Case Study: Weichert Realtors achieves greater scalability and 60% lower operating costs with Microsoft Azure

Independent realtor discovers that the best place to move is to the cloud

Weichert Realtors, the largest independent realty brokerage in the United States, faced challenges with expensive and difficult-to-maintain on-premises solutions. They needed to increase the scalability of their website and provide a robust search solution for their CRM system to compete effectively. This led them to partner with Microsoft Corporation and begin a full migration to the Microsoft Azure platform.

The solution implemented by Microsoft involved using a suite of Azure services, including Azure SQL Database, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Table Storage, and Azure Search. This new architecture separated data types for efficiency, moving highly-searched data to SQL databases and other data to cost-effective NoSQL storage. The results for the customer were significant, including a 60 percent reduction in website operating costs, unprecedented scalability, and the implementation of their first true disaster recovery solution, enabling them to operate more effectively.

Weichert Lead Network

Joe Testa

Vice President