Microsoft Azure for Business
More businesses are transitioning to Cloud Computing.
But what are the Benefits of Micorosoft Azure’s Cloud Platform for your business?
How can Microsoft Azure Benefit your Business?
Microsoft Azure is a Cloud Computing platform accumulating more than 200 Cloud Services and Products, including network infrastructure, identity management, cloud storage and virtual machines for applications and services, in a single solution.
Azure provides a cost-effective alternate solution to on-premise infrastructure, which is both flexible and scalable to grow with your business. Microsoft Azure allows you to upgrade your resources instantly in the cloud for immediate performance increases, rather than costly and timely physical upgrades to your infrastructure.
For many businesses this makes Microsoft Azure the best business solution for transitioning from an on-premise solution, to a cloud based platform, for increased redundancy and reliability. As well as providing tools for reliable backup and disaster recovery solutions.
There are many Cloud Computing solutions available from a wide range of providers and it’s very rare to discover a one size fits all solution to suit every businesses needs. Microsoft Azure however, is one of the worlds leading public cloud computing solutions for businesses, providing you with the services to solve any cloud computing challenge you face.
Microsoft Azure is already used in many of todays leading industries, including hospitality, manufacturing, health care and much more. Providing Azure users with the tools to host, build, manage and run cloud based applications across a single server or multiple cloud servers, as well as on premise. Providing the flexibility for those businesses to use the tools that suit their businesses needs in the cloud, for increased redundancy, security, scalability, flexibility and reliability.
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What are some of the Benefits of Microsoft Azure for Business?
Flexibility & Scalability
One of the biggest benefits of Microsoft Azure is it’s ability to scale with your business. As your business grows, so can your Azure resources.
Azure’s flexible features allow you to scale your resources and storage as your business needs it, just pay for what you require. If you need more resources or storage, just increase them and pay the difference, it’s that simple. Similarly you may find that at some times of the year your usage demand is lower than in peak times, again you can scale your resources to suit your requirements.
Cost Effective
Migrating from a physical infrastructure to Azure can also be more cost effective for your business. If you want to upgrade your physical infrastructure you either have to purchase costly physical parts that are compatible with your existing equipment or upgrade to a completely new physical machine (which is done on average in business every 5 years). With Microsoft Azure you need only pay for what you require, if you require more resources, upgrade your cloud recourses and they will be available to you instantly, no waiting for parts or equipment to arrive or to migrate to a new machine, just upgrade when you need it and pay the difference. Plus, you have the added benefit that you do not need to assign physical space to this equipment or pay to power or cool the equipment, Microsoft worry about that part. It is that simple.
Cost Effective
Migrating from a physical infrastructure to Azure can also be more cost effective for your business. If you want to upgrade your physical infrastructure you either have to purchase costly physical parts that are compatible with your existing equipment or upgrade to a completely new physical machine (which is done on average in business every 5 years). With Microsoft Azure you need only pay for what you require, if you require more resources, upgrade your cloud recourses and they will be available to you instantly, no waiting for parts or equipment to arrive or to migrate to a new machine, just upgrade when you need it and pay the difference. Plus, you have the added benefit that you do not need to assign physical space to this equipment or pay to power or cool the equipment, Microsoft worry about that part. It is that simple.
Backup & Disaster Recovery
Microsoft Azure offers best in class Backup & Disaster Recovery solutions for your business with unlimited scaling options. Backing up your data to Azure is a Cost Effective alternative to on site physical backups, and with Site Recovery you can recover your data to a second site or machine or directly in the cloud. Coud data recovery in Azure is up to 66% faster that recovering to an on premise machine, meaning you will get back up and running with your data far quicker. Azure’s Geo-Redundant Storage will also mean that your data can be replicated to a secondary global data centre to add a higher level of redundancy to your data. On top of this, Azure can guarantee 99 years of data retention in their data centres, unlike many of the physical data retention solutions that you will find in businesses. And if that were not enough, they have more than 50 globally recognised compliance certifications for their services.
Security
When we talk about security in IT we could be talking about a range of different topics, Cyber Security, User Account Security, Endpoint Security, Ransomware Security and more. But when it comes to cloud computing and Microsoft Azure, we are talking about all of these things and more. Azure is able to utilise a wide range of security technologies, controls, policies and more, which allows Microsoft to offer better Digital and Physical security that almost any company would not be able to achieve on their own. On top of this, they provide further tools to help you increase that security in the form of Azure Active Directory, Single Sign On, Multi Factor Authentication, Identity & Access Management, Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management and much more. Meaning that your Applications and Data will be kept secure.
Security
When we talk about security in IT we could be talking about a range of different topics, Cyber Security, User Account Security, Endpoint Security, Ransomware Security and more. But when it comes to cloud computing and Microsoft Azure, we are talking about all of these things and more. Azure is able to utilise a wide range of security technologies, controls, policies and more, which allows Microsoft to offer better Digital and Physical security that almost any company would not be able to achieve on their own. On top of this, they provide further tools to help you increase that security in the form of Azure Active Directory, Single Sign On, Multi Factor Authentication, Identity & Access Management, Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management and much more. Meaning that your Applications and Data will be kept secure.
Azure SQL
Many businesses use one or more business applications/software that require an SQL Database (or Databases) to be able to operate. These often require costly physical or virtual machines to be able to operate as well as monitor, maintain and in many cases upgrade if the database queries are very resource intensive. Microsoft Azure however can offer multiple alternate services to on-premise servers dedicated to these tasks in the form of Azure SQL Database as a service or SQL on Azure Virtual Machines. Many businesses opt for Azure SQL as a service due to it’s easy and seamless migration on top of its lower administration and management costs. On top of this you also have the added benefits of Flexibility, Reduced Overhead Costs and enhanced Data Recovery, Redundancy & Recovery solutions.
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