Case Study: Taibah University improves student services and cuts costs with Microsoft Azure

Taibah University - Customer Case Study

Taibah University, a comprehensive state university in Saudi Arabia, sought to digitally transform its operations to improve student engagement and optimize its services. Its challenge involved overcoming service slow-downs during peak times and finding a more efficient way to develop and manage its IT infrastructure. The university engaged Microsoft to explore how its Azure platform could help address these goals.

By implementing a suite of Microsoft Azure services, including Azure Web Apps and Azure DB, the university created a hybrid architecture. This solution allowed them to port applications to the cloud while keeping sensitive student data on-premise for compliance. The move to Microsoft Azure fostered a DevOps culture, accelerated development, and reduced the operational costs for those services by 70%, leading to improved uptime and new innovative tools for students.

Taibah University

Ahmad Yousef Hawala

Dean of IT