Microsoft Azure CASE STUDY Microsoft Azure Replaces Outdated

Microsoft Azure CASE STUDY Microsoft Azure Replaces Outdated On-Premises Platform with Solution Offering Geo-Redundancy “We needed to replace old on-premises infrastructure; we needed to handle growth; we needed a secure, geo-redundant platform. Microsoft Azure was the choice. ” – Tim King, CEO, 2 sms • SITUATION MICROSOFT AZURE PARTNER: 2 sms WEB SITE: www. 2 sms. com LOCATION: Cranfield, UK/Dallas, TX, USA ORG SIZE: 25 employees MICROSOFT AZURE PARTNER PROFILE: 2 sms’ SMS+ platform, which runs on Microsoft Azure, reinvents SMS, allowing for rich content, end-to-end encryption, ISO 27001: 2013 certification, and HIPAA compliance for health care. Customers can use the company’s web portal or APIs to embed messaging into their workflow, with a full audit trail. 2 sms uses Azure Active Directory for SSO. Go-To-Market Services Business was growing for 2 sms, but the company's dual-site, on-premises platform was nearing its end. 2 sms wanted to move its infrastructure and Microsoft SQL server database cluster to the cloud. The company needed a geo-redundant scalable platform. With customers asking for data to be located in their geography, and with the growing security requirements of ISO 27001: 2013 and HIPAA, 2 sms needed a partner who could help with deployment, migrate data, test, and commission with no customer downtime. • SOLUTION 2 sms chose Microsoft Azure Platform-as-a-Service to implement a mix of services from the Microsoft stack and Azure Active Directory. From Azure SQL Database to Internet Information Services, cloud storage to business analytics using Microsoft Power BI, 2 sms can offer its customers fast access to its SMS+ platform using co-tenant or single tenant models, delivering encrypted SMS messages to global endpoints. • BENEFITS Microsoft Azure provides the cloud-storage framework for geo-redundancy, so 2 sms doesn’t suffer downtime. The scalability of Azure allows 2 sms to operate its infrastructure and database after dropping its on-premises platform, and to grow to meet demand.