How to Get Started

Azure Cloud Express is led by the Microsoft and Tech Data Microsoft Solution Assessment team.

Contact your Tech Data Partner Manager to get started today.

The Approach to Customer

Planning: Identify your business objectives

Designed to help you identify your business goals. We gather critical information about your IT infrastructure and share your key business outcomes. We ensure that your organization’s goals and objectives align with Microsoft and Tech Data’s recommended course of action.

Data Collection - Get a clear picture of your data

Obtain a clear picture of your current data estate. Microsoft or Tech Data will perform a detailed inventory of your organization’s software and hardware assets, and then conduct a deep dive into your data, including user deployment along with network and system usage.

Data Analysis - Optimize your investments

An analysis and verification of your collected data and infrastructure gives you a full view of your current IT environment. From here, we will create a roadmap based on your goals—maximizing the potential of your IT environment.

Presentation and Migration Strategy - Implement your strategic plan

You’ll receive tailored recommendations and next steps—including detailed reports, business cases, and execution plans. With Tech Data service, you’ll receive more detailed visualisations and cost optimisation estimates over 1 and 3 years PLUS a detailed migration plan to start your data and application transformation.

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What's included

A detailed inventory of the datacentre

Identification of Azure-ready candidates, including:

• Non-production
• Aging hardware
• End of Support
• Windows Server Low Utilisation
• Increased Performance
• Cost Optimisation

Through the Microsoft Solution Assessments investment, Microsoft and Tech Data ensure that your customers organisation’s goals and objectives align with Microsoft’s recommended course of action.