People With Disabilities Western Australia
Objectives
- People with Disabilities Western Australia (PWDWA) had on-premises server hardware that was coming to end of its life and needed to be replaced.
- They required options to fix issues associated with experiencing complex and costly terminal service requirements for accessing internal files and applications
- A leased office segregated the wireless network, adding complexity when accessing internal services across this network.
Implementation
Once PWDWA agreed on the proposed changes, they were implemented over the following phases:
- Migration of data to OneDrive/SharePoint (phase 1)
- Migrated device management to Microsoft Endpoint Manager (phase 2)
- Migrate the web application server to Azure virtual server (phase 3)
Benefits
- When the COVID pandemic first occurred, all staff were able to immediately and seamlessly work remotely.
- PWDWA were able to leverage the Microsoft Not-For-Profitrebates. They received significant upfront savingsby not needing to purchase new server hardware, and ongoing savings with the low-cost licensing and Azure hosting credits.
- PWDWA experienced improved security using Microsoft managed services
- On an ongoing basis, proactive improvements within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem are made possible. A significant amount of time can be saved by not needing to maintain on-premises hardware and systems.
Solutions
An overview of the PWDWA system was undertaken. The following was carried out:
- IQPC had been providing general support for many years and making recommendations. Recently, they were moved exclusively to the cloud.
- Their device management was migrated to Azure
- The IIS/SQL web application was migrated to an Azure hosted virtual server
- An upgrade of the router to a Meraki cloud-managed next generation device
