Case Study: HighSpeed1 achieves faster, more secure collaboration and mobile working with Microsoft Azure

UK railway concessionaire connects people and destinations in record time with cloud solution

Highspeed (HS1 Limited) is the London-based concessionaire that operates the High Speed 1 railway and four stations with a 50-person team and a two-person IT function. Working with hundreds of vendors and subject to strict regulations like GDPR, the company needed a secure, highly available, and scalable collaboration solution without the cost and complexity of an on-premises datacenter.

HS1 moved to Microsoft 365 (including SharePoint Online, Office 365, Microsoft 365 E5 security features, Azure Active Directory Premium, Power BI and Windows Defender ATP) with implementation support from partner Perspicuity and deployed Microsoft Lumia devices for mobile staff. The cloud solution delivered faster, more secure collaboration, a single source of truth for documents, improved threat protection and identity control, and reduced infrastructure costs — plus measurable productivity gains through Power BI reporting and strong user uptake of mobile services.

HighSpeed1

Shawn Marcellin

IT and Facilities Manager