MICROSOFT AZURE SERVICES
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Transform Your Business With Microsoft’s Cloud & Akita
Akita provides Microsoft Azure services for organisations looking to modernise infrastructure, control escalating cloud costs, strengthen security or prepare their technology environment for AI.
From Azure consultancy and cloud migration to ongoing optimisation and managed support, our specialists help organisations build secure, resilient and cost-effective Azure environments aligned with their wider business strategy.
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Our Azure Services
- Azure Cloud Migration: Effortlessly migrate your existing workloads to Azure with minimal disruption. We’ll manage everything from planning to execution, ensuring a smooth and seamless transition.
- Azure Cloud Optimisation: Already using Microsoft Azure but not seeing the performance you expected? Our Azure consultants will audit your current setup, identify areas for improvement, and implement optimisations to enhance efficiency and reduce costs.
- Managed Azure Services: Effectively managing your cloud infrastructure is crucial for maintaining performance and cost-efficiency. With Akita’s managed Azure services, we monitor your environment 24/7 to ensure resource optimisation, effective security configuration, and overall performance is optimal.
- Azure Security & Compliance: We know that data security is critical. With Azure, you can trust that your cloud environment is secure, compliant with industry standards, and prepared to counter emerging threats. Your data’s safety is our top priority.
- Azure Training: Comprehensive training to ensure your organisation is confident and has the skills and confidence to utilise Azure.
- Azure Support : Maximise uptime and performance with dedicated Azure support from our experts. We provide proactive monitoring, issue resolution, and optimisation to keep your cloud environment running smoothly. From assistance with configuration to cost management, our team ensures your Azure infrastructure remains reliable, secure, and effective.
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MICROSOFT AZURE CONSULTANCY & STRATEGY
With the breadth of Microsoft Azure services and the complexity of designing, securing and governing cloud environments, it is easy for organisations to make costly mistakes.
Akita’s Azure consultants help organisations plan, implement and optimise Microsoft Azure solutions aligned to their business objectives. From designing secure Azure Landing Zones that establish the right governance, networking and identity foundations, to migrating workloads and deploying AI-ready cloud infrastructure, we ensure your Azure environment is built for long-term success.
For organisations already using Azure, we provide consultancy to improve performance, strengthen security, reduce cloud costs and identify opportunities to make greater use of Azure services as your business evolves.
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Contact UsBenefits Of MICROSOFT CLOUD FOR BUSINESS
Azure is Microsoft’s range of integrated cloud computing solutions.
Microsoft Azure is a comprehensive cloud platform that enables organisations to build, run and modernise applications, manage data, strengthen security and accelerate AI innovation from a single, scalable environment.
Far more than cloud infrastructure, Azure brings together computing, storage, networking, analytics, security and artificial intelligence services within Microsoft’s global network of data centres. Whether you’re migrating legacy systems, developing new applications or preparing your business for AI, Azure provides the flexible foundation to support long-term digital transformation.
Azure also underpins Microsoft’s AI ecosystem. It powers services including Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI and intelligent automation, enabling organisations to deploy AI securely while maintaining enterprise-grade governance, compliance and data protection. As businesses increasingly adopt AI, Azure provides the scalable infrastructure and integrated services needed to support everything from intelligent search and predictive analytics to custom AI applications and autonomous agents.
Azure’s built-in security, resilience and compliance make it a trusted choice for organisations operating in regulated industries. With continuous monitoring, identity management and advanced threat protection, businesses can innovate confidently while meeting stringent regulatory requirements.
Common solutions delivered through Microsoft Azure include:
- Azure Virtual Networks – Secure, resilient infrastructure hosted within Microsoft’s global cloud platform.
- Azure Virtual Machines & Azure Virtual Desktop – Secure access to business applications and desktops from anywhere.
- Azure Cloud Storage & Backup – Scalable storage, backup and disaster recovery to protect business-critical data.
- Azure Application Services – Develop, deploy and manage custom business applications with greater agility.
- Azure Data & Analytics – Unlock insights from business data through integrated databases, analytics and reporting services.
- Azure AI & Intelligent Automation – Build AI-powered applications, deploy Microsoft Copilot, automate business processes and develop intelligent agents using Microsoft’s enterprise AI platform.
Whether your organisation is looking to migrate to the cloud, optimise existing Azure environments, improve cyber security, or build an AI-ready infrastructure, Akita can provide the consultancy, implementation and ongoing support to maximise Azure for your organisation.
Microsoft Azure Migration Assessment
Unsure where to start with Azure? An Azure Migration Assessment provides a clear, evidence-based view of your current IT environment and what is required to move it successfully to Microsoft Azure.
As part of the assessment, we deploy Azure Migrate to discover and analyse your existing workloads, applications and infrastructure. This enables us to understand how your environment operates today and identify the most appropriate migration approach.
The assessment identifies:
- The optimal architecture for your Azure landing zone
- Estimated ongoing Azure costs and available configuration options
- The migration readiness of individual servers and workloads
- Dependencies between applications, servers and other workloads
- Recommended migration groupings to minimise disruption
- Existing servers, disks and network interfaces
- Installed applications, roles and features
- The most appropriate migration strategy for your environment
- Opportunities to right-size Azure resources based on actual utilisation
Performance data, including CPU and memory usage, disk IOPS and throughput, is also analysed. This helps ensure the proposed Azure environment is designed around genuine business requirements rather than simply replicating existing infrastructure.
The result is a practical migration roadmap that gives your organisation greater clarity around architecture, cost, risk and the steps required to move to Azure successfully.
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Why Should Organisaitons Choose Microsoft Azure?
Regardless of the size of your organisation, there are a number of key reasons why Microsoft Azure is the perfect choice for your IT infrastructure demands.
Replaces Or Compliments In-House IT Infrastructure
Expand or replace your existing infrastructure with the power of Microsoft's cloud
Ensures Security and Compliance
Take advantage of 24/7 proactive security monitoring and sophisticated disaster recovery features
Scalable To Your Changing Needs
You only pay for what you need, easy scaling means as your business needs change, so does your Azure platform
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Why Choose Akita As Your Microsoft Azure Partner?
Akita has been delivering business technology solutions for almost 30 years, helping organisations modernise their IT with confidence.
As a Microsoft Solutions Partner, our team of 90+ technical specialists provides end-to-end Azure consultancy, implementation and managed services, backed by 24/7 UK-based support.
By bringing together Azure, cyber security and Microsoft 365 expertise under one roof, we reduce complexity, strengthen security and create cloud environments that evolve alongside your business. Our approach prioritises proactive optimisation, cost control and compliance, ensuring Azure continues to deliver long-term value and operational efficiency.
Whether you’re planning your cloud strategy, migrating workloads, optimising an existing Azure environment or preparing for AI adoption, Akita provides strategy, implementation and ongoing managed services from a single trusted partner. With extensive expertise across Microsoft 365, Microsoft Fabric, SharePoint Online and Dynamics 365, we help organisations maximise the value of their Microsoft investment.
Microsoft Azure Services FAQs
How Is Microsoft Azure Priced?
Azure is priced based on the service you require and the functionality that you wish it to fulfil. This is then delivered as a measured service, with prices increasing/decreasing depending on the variables you select (eg. the amount of data you host, the number of virtual CPUs you require etc.). You can discover more about pricing on Microsoft's website.
MoreHow Do Managed Azure Services Reduce Costs?
Managed Azure services help organisations control cloud expenditure through continuous monitoring, optimisation and governance. This includes right-sizing virtual machines, identifying unused resources, implementing cost-saving options such as Azure Reservations and Savings Plans, and monitoring usage to ensure your Azure environment remains efficient as business requirements change.
When Should An Organisation Consider Azure Consultancy?
Azure consultancy can help when your organisation is planning a cloud migration, facing unexpectedly high Azure costs, reviewing security or compliance, or struggling to manage an increasingly complex cloud environment.
It can also be valuable when preparing Azure infrastructure for AI workloads, improving resilience and disaster recovery, assessing whether your current architecture follows best practice, or accessing specialist Azure expertise that is not available in-house.
Can You Provide Microsoft Azure Licensing?
Yes, we can provide all types of Microsoft licensing at the same rate as buying directly from Microsoft.
Can You Manage An Existing Azure Setup?
Yes. We'll typically dedicate an onboarding session to understanding how you're currently using Azure and whether you're using the service has been optimised (which is often not the case). We'll then take over the management of your service.
What Is An Azure Landing Zone?
An Azure Landing Zone is a best-practice cloud foundation that provides the governance, security, networking and identity services needed before deploying workloads into Microsoft Azure. It establishes a scalable, secure environment that follows Microsoft's recommended architecture, helping organisations avoid costly redesigns as their cloud estate grows.
Can Azure Support AI Workloads?
Yes. Microsoft Azure is the platform that powers many of Microsoft's AI services, including Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI and Azure OpenAI. It provides the scalable infrastructure, data services and security needed to develop, deploy and manage AI applications, intelligent automation, predictive analytics and custom AI solutions while maintaining enterprise-grade governance and compliance.
Is Microsoft Azure GDPR Compliant?
It can be. We can configure Azure so that data is only held within the UK and ensure that it's not replicated (as part of the backup process) to other Microsoft data centres globally.
Can You Support Azure For Our Global Operations?
Yes, we can manage Azure tenants regardless of the global Microsoft data centre that they're hosted in.
Is Microsoft Azure Cost-Effective?
Microsoft Azure can support very complex cloud operations. Depending on what you are trying to achieve, it can be very cost-effective. However, it's easy to make costly mistakes with Azure. So if you're not confident with Azure, or don't have the time to effectively manage your environment, it's generally more cost-effective to work with a partner. Akita's experts can also advise if an alternative cloud solution may be more efficient for you.
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