Case Study: Derby City Council achieves flexible, cost-saving cloud operations with Microsoft Corporation and Azure

Derby Council harness the power of Azure

Derby City Council faced government budget cuts and the renewal of its outsourced IT contract, prompting the need for a more flexible, in-house approach to managing services for its 244,000 residents. The council chose Microsoft Corporation, using Azure and a hybrid cloud model to streamline operations while keeping some critical services in its datacenter.

With help from Microsoft Corporation and partner Risual, Derby City Council moved more than 60% of its apps and services to Microsoft Azure. The project was delivered on time and on budget, and is projected to save the council £1.3 million over three years while improving flexibility, reliability, scalability, and mobile working for staff.

Derby City Council