En Pointe Technologies has expanded its cloud services with the addition of a team to help with the architecture, design, and onboarding for Microsoft Azure implementations.
En Pointe leverages its expertise in on-premises and cloud services by encompassing licensing, pre- and post-sale, and deployment services for Microsoft Azure. The Licensing Solutions Provider (LSP) is invested in the Microsoft Azure platform to support Microsoft’s vision around Azure and Cloud OS. Beyond Microsoft Azure services, En Pointe also enables customers around Cloud OS – moving workloads to and from Azure, utilizing the entire Microsoft application stack.
“Microsoft Azure’s breadth of cloud services enables En Pointe to address multiple customer scenarios with design and implementation services,” says Vibhor Kapoor, director product marketing, Microsoft Azure. “As Microsoft continues to deliver solutions around the datacenter and the cloud, En Pointe continues to prove its commitment to supporting Microsoft’s cloud offerings.† We are happy to see their success with Microsoft Azure implementations, as well as their strategy and support around Cloud OS.”
Whether a company wants to build or host its applications in the cloud, leverage virtual machines for development and testing, or for file storage, En Pointe offers to help organizations build their Microsoft Azure strategy, from both a product and licensing perspective. Its Microsoft Azure value-add services include pre-sales architecture, licensing consultation, deployment services, guidance on how to tie Microsoft Azure into existing platforms and infrastructures, and pre- and post-implementation support.
Customer workloads and scenarios include:
- Azure Active Directory for cloud identity for Office 365 – Single sign on across multiple cloud applications; Integration with on-premises Active Directory; create and manage identities in the cloud; flexibility to leverage social tools and identities
- Cloud Integrated Storage on Microsoft Azure – Consolidates primary, archive, back-up and disaster recovery via integration with Microsoft Azure; cloud snapshots, revolutionary speed; boasts reduction of enterprise TCO by 60-80%
- SQL/Business Intelligence on Microsoft Azure – Reduced cost and complexity; increased flexibility and agility; accommodate new business scenarios with familiar tools
- Microsoft Azure IaaS for Test and Development – Microsoft Azure virtual machines run test and development workloads
- SharePoint on Microsoft Azure IaaS – Organize content with libraries and sites; social features and new ways to manage media; security, site management and eDiscovery; content authoring, publishing, and workflows
- Application Migration to Microsoft Azure IaaS – Microsoft Azure virtual machines run Tier 2 and Tier 3 apps
For more information, visit:http://www.enpointe.com/microsoft/microsoft-azure.
