Our Azure and Cloud Managed Services?
ANS’ unique AWS managed services are built on several well defined service definitions to ensure the service can be tailored to your exact requirements.
1. Cloud Migration
Cloud migration is the process of moving your IT workloads from an on-premises hosted environment to the cloud. This allows you to access your data and applications from anywhere, at any time, while also reducing your reliance on physical hardware.
Caledonian Tech have been a trusted Cloud Migration partner for businesses of all shapes and sizes. If you’re looking to move to the cloud, we’re here to help.
2. Cloud Optimisation
Cloud optimisations services includes assessing and optimising all aspects of your cloud environment, whether that’s security and compliance, cost and performance or all these aspects combined. Caledonian Tech specialise in Azure cloud optimisation and management, as well as Hybrid and Private Cloud optimisation. Everything we do is optimised for security, cost & performance based on your business needs and industry best practices. Whether this is keeping your Azure bill in check, refreshing your Private Cloud infrastructure to remove vulnerabilities, or ensuring your Hybrid Cloud is patched and up to date.
Optimising cloud environments for cost, security, and performance since 2021 and our engineers for over 20 years!. We know the ins and outs of smooth-running cloud computing. No matter what cloud infrastructure option you choose, our experts are available to help.
3. Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop allows users to access corporate Windows desktops and applications from anywhere and on any device, including Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, and Linux.With Azure Virtual Desktop, users can run virtualized applications on Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure and stream them to their devices. The service also allows for the deployment of multiple virtual machines (VMs) running Windows 10/11 or Windows Server in the cloud, giving users secure access to a virtual desktop environment that can be customized to meet their organisations specific needs.
4. Azure Platform Services
Azure Platform as a Service (Azure PaaS) is a managed cloud computing model that allows a business’s IT teams to develop, deploy, and manage applications without worry of the underlying infrastructure (servers, storage, and networking) and operating systems. With PaaS, Azure manages the physical infrastructure, operating systems, databases, SQL server, deployment tools, business intelligence (BI) services, and more. Leverage a range of pre-built services, tools, and frameworks for application development, data management, integration, and more, empowering your teams to build custom applications and services with the security of Azures operational management.
Microsoft Azure PaaS offers a wide range of services that empower businesses to develop, deploy and manage applications in the cloud. All services are easy to adapt to and require minimal maintenance. They also eliminate many manuals, repetitive tasks.
5. Azure Landing Zones
An Azure landing zone is a set of infrastructure and platform services, providing a foundation for creating a secure, single or multi-environment Azure subscription. The service is a pre-configured environment that provides a modular and scalable foundation for deploying and managing cloud-based workloads.Regardless of your organisation’s size, its resources, or the complexity of its infrastructure, if you are looking to implement a secure, scalable, and repeatable infrastructure, Azure landing zones are a great way to begin your cloud journey.
Whether its improved governance, enhanced security and scalability, or providing a faster time to value, investing in Azure landing zone can provide several benefits for your business.
6. Monitoring as a Service
Monitoring as a Service (MaaS) is a cloud-based service that encompasses continual montioring, alerting, dashboards, reporting, incident management, performance optimisation, security monitoring, inventory management and external support.
How does Caledonian Tech’s MaaS solution work?
Our MaaS solution utilises a combination of leading monitoring and management tools, including LogicMonitor for Azure, ConnectWise for operating systems, and Auvik for network monitoring. This enables us to provide comprehensive monitoring of your IT environment, including real-time visibility and control over your Azure resources, operating systems, and networks.
7. Managed Backup Services
A well-structured backup plan is critical for ensuring data integrity and availability. Creating a backup plan involves determining the frequency and scope of backups, ensuring that all critical data is captured regularly. Scheduling backups ensures that they occur at appropriate intervals without impacting system performance. In the event of data loss or corruption, performing data recovery becomes essential, restoring the system to its last known good state. Managing retention policies is also important, ensuring that old backups are archived or deleted in compliance with organisational policies and any legal requirements, thereby optimising storage use and reducing costs.
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What are the benefits of using Azure PaaS for application development?
Developers can concentrate on developing code and creating applications without having to worry about managing the infrastructure stack thanks to Azure PaaS, which offers a pre-configured computing environment that abstracts away the underlying infrastructure.
In order to speed up the creation and deployment of applications, Azure PaaS provides a large selection of tools, frameworks, and services for data management, integration, and other purposes.
Scalability, automatic patching, and high availability features offered by Azure PaaS make it possible for applications to handle a range of workloads, keep current with security patches, and maintain high availability.
Do I need to change my existing applications to move them to the Cloud?
In most cases, you do not need to change your existing applications to move them to the cloud. Our team at Caledonian Tech will work with you to ensure that your applications are compatible with your new cloud environment.
If during the assessment we find out they aren’t compatible, Caledonian Tech offer a range of development services to rearchitect, modernize or replace your existing applications to be cloud native.
How does Azure Landing Zones differ from Azure Blueprints?
Azure landing zones are a set of Azure best practices and ARM templates that can be used to set up a secure and well-governed Azure environment. Azure Blueprints is a service that enables customers to define, manage, and deploy Azure resources through a set of artifacts such as ARM templates, policy definitions, and role-based access controls.
Is cloud hosting more secure than shared hosting?
Cloud hosting generally provides better securing than shared hosting due to resource isolation, scalability, redundancy, and dedicated security features. However, it is important to note that security is a shared responsibility and it is key to implement securing practices such as updates and patching and regular backing up of data.
What is a cloud server?
A cloud server refers to a virtualised server that functions in a cloud computing environment. It is a virtual machine (VM) running on a group of computers hosted in data centres, where scalable computer resources like processing speed, memory, and storage are made available.
Where is my data stored on cloud servers?
Where your data is stored depends on the specific cloud service provider you choose. Most cloud providers have data centres located in multiple regions and even counties. When data is stored on cloud servers, it is normally distributed across multiple physical servers within these centres for redundancy and fault tolerance.
Can I deploy my own custom applications on Azure PaaS?
Yes, you can develop your own applications using different programming languages and frameworks on Azure PaaS, including .NET, Java, Python, Node.js, and PHP. Azure PaaS also offers connectivity with development environments like Visual Studio and Studio Code.
How does Azure PaaS differ from Azure IaaS?
With Azure IaaS, you have more control over the virtualised computing resources and oversee managing the operating system and installed applications. Azure PaaS does not require any management of the operating system or underlying infrastructure.
When it comes to the creation, deployment, and maintenance of applications, Azure PaaS offers a streamlined approach, whether IaaS offers greater flexibility and control of the infrastructure stack.
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