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Microsoft Azure

Design and management of secure Azure infrastructure.

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How the work gets done

Microsoft Azure

Design and management of secure Azure infrastructure.

Move first, then stay well-run.

Migration is the visible half. The value comes from how the environment is governed after it lands.

  1. 01Plan

    Licensing, workloads, and constraints are mapped before anything moves.

  2. 02Migrate

    Workloads move in controlled waves with rollback paths.

  3. 03Secure

    Identity, devices, and tenants reach a known baseline.

  4. 04Manage

    Day-two administration, patching, and monitoring continue.

  5. 05Optimize

    Spend, performance, and unused licences are reviewed regularly.

Cloud models · Shared responsibility

Who manages each layer?

From on-premises infrastructure to cloud software, more of the technology stack moves to Microsoft as you move across the cloud models.

You manageMicrosoft manages

On premises

Your infrastructure

  1. ApplicationsYou manages
  2. DataYou manages
  3. RuntimeYou manages
  4. MiddlewareYou manages
  5. Operating systemYou manages
  6. VirtualizationYou manages
  7. ServersYou manages
  8. StorageYou manages
  9. NetworkingYou manages

Your own data center

Infrastructure

as a Service · IaaS

  1. ApplicationsYou manages
  2. DataYou manages
  3. RuntimeYou manages
  4. MiddlewareYou manages
  5. Operating systemYou manages
  6. VirtualizationMicrosoft manages
  7. ServersMicrosoft manages
  8. StorageMicrosoft manages
  9. NetworkingMicrosoft manages

Azure Virtual Machines

Platform

as a Service · PaaS

  1. ApplicationsYou manages
  2. DataYou manages
  3. RuntimeMicrosoft manages
  4. MiddlewareMicrosoft manages
  5. Operating systemMicrosoft manages
  6. VirtualizationMicrosoft manages
  7. ServersMicrosoft manages
  8. StorageMicrosoft manages
  9. NetworkingMicrosoft manages

Azure App Service

Software

as a Service · SaaS

  1. ApplicationsMicrosoft manages
  2. DataMicrosoft manages
  3. RuntimeMicrosoft manages
  4. MiddlewareMicrosoft manages
  5. Operating systemMicrosoft manages
  6. VirtualizationMicrosoft manages
  7. ServersMicrosoft manages
  8. StorageMicrosoft manages
  9. NetworkingMicrosoft manages

Microsoft 365

A simplified view of technology-stack management—not a transfer of all security responsibilities. Across every cloud model, you retain responsibility for your data, identities, access, and configuration. Exact responsibilities vary by service; Massive IT can help manage your share within the agreed scope.
Microsoft’s shared responsibility guidance

What the engagement covers

A cloud estate that stays in good order.

Configuration, identity, and lifecycle work that keeps tenants secure and licence spend defensible.

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Landing zone and subscription structure

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Workload placement and sizing

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Consumption and cost management

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Resilience and backup configuration

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Ongoing platform administration

What goes wrong in cloud

Cloud drifts the moment nobody owns it.

  • Resources created without structure or ownership
  • Consumption spend nobody is tracking
  • Resilience assumed rather than configured
  • Workloads sized by guesswork

What a well-run tenant feels like

  • A structured, documented Azure estate
  • Spend tracked against usage
  • Resilience and backup configured and verified
  • Workloads sized against demand

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Backup and Disaster Recovery

Protected, tested backups with defined recovery objectives.

Cloud Infrastructure Management

Ongoing monitoring, optimization, and governance of cloud resources.

Cloud Migration

Planned migration of workloads, files, and applications to the cloud.

Frequently asked questions

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Planning priorities

Cloud responsibility does not disappear

Cloud responsibility does not disappear: review areas, evidence and business purpose
IdentityEvidence to reviewPrivileged access and workload identitiesWhy it mattersDefine who can administer resources and how access is reviewed.
ArchitectureEvidence to reviewNetwork exposure and workload dependenciesWhy it mattersDesign isolation and resilience around business needs.
OperationsEvidence to reviewLogging, backup tests and configuration changesWhy it mattersMaintain customer-owned controls across IaaS and PaaS services.

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How consistently are your cloud identities, data, and workloads protected?

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