Case Study: iSalon achieves cost savings and improved collaboration with Office 365

Salon Software Developer Saves Time and Money, Improves Collaboration in the Cloud

iSalon, a 49‑employee UK developer of booking and management software for salons, spas, and beauty colleges, faced aging on‑premises IT, mounting administrative overhead, and an imminent GDPR deadline. Managing multiple usernames, disparate apps, nightly backups, VPN‑only remote access, and new BYOD and password policies made it hard to enforce security and compliance while supporting flexible collaboration.

Migrating to Microsoft 365 Business with Azure Active Directory, Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint, BitLocker, and Windows 10 unified identities and apps, centralized policy management, and removed the need for on‑premises infrastructure. The move improved uptime to 100%, simplified GDPR and device compliance, eliminated routine backup and update tasks (saving dozens of admin hours), enabled seamless remote work without VPN, and is estimated to save about £7,500 annually.

iSalon

Ryan Taylor

IT Manager