Servers to services - how Microsoft Azure can modernise your IT infrastructure (WEBINAR)
With the recent growth of cloud based and online systems, many community organisations are weighing up their options for moving to the cloud or continuing to rely on local infrastructure. Microsoft Azure is Microsoft’s locally hosted, rapidly growing cloud based infrastructure offering relevant to many community organisations. This webinar will help small and medium community organisations to assess the suitability of Microsoft Azure cloud based systems and consider how to choose and implement potential cloud technology solutions.
With the recent growth of cloud based and online systems, many community organisations are weighing up their options for moving to the cloud or continuing to rely on local infrastructure. Microsoft Azure is Microsoft’s locally hosted, rapidly growing cloud based infrastructure offering relevant to many community organisations. Microsoft have also helped the NFP sector by providing US$3500 credit to eligible organisations.
This webinar will help small and medium community organisations to assess the suitability of Microsoft Azure cloud based systems and consider how to choose and implement potential cloud technology solutions.
In this webinar you will learn:
- What is Microsoft Azure?
- The difference between IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, and what Microsoft Azure offers in all three levels.
- The most useful parts of Microsoft Azure for Small to Medium NFPs
- New Microsoft Azure services designed to replace your local servers
- Reasons why you might still need a local server
- What you could get for your $3500 credit?
- Ongoing management of Microsoft Azure
- Where I can find out more
What will not be covered?
- Licensing
- Microsoft Azure features tailored for large organisations such as ExpressRoute, distributed hosting (e.g. CDN, App Gateway), and ‘Big Data’
Can't attend the live webinar? Register anyway and we will send you the recording within 2 business days after the webinar!
About the Presenter: Marcus Harvey
Marcus leads Infoxchange’s IT consulting and services teams in Australia and New Zealand. He and his team are passionate about helping organisations use technology effectively to work smarter rather than harder and achieve measurable outcomes with the clients and communities they work with.
Recently Marcus has:
- helped hundreds of non-profits move to the cloud, reduce IT costs and improve staff mobility
- Worked with a group of non-profit technology leaders from 14 countries across Australia & Oceania – guiding them to use technology and transform their organisation and services
- advised scores of non-profit executives on how to use technology more effectively
- helped organisations improve their data and information systems, enabling them to better understand their services and articulate their impact effectively.
