Azure Virtual Machines

Azure Virtual Machines provide the foundation for your cloud infrastructure.

During the planning and architecture phase of developing your solution, igroup’s technical specialists will review your goals and the software that you are planning to use, and provision a range of specific VMs to provide the functionality that you need.

A variety of different Virtual Machines are available in Azure which are specified to be suited to different uses dependent on the function that they are to be used for.

Talk to an igroup specialist about how we can plan and deploy your infrastructure in Azure.

Choosing the correct Azure Virtual Machines will provide stability and is more cost effective.

When planning your cloud deployment, ensuring that the specification meets the requirements of your application is essential. Balancing cost against performance is an important part of optimising your infrastructure to provide a good experience for users while also keeping the deployment within budget.

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Prices for Azure Virtual Machines are dependent on their specification – different processors, memory and storage are available.

Microsoft offer a comprehensive range of Azure Virtual Machines that are designed for specific purposes within your infrastructure.

More powerful processors can be specified for intensive computing, while smaller machines can handle ancillary functions such as user management.

The correct machines for your needs will depend on multiple factors including the amount of data you want to store, the number of users who are active concurrently, and the requirements of your software.

A simple application with few users may run on a single machine, but more normally different VMs would be specified within your infrastructure to handle different aspects of the work such as user management, front end web serving and database management.

Helping you plan your deployment in Azure

Our team undertake a full analysis of your usage and application requirements at the start of our engagement. This allows us to understand what your real-world requirements will be for your infrastructure and in turn develop the correct plan using the different Azure Virtual Machine levels available.

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Our goal is for our Azure clients to receive the best possible performance from their infrastructure within their budget. As part of our deployment we provide Cloud Control – our management suite which handles patches and back-ups and monitors usage to help reduce your costs.

Clients also benefit from IT Cost Control which provides highly detailed billing for usage and allows us to identify cost saving opportunities where resource is unused or there are variations in behaviour.

By coupling your Infrastructure using Azure Virtual Machines with our monitoring and billing systems, we deliver higher up time and a more reliable and cost-effective way of hosting your applications in a scalable and secure cloud environment,

A Full Range of Azure Services

Established in 2005 igroup is one of the UK’s leading Cloud specialists. Our fully qualified professional teams have worked with customers of all sizes from major multi-nationals through to small businesses. All our work regardless of the organisation size has increased return on investment and improved overall business performance.

igroup has worked with Azure since the platform was launched and manage deployments for clients of all sizes. We provide a full service from initial planning through to ongoing management and have developed our own management and billing software to complement Microsoft. Thanks to our experience, our clients can typically save up to 30% compared to the price they would pay by going direct.

As specialists we provide a full range of Azure services including:

We provide Azure hosting across different market sectors including public sector, financial services, education, and manufacturing. See our case studies for recent examples.