Case Study: University College of Northern Denmark achieves stable, reliable IT operations with Microsoft Azure

Denmark University College moves operations to the cloud for a revolutionary transformation

The University College of Northern Denmark, a higher education institution, faced significant challenges with unreliable IT services and an on-premises data center that forced its IT department into a permanent state of emergency, unable to support business development. To overcome these setbacks and declining user satisfaction, the customer partnered with Microsoft and its partners to move its operations to the cloud.

The solution involved a radical migration of the entire data center, implementing Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Office 365, alongside Network and Print as a Service. This move, facilitated by Microsoft partners, resulted in stable and reliable core operations with greatly increased agility and user satisfaction. Notably, the project unexpectedly created a positive business case, with IT expenditures dropping below previous levels within the first year, while the IT team was freed to focus on innovation.

University College of Northern Denmark

René Storgaard Madsen

CIO