I want to move to the cloud
The server room goes. The line keeps running.
Nobody calls us asking for cloud. They call because the server is out of support, the backup has never been tested or working from home means remote desktop into a box in the cupboard. We move Business Central, files and identity to Microsoft's cloud, one step at a time, with the plant running throughout.
In the cloud.Still on the floor
Scanners, label printers and machines keep talking to Business Central. The difference is where it runs and who worries about it at night.
Does this sound familiar?
Cloud moves rarely start as a strategy. They start with something that is about to fail.
- The server under the stairs is out of support and so is the person who built it
- Nobody has restored a backup in the last year
- Working from home means remote desktop into a machine at the office
- Business Central on-premise is stuck on a version you cannot upgrade
- Every new laptop takes a day to set up and nobody knows what is on it
- You want to know what the cloud costs before anyone signs anything
How we get there
One move at a time, each one reversible, each one with the floor still running.
Map what is actually running
Servers, interfaces, printers, logins. We write down what depends on what, so nothing surprises us on the day.
Identity and files first
Microsoft 365 accounts, single sign-on and files out of the file server. Low risk, immediately noticeable, and the base for everything after.
Business Central online
Upgrade and migrate to Business Central in the cloud, with our apps and your integrations moved along. Scanners and labels keep working.
Managed and monitored
Azure services with a budget and an owner, backups that are tested, and one number to call for the app, the laptop and the printer on the line.
What we bring
The Microsoft platform for a manufacturing plant, looked after by the same team that builds the apps on it.
Business Central online
Upgrade from NAV or on-premise to the cloud, with the data, the apps and the integrations moved along.
Learn more →WorkplaceMicrosoft 365
Identity, mail, files and Teams for office and floor. Secure access from any location without a remote desktop.
Learn more →InfrastructureAzure, with a budget
Integrations, backups, Azure Virtual Desktop where needed, monitored and patched, with cost alerts before the invoice.
Learn more →OperationsManaged support
Shop floor network, thin clients, printers and the Azure services behind them, proactively monitored and patched.
Learn more →Not the place to start?
Moving the platform is one of three ways in. The other two often come next.
What is the first thing that should leave the building?
Tell us what you are running today. Fifteen minutes is usually enough for us to say what we would move first and what it would cost.