Azure
Azure development for Microsoft-centred companies
Azure is the natural platform when identity, Microsoft 365, and often .NET are already how the company works. UAE regions exist for workloads that should sit there. We use them when your constraint says so, and we keep the design small enough to operate.
- App hosting
- Identity integration
- UAE region deployment
- Migration off a single server
What we build
Application hosting, databases, file storage, and background jobs, with access through your existing directory. Pipelines deploy from the repository. Production access is a role, not a shared password in a chat.
When AWS or Google Cloud is clearer
If the engineering team and the rest of the product already live on AWS, moving one service to Azure for variety is a tax. Google Cloud may fit a data-heavy or multi-cloud group that has already chosen it. The decision is written down in the proposal so it can be challenged.
Azure when identity is already there
Azure helps
- Microsoft identity you already use
- .NET services beside it
- A subscription the company owns
Azure is optional
- A Java estate with no Microsoft pull
- A rewrite to justify the logo
- Every Azure service in one picture
What we confirm
The tenant
Whose directory, and which subscription, before any resource is created.
The data
Same region question as any cloud: where this information is allowed to sit.
The operators
If the team lives in another cloud, say so. Familiarity beats a brochure.
Before an Azure subscription is used
- 01
The tenant
Whose directory, and which subscription.
- 02
Identity
The sign-in you already use.
- 03
The data
The region rule, said out loud.
- 04
The team
If they live in another cloud, say so.
Marks Azure matches the tenant
- 01
It matches the estate
The directory, the existing Microsoft systems, or the team’s skill is the reason.
- 02
The company tenant
Identity is the organisation’s tenant, not a personal subscription.
- 03
A resource has an owner
Production resources are named, with access limited to people.
- 04
Region is a decision
Where data sits was chosen, and written down, before the build grew.
What we build
App hosting
A runtime and data tier matched to a .NET or other application you can explain.
Identity integration
Sign-in and admin roles aligned with the directory you already govern.
UAE region deployment
Used when residency or latency requires it, documented as a choice.
Migration off a single server
A move from a fragile VM to a setup you can rebuild.
Questions we hear
Do you require .NET on Azure?
No. Azure hosts other stacks. .NET is simply the common pairing, described on the .NET page.
Can you manage tenants and subscriptions cleanly?
We will insist on it. A single subscription with everyone as owner is not a design we will extend.
Do you offer Azure cost optimisation as a standalone audit?
We can review waste as part of an engagement. A slide of recommendations with nobody to implement them is not the offer.