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Cloud Platform Consulting

CLOUD PLATFORM SERVICES AUSTRALIA

Cloud Platform Consulting

Move to Microsoft Azure with confidence. We plan, build and run secure, cost-efficient cloud platforms, so your team can focus on the business instead of the servers.

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Sound familiar?

Ageing servers and a hardware refresh you'd rather not fund.
A cloud bill that keeps growing, with no clear owner.
Security and compliance concerns slowing every new project.
Backups you've never actually tested restoring.

What you'll get

A clear, costed roadmap tailored to your business.
A secure Azure foundation built on Microsoft best practice.
Lower, more predictable running costs, with budgets and alerts.
Backup and disaster recovery that's been tested and proven.

Plan Your Move to the Cloud

Every successful cloud journey starts with a clear picture of where you are today and where you want to be.

Cloud Assessments

We review your servers, applications and licensing to show what should move, what should be modernised and what should stay. You get a clear business case covering costs, risks and quick wins.

Cloud Adoption Roadmap

Our Microsoft Azure engineers turn the assessment into a practical, staged plan that fits your budget, your team and your priorities, so every step delivers value.

Build and Migrate with Confidence

A well-designed foundation makes everything that follows faster, safer and cheaper to run.

Cloud Infrastructure Setup & Management

We design and build secure, scalable Azure environments using landing-zone best practice, then help you run them with monitoring, patching and automation.

Cloud Migration & Modernisation

We move applications and data in planned waves, with testing and rollback at every step. Where it makes sense, we modernise to managed services so you spend less time looking after servers.

Secure, Optimise and Protect

Moving to the cloud is just the start. We help you keep your platform secure, cost-efficient and resilient as you grow.

Cloud Security & Compliance

Identity, network and data controls aligned to the Essential Eight and your industry obligations, with continuous monitoring through Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

Cloud Cost Optimisation

We analyse your usage, right-size resources, apply reservations and savings plans, and set up budgets and alerts, so every dollar of cloud spend earns its keep.

Cloud Backup & Disaster Recovery

Reliable backup and recovery to a second Australian region, with documented runbooks and regular tests, so you know exactly how quickly you can recover.

How we work

Assess

We review your environment, costs and risks, and agree what success looks like.

Design

We design a secure landing zone and a migration plan that fits your priorities.

Migrate

We move workloads in tested waves, keeping disruption to a minimum.

Optimise

We tune cost, security and performance, then hand over with full documentation.

Cloud Platform Use Cases

Typical situations where we help Australian organisations get more from Microsoft Azure, from the first migration to running a secure, cost-efficient platform.

Data centre exit

Moving off ageing on-premises servers

The challenge: Server hardware is due for replacement, a data centre contract is ending, and nobody is sure which applications depend on which servers.
What we build: A discovery and assessment with Azure Migrate, a business case and a wave-by-wave migration plan. We build a secure landing zone, then migrate and right-size each workload, with tested rollback for every wave.
The outcome: Out of the data centre before the hardware refresh, with predictable monthly costs and no big-bang cutover.

Azure Migrate
Azure landing zone
Azure VMs
Azure SQL

Regulated industries

A secure foundation for sensitive workloads

The challenge: Teams want to use the cloud, but risk and compliance need confidence in identity, network and data controls before anything goes live.
What we build: An Azure landing zone with policy guardrails, Microsoft Entra ID with privileged access management, segmented networking, central logging and Microsoft Defender for Cloud, mapped to the Essential Eight.
The outcome: A security baseline that risk teams can sign off, and new workloads that launch in days rather than months.

Azure Policy
Microsoft Entra ID
Defender for Cloud
Azure Monitor

Cost optimisation

Getting a growing Azure bill under control

The challenge: The monthly Azure invoice keeps climbing, nobody owns the spend, and development environments run all weekend.
What we build: A cost review covering tagging, right-sizing, reservations and savings plans, plus automatic shutdown for non-production. We add budgets and alerts, and a Power BI cost dashboard for each team.
The outcome: Lower monthly spend, clear cost owners and early warnings before budgets are exceeded.

Azure Cost Management
Azure Advisor
Reservations
Power BI

Business continuity

Backup and disaster recovery you have tested

The challenge: Backups exist, but recovery has never been rehearsed, and an outage at a critical site would stop operations.
What we build: Azure Backup for servers and data, Azure Site Recovery to a second Australian region, documented runbooks and scheduled recovery drills that prove the plan works.
The outcome: Recovery that has been tested against agreed time and data-loss targets, and confidence when the auditors ask.

Azure Backup
Azure Site Recovery
Azure Monitor
Runbooks

Facing something similar? Talk to us about your use case.

Frequently Asked Questions

We specialise in Microsoft Azure, which suits most organisations already using Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 or Power Platform. We also connect Azure with the other cloud and SaaS services your business relies on.

It depends on the number and complexity of your applications. A small environment can move in a few weeks, while larger estates are migrated in planned waves over several months. Our assessment gives you a realistic timeline before you commit.

Often, but not automatically. Savings come from right-sizing, retiring systems you no longer need, reservations and paying only for what you use. We build a cost model up front, so you can compare options with confidence.

Yes. Microsoft Azure has Australian regions, including Sydney and Melbourne, and we design your environment so your data stays onshore to meet your privacy and regulatory obligations.

Yes. We can manage and optimise your platform on an ongoing basis, or train your team and hand over with full documentation. Many clients choose a mix of both.

Speak to a Cloud Platform Expert

Whether you're planning your first migration or tidying up an existing Azure environment, we'll help you find the quickest path to a secure, cost-efficient cloud. Book a free consultation to get started.