Microsoft 365 and Azure.
Deploy and support them effectively.
Email and collaboration, identities or an application on Azure: DAXS assesses the task and plans deployment, integration and operations together.
Plan collaboration and platforms separately.
Microsoft 365 provides applications and services for email, documents and collaboration. Available features and security tools depend on the selected licences. DAXS checks which functions your staff actually need and how these work with existing business software.
Azure is a platform for infrastructure, applications and other cloud services. Deploying an application on Azure is a different project from migrating mailboxes or files to Microsoft 365. Resources, access, cost control and operations are planned specifically for that task.
What should your Microsoft environment do better?
Mailboxes and collaboration
Introduce email, calendars, files and Teams within the agreed scope. Test sharing and external collaboration against real workflows.
Sign-in and devices
Connect existing identities, roles and devices to the services you need. Configure multifactor authentication and administrative permissions appropriately.
Deploying an application
Run an existing or new application on suitable infrastructure. Consider connectivity, databases, monitoring and required interfaces together.
How an application uses its data.
Migrate data and workflows in a controlled way.
Before migration, mailboxes, files, permissions, business applications and contacts are recorded. A representative example establishes the test scope, migration window and clear acceptance criteria.
DAXS can handle configuration, data migration, integration and rollout. Together with the responsible people, we check that sign-in, shared files, email and essential business functions are usable. Open items are documented and assigned to ongoing support.
Keep costs, access and exit plans up to date.
Licence assignments and actual resource requirements are considered separately. Ongoing changes, new staff and interfaces need clear ownership. For Azure, consumption and technical operating tasks are also assessed for the selected services.
Retention, export and recovery are checked for the specific service. Local systems or other platforms can remain part of the solution. Your application, operational suitability and total effort determine the choice.
Connect Microsoft services to existing operations.
Mailboxes and collaboration need updating while a business application continues to run locally. Microsoft 365 and Azure serve different purposes and are assessed against actual requirements. DAXS considers identities, devices, data and connections as one connected workflow.
Assess the existing environment
Users, mailboxes, shares and existing licences are recorded. For an application on Azure, we assess its runtime, database, resources and operating tasks. Platform selection follows the requirements; a service is not chosen solely for its brand.
Test deployment and exit options
A pilot shows whether sign-in, email, collaboration and required business functions work together. Data migration, support and the migration window are agreed. Backup and export are considered separately, along with ending a service or bringing it back in-house.
View planning and acceptance checks
- Record tenants, users, domains and existing licences.
- Check sign-in, devices and required access.
- Document application and data dependencies.
- Determine operating tasks and costs for each service.
- Agree the pilot, migration, backup and exit plan.
- Acceptance: check required business functions and future support.
An example assessment framework. Scope and suitable evidence are agreed for your environment.
Frequently asked questions.
Is Microsoft 365 the same as Azure?
Does the entire IT environment have to move?
Consider platforms, workplaces and exit options together.
Cloud operating models and responsibilities · Workplace and collaboration · BACKUP AND RECOVERY
Further manufacturer information: Microsoft 365 – overview · Azure – planning and operations
Review a service for benefits, costs and exit options.
Tell us which workflow should become easier. We will compare suitable models and an initial assessment or migration step.