Case Study: Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) achieves secure cloud collaboration and 25% operating cost reduction with Microsoft Dynamics 365

Consulting engineers’ professional body builds a more productive infrastructure in the cloud

The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) is a London-based nonprofit that represents some 450 consulting and engineering firms across the UK. With a small internal IT team supporting 35 employees working from offices and the field, ACE faced fragmented devices and operating systems, slow remote access, lost data and printer issues, and long commutes to access on‑premises files—hindering collaboration and productivity.

ACE partnered with Cloud Direct to migrate to Microsoft 365 (including SharePoint Online and Windows 10), moving data overnight and enabling secure, cloud-based coauthoring and mobile app management. The change eliminated version-control and connectivity problems, improved GDPR compliance, cut operating costs by 25%, and freed the digital team to focus on strategic work while staff can now work securely from anywhere.

Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE)

Sebastian Ailioaie

Head of Digital