Came a little late than a few other cloud services provider, Microsoft cloud solution provider, Azure very soon left its competitors behind in the race to become the fastest-growing CSP on the planet today. Whether it is its global footprints, agility, or pay-as-you-go pricing model, the business benefits of Azure services are compelling more and more organizations to move to it for cloud solutions.
According to a recent report generated by News Break, a whopping 95 percent of Fortune 500 companies are using Microsoft’s Azure for their cloud computing solution. So, you can imagine how useful Azure cloud services are becoming for businesses from across the world. If you too are planning to move to Azure cloud, here are the top 5 business benefits of Microsoft Azure migration services. Let’s walk through them, one by one.
Business Benefit#1: Integration Capabilities
Cloud migration services by Azure offers remarkable integration capabilities. The most primary one is integration with other Microsoft products like SQL Server, Access, Excel, etc. Moreover, the CSP allows you to easily integrate hybrid data architecture that’s most useful in case of inward or outward acquisitions. Azure not only has diverse platforms, server types, and operating systems but also messaging services just in case communication is required between these.
Business Benefit#2: Software and Hardware Refresh
Microsoft Azure always keeps you up-to-date with the latest security and critical updates. If there occurs a fault in the hardware, it is replaced by the Azure team and you need not worry at all about it. Moreover, since the data is always redundant, Azure always has at least three replicas. If one data server fails, the CSP failovers to another data server. The way it is accomplished with big security the users do not even notice.
Business Benefit#3: Capacity Needs
Microsoft Azure can be scaled up or down based on the needs of a business. You only have to pay for the services you use, unlike your on-premise IT infrastructure. You invest a huge amount of capital in buying a server and its license for your on-premise environment, but you can’t scale it up or down according to your needs, and that at times when the traffic levels are low, a large part of your resources goes unused. Or else, sometimes, when the demands are high but your server has reached its limit of storage space & availability, either you can let your business suffer or pay a huge amount of money again to buy a new one. Again, if demands go low, you can’t scale down your new server and end up wasting a part of the money that you invested in buying it.
Business Benefit#4: Robust Security
Did you know, Azure always encrypts all your data by default? However, it also allows you to use your certificates and keys if you want and helps you configure those easily.
By default, the global network of Azure datacenters is secured. It’s hard to enter the data center floor. The azure team only goes on the floor if they have to physically replace something, which is very rare. Nobody can steal the data servers.
Business Benefit#5: Application Innovation
Azure offers a range of options for creating innovative applications so that you could utilize your data even more. Functions can be created and can be run serverless in the cloud. Not just that, it also allows you to add something to your database or make some changes to it if you want. You can do various things like creating reports by using Power BI or running some of the AI models by Azure on your data. In short, a plethora of options is provided by Azure for application innovation as well.
The Flip-Side!
Like everything in this world has pros & cons, the Azure database migration service has cons as well and that is:
The Need for Cloud Skills:
Switching to Azure data migration service will demand you to have sufficient technical expertise by your side. There is a glitch in the Azure support services and that is the free support offered by them is too basic and not very helpful for those who aren’t tech-savvy. As a solution to this, you can either train your current IT workforce or hire new ones. In both cases, you will have to spend a huge capital. Moreover, the money that you put at stake by doing so might not give you returns, for either the freshly trained professional might not give you that productivity or you end up paying hugely for forming a seasoned team. This is why experts often suggest outsourcing cloud migration services to Managed IT Services Providers. They also provide cloud consultant at affordable prices. The best thing about MSPs is that they have years of exposure to working for different clients across industries.
Wrapping Up
Apart from the above-mentioned business benefits, Azure also abides by various country-specific and global data protection & regulatory compliance. The first CSP to meet ISO 27018, Azure also embraces ISO 27001, HIPAA compliance, Australia’s IRAP, and UK’s G-Cloud. So, if you want to stay ahead of the competition, switch to Azure, just don’t forget to do your homework before jump on the Azure bandwagon.
Migrating to Azure is not as easy as it sounds and that you must abide by a few guidelines to stay away from potential issues that usually occur during and post-migration. If you want you can take supplemental support from a Managed Services Provider or an Azure trusted partner.
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