Case Study: Ministerium der Finanzen des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt improves citizen search and portal performance with Microsoft Azure

Saxony-Anhalt Citizens advice from the Microsoft Azure-Cloud

The Ministerium der Finanzen des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt needed to modernize its central citizen information portal by replacing its outdated search engine and indexing solution. The state required a new system that could index and integrate all its diverse portal services while ensuring future-proof cost-effectiveness, security, and scalability.

Microsoft, through its Azure cloud platform, provided the foundation for the solution. The state's IT partner implemented the open source frameworks Apache Lucene and Solr on Azure, creating a high-performance and scalable search service. This Microsoft solution resulted in improved portal performance, a higher search hit rate, more structured internal workflows, and high user acceptance, confirming the decision to use an open source solution on Azure was correct.

Ministerium der Finanzen des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt

Steffen Eckold

Division Head