Advanced Public and Hybrid Cloud
Managed Azure Services
Advanced + Azure = The Smartest Way To The Cloud
To migration and beyond...
We recognise that organisations are at different stages with regards to fully leveraging the power of Azure. We advise, assist, secure and operate - wherever you may be on this journey. As a Microsoft Gold Partner with deep cross-sector knowledge, we enable you to get the very best from Azure.
We understand and solve your key issues
We provide services which are designed to solve our customers' key challenges.
- Skill gap
The industry-wide skill gap means lots of businesses don't have the required expertise to migrate or optimise Azure. This means they either need to invest heavily in upskilling the team - which is time consuming and costly, hire new recruits- which can be difficult in the current market, or outsource to experienced cloud service providers.
- Understanding the hybrid mix
Moving from on-premises to cloud is not like for like, so a 'lift and shift' approach simply will not work. You need to carry out a thorough analysis of your environment and assess which workloads are suitable for moving to the cloud and which should remain on-premises.
- Spiralling costs
The lack of expertise, expert planning and continuous optimisation, often results in the project taking much longer than expected and in businesses having unused licences and under-utilised resources. This means organisations find themselves with high costs and lower ROI than anticipated.
- Security
With new breaches hitting the headlines each day, security is top of most businesses' agenda. However, finding a solution that delivers robust, multi-location security without hindering the user experience can be challenging.
Key capabilities
Comprehensive Azure solution
Connectivity with current environment
High performance & availability
Resilience, back-up & recovery
Ongoing Managed Services
Built-in security
Continuous optimisation
60+
Microsoft Certified Professionals
7
Gold Microsoft Competencies
30+
Year Microsoft
Partnership
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ASSESSMENT
Complimentary Azure Health Check
Our Azure Health Check covers: Cost Optimisation, Security, and Performance. Delivered by an Advanced Cloud Advisor and personalised to your goals.
BROCHURE
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More than just
cloud
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FEATURES & BENEFITS
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Gold Microsoft Partner
Adavnced + Azure is a powerful combination, providing hassle-free services so that you can get the best out of your cloud infrastructure
30 years and counting
We are delighted to announce that Advanced have been awarded the Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop Advanced Specialisation, reflecting our expertise in this area. Our relationship with Microsoft goes back over 30 years and we have been deploying Azure since its release. As a Microsoft Gold Partner with numerous competencies, we enable you to get the very best from Azure.
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Infrastructure Modernisation
Our Infrastructure Modernisation service is designed to help businesses
transform an existing on-premises or hosted IT infrastructure to Microsoft
Azure-based.Using industry best practice, our cloud experts will work in partnership with your team to assess, design, migrate and optimise your existing IT infrastructure in the Microsoft Azure cloud, and can provide ongoing service management of your new IT infrastructure.
Assess
Complimentary Data & Infrastructure Migration AssessmentIdentification of the key drivers for moving to AzureHighlight any risks of migrationDefine a cloud strategy and cloud readinessMigrate
Form your strategy, build a roadmap and envision the futurePlan your stabilisation, migration and optimisation approachSelect your ongoing operation and management servicesIdentify benefits, risk and constraints -
Azure Design Services
Dedicated experts, building Azure directly to your needs and optimised for your infrastructure
Azure Design Services
Our experts design for security and reliability, ensuring the integrity of Azure Service Level Agreements (SLA) by following Microsoft best practices.
Our design principles
Taking into account desired availability, maintenance & failure, RTO, RPO and SLAsDesigned to enable you to focus on business agility and reaching your goalsSupports UK Government Codes of Practice with open standards, security principles and cloud-first strategiesProvides the right levels of innovation & support, including automation & DevOps enablement -
Transformation Services
Allowing you to have a smooth transition with experts on hand to guide you through your journey to the cloud.
Azure Transformation - Deployment and Migration Services
We deploy new, migrate legacy and take on existing Azure solutions, and we'll do the heavy lifting so you can focus on business outcomes.
Transformation includes:
Low level configuration, migration and deployment planningProcurement, provisioning, migration & integration in preparation for Landing Zone deploymentWorkload, application and data migrations in accordance with our seven modernisation optionsTesting to go-live acceptance: test migrations, final migration & live cut over, testing & acceptance criteriaCloud Execution Framework
This automates solution deployment & configuration management using Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templatesThe templates are automated by Terraform, configuration managed by Ansible & orchestrated by Azure DevOpsThis provides consistent, repeateable & automated solution builds & capabilities that can be exploited by DevOps initiatives -
Support and Management
Dedicated experts, who know you and your business priorities and are on hand to support your needs
Azure Support & Management Services
Our tiered ITIL and DevOps-aligned support and management services combine with value added service options to deliver enterprise-class Managed Azure Services.
Support & Manage services
Service Level Management, subscription management & optimisation, cost management via Azure cost managerSecurity & access management, operations & support, configuration & modern lifecycle managementAdditional optional services including applications/database/identity & access managementOptional cyber security services including Scanning & Discover and Managed Detection & Response (MDR) -
Additional Offerings
Other services we can provide through our Azure practice
Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)
AVD is a cloud based desktop and app virtualisation service running on Microsoft Azure. AVD provides a cost effective and secure Windows 11 experience for end users.
Features
Deliver Windows 11 desktops and applications virtually anywhereBuilt-in intelligent securityDeploy and scale in minutetReduce cost using existing licensesPlatform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
PaaS is a cloud computing model providing customers a complete cloud platform. It includes hardware, software, and infrastructure - for developing, running and managing applications whilst removing some of the cost, complexity and lack of flexibility that is seen when trying to maintain an on-premise platform.
Benefits
Scale up and down according to demandPay only for what you useCut coding timeAdd development capabilities without adding staff
Complimentary Data & Infrastructure Migration AssessmentCUSTOMERS
Who succeeds with us
A rich, diverse customer base from finance to healthcare and everything in between
”As a charity, it was really important for us to partner with someone that understood what we needed and Advanced did just that – they understood our vision. ”
— Rob Bing, IT Service Manager
St Andrew's Healthcare
"Advanced stood out as being a respected supplier who implicitly understood all of our requirements and could deliver best value."
— Robin Johns, Head of IS
Tideway
RESOURCES
Azure resources to help you transform
Five steps for achieving a smooth Azure migration
Even if organisations understand the benefits cloud, they can still be hesitant to begin their cloud journey due to uncertainties around the migration process itself. We’ve put together five key steps that help ensure a smooth and successful Azure migration.
26 May 2022 by James Donovan, Director of Microsoft
Three blockers to digital transformation
Digital transformation is a buzz word that wont go away any time soon, with many organisations putting it right at the top of their business priorities this year.
01 Apr 2022 by Gordon Wilson, Chief Executive Officer
The Cloud, what is it?
Cloud Computing has been one of the biggest buzzwords in 2021. This is partially due to the Pandemic, as masses of people were stuck indoors relying on their devices to access the outside world, leading to a surge in Cloud traffic.