Cloud Infrastructure, Azure & Microsoft 365 for South African Businesses

We design, migrate, secure and manage cloud environments including Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365 (Office 365), Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, Entra ID, Intune, Azure Virtual Desktop, cloud backup and disaster recovery, plus hybrid and multi-cloud setups.

Microsoft 365 is a software service that gives you email, files, Teams and Office apps. Azure is a cloud platform where you run servers, databases, networks and applications. Many businesses start with Microsoft 365 and add Azure when they want to move servers or build disaster recovery.

Microsoft sets per-user licence prices by plan, and they vary with currency and billing term. Our service is quoted separately for setup, migration and support. After a short call about your user count and needs we send an itemised quote so you can see licences and services side by side.

In most cases yes. We migrate mailboxes, calendars, contacts and files in phases, switch mail flow out of hours and keep the old system available until everything is verified. Large mailboxes and complex setups can take longer, and we plan for that up front.

Yes. We assess each server and application, then rehost, replatform or retire it as appropriate. Some workloads move to Azure virtual machines, file shares often move to SharePoint or Azure Files, and databases to Azure SQL where it makes sense.

It depends on your workload. Cloud removes large hardware purchases and refresh cycles and adds resilience, but costs run monthly and must be monitored. We compare the real cost of both options, including power backup, support and risk, before you decide.

Azure has datacentre regions in South Africa North (Johannesburg) and South Africa West (Cape Town). Where your policy or industry requires in-country hosting we design for it. Availability of specific services and Microsoft 365 data location depends on the service and tenant, which we confirm during the assessment.

Cloud-hosted email, files and applications are not tied to your office power. We also design connectivity failover, cloud backup and tested disaster recovery so that staff can work from anywhere and your data survives hardware failure, theft or ransomware. For on-site power, see our solar and hybrid energy work.

We recommend it. Microsoft protects the service and offers retention features, but you remain responsible for your data. An independent backup protects against accidental or malicious deletion and lets you restore items quickly.

Yes. We have packages for businesses of 1 to 25 users, growing companies of 25 to 250 users and enterprise or public sector organisations with 250+ users. The same engineering standards apply; the governance and scale differ.

Major cloud platforms offer stronger baseline security than most office server rooms, but only if configured properly. We enable multi-factor authentication, conditional access, encryption, logging and backup, and design with POPIA principles in mind. This is general guidance, not legal advice, and your responsible party obligations remain with you.

Often. We review usage for oversized virtual machines, idle resources, unused licences and missing reservations, then implement budgets and alerts. Savings vary by environment, so we measure before and after rather than promising a fixed percentage.

Yes. We start with a health check of identity, security, backup, licensing and cost, document what we find and agree a plan. You keep ownership of your tenant and admin access at all times.

Yes. Managed plans include monitoring, patching, helpdesk, backup checks, security reviews and monthly reporting, with response times set out in a service agreement.

It depends on your software, skills, compliance needs and existing Microsoft licensing. For organisations already on Microsoft 365 and Windows Server, Azure is often the most natural fit. We recommend what suits you, not a single vendor, and can run multi-cloud where it is justified.

A small business Microsoft 365 migration is commonly completed in days to a few weeks. Server and application migrations for growing businesses typically run several weeks, and enterprise programmes are planned in waves over months. The assessment gives you a realistic timeline.

Yes. We are based in Margate and deliver remotely to clients in all nine provinces including Gauteng, the Western Cape and the Eastern Cape, with on-site visits available in KZN. Most cloud work is done securely online with video check-ins and a shared project plan.

Yes. We support organisations in Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana and beyond. We plan for local connectivity, data protection laws, currencies and the nearest suitable cloud region.

A short call about your users, locations, software and goals. For a full assessment we may ask for read-only access to your current environment. You will receive a written findings report and quote with no obligation to proceed. Request a free cloud assessment.