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One of the Largest Electrical and Lighting Contractors in the U.S. Builds Azure Foundation for Differentiating Services

ePlus provides end-to-end training, design, and implementation for future workloads

The customer was adopting a “cloud-first” strategyand looking to move away from its current colocation strategy to Microsoft Azure for data center workloads.
The organization sought flexibility and the ability to leverage services only available in public cloud.
Executive management very concerned with the cost of public cloud.

Existing trusted advisor in the traditional data center space, including the customer’s VMware environment, storage, and Cisco networking
Expert consulting and implementation experience with Microsoft Azure
Demonstrated cost modeling and optimization expertise in public cloud

ePlus Cloud Services – Azure Training, Design, and Foundational Implementation

Conducted onsite Azure training sessions with the customer’s development and operations teams to spearhead the journey to Azure, customized to help bridge the gap between currently siloed teams
Designed and implemented IaaS and PaaS hub and spoke Azure environment for foundational workloads

Established Azure as the future place for new workloads, including Development Sandboxes, Identity Services, and Learning Management System (LMS)—enabling the customer to deliver internal training globally for both a lower cost and with a better user experience
Internal staff felt empowered by ePlus-led Azure training, fueling experimentation and learning while delivering the ability to deploy faster in public cloud
Provided the internal IT teams with cost management and optimization best practices for effective future cloud deployments