Public Cloud Solutions on Microsoft Azure

Move with confidence to the public cloud. Chess helps you design, migrate and optimise Microsoft Azure environments that are secure, scalable and ready for what’s next. Whether you’re modernising systems or enabling hybrid working, we make cloud work for your business.

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The Cost of Unreliable Cloud and Legacy Infrastructure

Outdated or poorly managed infrastructure slows your business down. Downtime, security gaps and rising costs don’t just affect IT teams – they impact productivity, customers and growth.

Pain points:

  • Unplanned downtime disrupting staff and customers
  • Rising hardware and maintenance costs
  • Limited scalability during busy periods
  • Increased security and compliance risks
  • Poor support for remote and hybrid working
  • Slow deployment of new applications and services


See how Azure reduces risk and improves reliability.

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According to Gartner, the average cost of IT downtime is around $5,600 per minute, depending on organisation size and industry – making resilience and reliability critical.

Public Cloud Solutions for the Modern Workplace

Public cloud services remove the limits of traditional IT. With Microsoft Azure, you gain flexible infrastructure, built‑in security and the freedom to scale at your pace – supported by Chess cloud specialists every step of the way.

Microsoft Azure

Build, deploy and manage applications in Microsoft‑managed data centres.

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Cloud Infrastructure

Secure servers, networking and storage delivered through the cloud.

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Public Cloud Migration

Move workloads safely from on‑premise to the public cloud.

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Cloud Optimisation & Support

Ongoing management to improve performance, security and cost control.

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Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure is an industry leading public cloud platform for building, testing and running applications at scale. Chess provides expert guidance to help you deploy, manage and optimise Azure securely and efficiently.

Best for:

  • Organisations modernising legacy infrastructure
  • Businesses enabling remote and hybrid working
  • IT teams needing scalable, secure cloud platforms

Benefits:

  • Enterprise‑grade security and compliance
  • Scalable resources that grow with demand
  • Broad compatibility with open‑source technologies
  • Reliable performance from Microsoft‑managed data centres

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Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud infrastructure provides the foundation for modern working. Azure delivers secure servers, networking and storage without the cost and complexity of on‑premise hardware.

Best for:

  • Growing businesses needing flexible infrastructure
  • Organisations replacing ageing servers
  • Teams supporting cloud‑first strategies

Benefits:

  • Lower capital expenditure
  • Built‑in resilience and backup
  • Scalable storage and compute
  • Improved performance and availability

Modernise Your Infrastructure

Public Cloud Migration

Moving to the public cloud is a journey. Chess helps you plan, migrate and validate workloads to Azure, reducing risk and ensuring minimal disruption to your business.

Best for:

  • Businesses moving email, storage or applications to the cloud
  • Organisations migrating for the first time
  • IT teams with limited cloud experience

Benefits:

  • Reduced hardware and maintenance costs
  • Faster deployment of services
  • Improved reliability and uptime
  • Expert planning to avoid costly mistakes

Plan Your Cloud Migration

Cloud Optimisation & Support

Cloud doesn’t stand still. Chess provides ongoing optimisation, support and training to help you get the most from your Azure investment.

Best for:

  • Businesses already using Azure
  • IT teams needing proactive support
  • Organisations focused on cost control and security

Benefits:

  • Improved performance and uptime
  • Better cost management
  • Ongoing security and compliance assurance
  • Access to highly accredited cloud consultants

Optimise Your Azure Environment

Case Study

Modernising IT Services to boost collaboration, efficiency, and client satisfaction

Recognising the need to replace their outdated on-premises server, CSH deployed Microsoft Azure, Ultrafast Fibre, and Microsoft 365, which collectively streamlined operations and relieved the company from the burden of day-to-day management of their services. Additionally, this setup facilitated the integration with essential third-party booking apps for the company, further optimising their operations.

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Making IT Work For You

Chess is one of the UK’s leading independent and trusted technology service providers, employing more than 240 skilled people across the UK, supporting over 18,000 organisations.

We believe IT should work for you, reduce costs, deliver efficiency, keep you secure, enhance your work-life balance, improving performance. At Chess, we’re passionate about our unique culture and our continuous investment in our people to be industry experts.

We’re extremely proud that our people voted us No.1 in ‘The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work for’ list 2018, and we continue to celebrate more than 17 years in the top 100.

Frequently asked questions

Azure is Microsoft’s public cloud platform for hosting applications, infrastructure and services in secure data centres.

Yes. Azure includes built‑in security, compliance and privacy controls trusted by governments and enterprises worldwide.

Yes. Chess plans and delivers secure public cloud migrations with minimal disruption.

Absolutely. Azure scales to suit SMEs and large organisations alike.

Email, storage, web applications, test and development environments are common starting points.

Yes. Chess offers optimisation, management and training services for Azure environments.

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