Case Study: FHI 360 cuts infrastructure costs by 90% with Microsoft Azure and Office 365

Nonprofit Uses Cloud to Cut Infrastructure Costs by 90 Percent, Saving $415,000 Annually

FHI 360, a U.S.-based nonprofit operating in over 65 countries, faced the challenge of deploying and decommissioning IT infrastructure for its global projects. The process was costly, time-consuming, and disruptive, with each international office setup costing up to $80,000 and taking up to six months, which hindered their ability to respond quickly to new project funding.

The solution, implemented with Microsoft, utilized the existing Microsoft Office 365 foundation and upgraded to Microsoft Azure AD Premium. This move to the cloud, including services like Azure AD Application Proxy and Azure Site Recovery, allowed FHI 360 to cut per-office infrastructure costs by 90%, saving approximately $415,000 annually. The organization also dramatically increased its agility, reducing deployment and decommissioning times from months to just days.

FHI 360

Douglas Wilkins

Director of IT Infrastructure