Looking for a smooth landing into Azure? Discover how you can use the Azure Landing Zones to create a secure foundation for your cloud migration.

If you’re planning to scale up in Azure you need the correct structure in place to build a truly scalable and secure infrastructure. You need Azure landing zones.

Discover how to make your migration a success using the Cloud Adoption Framework

Microsoft has created the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF Framework) to help businesses adopt Azure with confidence. The CAF Framework is a collection of proven documentation, implementation guidance, best practices, and tools from Microsoft designed to accelerate your cloud adoption journey.

How to build secure access to your resources with Azure.

Join our Azure Security Fundamentals Series as Cloud Direct’s Azure Experts show how to protect applications and data at the front gate with Azure identity and access management solutions (IAM).

In this webinar, we show you how to defend against malicious login attempts and safeguard credentials with risk-based access controls, identity protection tools and strong authentication options – without disrupting productivity.

How to keep your business secure.

As the business opportunities cloud technologies create continue to expand and diversify, so too does the IT security network needed to support it. Which can be hard to keep track of. In the first webinar in our Azure Security Fundamentals Series Cloud Direct’s CTO, Paul Sells, introduces the core building blocks of the Microsoft Cloud security reference architecture and latest security best practice guidance.

Maintaining a strong security posture for your cloud-hosted infrastructure, apps, and data is crucial for every business. In this webinar, learn about the built-in security controls Microsoft provide, how they connect across your cloud landscape and how they can be best set up to help you further protect your data and business assets.

Everyone knows Microsoft 365 for Outlook, Teams and Word. But it is so much more than that.  In this video series, our Modern Workplace Expert, Pete Murphy, covers the tools available within the Power Platform that you may not be aware of. The Microsoft Power Platform combines tools which help you build powerful processes and interfaces to increase efficiency and productivity.

This video series covers:

• PowerApps, Power Automate and PowerBi
• Managing your businesses data with Common Data Service
• An example of how some of these tools can work together

Microsoft Teams is the all-encompassing communication, collaboration and productivity tool included with Microsoft 365. Through proper integration, organisations can look to Microsoft Teams as the central hub for employee productivity – replacing third-party VOIP, project management and video calling solutions.

In this video series, we’ve partnered with Combined Knowledge to discuss how you can adopt and integrate Microsoft Teams for maximum ROI.

What you’ll learn:

• Overview of Microsoft Teams – What Teams is, what it does and how it’s able to offer you better meetings, calling and collaboration.
• How to create and adopt an engagement programme for Microsoft Teams – Learn how you’re able to get your employees up to speed and using Teams according to best practices.
• How to bring it all together for a seamlessly integrated experience – Tie it all together with one platform, creating a centralised hub for your working day.

We’ve partnered up with Combined Knowledge to help you map out a clear migration strategy that breaks down any barriers to achieve your modern workplace goals. As part of this video series, you’ll complete a blueprint document that will provide you with a clear plan on how to successfully implement and adopt Microsoft 365. Our experts will be delivering the content you need to complete your blueprint – giving you a clear head start to implementing Microsoft 365.

• Technical Considerations – The technical elements you should consider as part of your migration strategy.
• The importance of change management – The importance of change management with Combined Knowledge and identify any internal blockers standing in your way of adopting Microsoft 365.
• Creating your blueprint – You’ll complete your strategy document throughout this video series to help you identify how you successfully implement and adopt Microsoft 365.

Microsoft 365 is more than just another productivity suite. It’s a powerful solution that will help you identify and mitigate any threats to your business. In this video series, our Modern Workplace Expert, Demetri Nicolaou, will help you understand why Microsoft 365 is the most secure workplace solution.

During this video series, you’ll learn how Microsoft 365 can keep your business secure with:

• Identity Protection
• Device Management
• Data Protection

There’s been a recent uplift in businesses wanting to utilise Azure Virtual Desktop for  desktop and application virtualisation. In this video series, we’ll show you how you’re able to make Azure Virtual Desktop a reality for your organisation.

In this video series, our Azure Experts cover:

• The steps you need to take in order to kickstart your WVD journey
• The six stages of building a Proof of Concept (PoC)
• Assessments available to you
• A look at how Microsoft can support your adoption

Over the past year, Microsoft have invested heavily into the technologies that underpin a healthy, sustainable, and effective Hybrid Workplace. Which is why we’ve partnered up with Microsoft for this video series where we’ll discuss how you’re able to:

• Establish a Hybrid Workplace that promotes productivity while reinforcing employee wellbeing in the new world of work.
• Use Microsoft Teams encourage collaboration and address the strain put on your people and culture.
• Use Microsoft Viva to enhance employee experiences and well-being