Microsoft Programs: Azure
Microsoft’s Azure programs equip you with the tools and funding to support your customers’ cloud adoption.
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Funded Azure opportunities to accelerate Cloud adoption.
Azure programs provide targeted support to help you accelerate customer cloud adoption and optimisation, with a focus on assessments, funding, and deployment expertise.
From the Azure Migrate & Modernise (AMM) program, which assists in seamless transitions from on-premises to cloud, to Azure Solution Assessments that offer in-depth evaluations for tailored cloud journeys, these resources empower you to drive customer success.
Additionally, programs like Azure Proof of Concept and the Azure Credit Offer provide financial incentives, while Cloud Migration Factory supports technical migrations, enabling you to deliver a smooth, efficient Azure experience for SMB customers.
Azure Migrate & Modernize
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Helping you navigate large-scale migrations and modernisation with ease.
Azure Proof of Concept (PoC)
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Funding directly from Giacom to test and validate Azure solutions.
Cloud Migration Factory
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Cloud Migration Factory (CMF) is a program designed to simplify and accelerate cloud adoption.
Azure Solution Assessments
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Unlock cloud migration potential with fully-funded, in-depth evaluations with insights.
Azure Credit Offer (ACO)
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Credit offer worth 10% of large Azure projects. The ACO program is designed to drive Azure consumption.
Here’s why you’ll love Azure Programs
Simplified migration Pathways
With fully funded support and expert guidance, Azure Migrate & Modernize and Cloud Migration Factory simplify complex migrations, helping you overcome typical barriers and reduce costs for a faster, smoother Azure adoption.
Risk-free testing & validation
Offer customers a ‘try-before-you-buy’ experience through the Azure Proof of Concept (PoC) program, enabling them to validate Azure solutions at no upfront cost, easing concerns and encouraging exploration of Azure’s capabilities without commitment.
Access to funding
The Azure Credit Offer (ACO) and Solution Assessments provide funding, assessments, and incentives, lowering the financial burden on customers and opening up Azure opportunities for projects of all sizes.
How they benefit your customers
Affordability
With programs like ACO and Solution Assessments, customers can transition to Azure without large upfront costs, making scaling in Azure affordable and accessible.
Try-before-you-buy
The PoC programme lets customers test Azure solutions risk-free, ensuring they invest only in what meets their needs. This ‘try-before-you-buy’ model reassures customers, making Azure adoption a safe, value-driven choice.
Full Cloud transition support
Azure Migrate & Modernize and Cloud Migration Factory offer fully-supported migration processes, simplifying the move of applications, data, and infrastructure. Customers experience a seamless path to Azure, with expert-led deployments.
Azure Migrate & Modernize
What is it?
Azure Migrate & Modernize supports you in managing larger, complex migration and modernisation scenarios, spanning apps, data, and infrastructure.
Acting as the intermediary, Giacom facilitates access to specialised partners, Microsoft incentives to offset migration costs, and built-in security guidance in every engagement.
What are the benefits?
You can expand your services confidently while ensuring enterprise customers experience a smooth, streamlined migration journey, backed by Microsoft’s robust support and resources.
How to deliver?
Contact us to explore how we can support large-scale Azure migrations and modernisation for your customers, with the backing of Microsoft’s funding and expertise.
Azure Solution Assessments
Azure Solution Assessment is a comprehensive, funded evaluation designed to give you a clear view of a customer’s IT environment and provide strategic guidance for their cloud journey.
Through four phases – Assess & Discover, Plan & Decide, Migrate, and Optimise – you’ll gain valuable insights into potential blockers, prioritise key transitions, and build a compelling business case for cloud migration.
Rapid Migration
The Rapid Migration Solution Assessment offers a fast-track approach, helping you to pinpoint new migration opportunities and develop the business case to accelerate a customer’s transition to the cloud.
Each assessment delivers a detailed report within 30 days, including cost insights and a migration roadmap.
Funding for testing & deployment
Azure Credit Offer
The Azure Credit Offer (ACO) provides Azure credits worth 10% of project costs for enterprise projects over $12,000 ACR per year.
What are the benefits?
It helps reduce costs for larger Azure implementations, making it more affordable for businesses to scale.
How do I get going?
Reach out to access the ACO and reduce costs for your customers’ Azure projects.
Proof of Concept
This is Giacom’s answer to ACO, to support you with opportunities that don’t meet the requirement for Microsoft’s Azure Credit Offer.
Giacom’s Proof of Concept (PoC) program offers you funding for projects under £12,000, allowing businesses to test and validate Azure solutions before committing to full implementation.
SMBs can explore Azure risk-free, ensuring the solution meets their needs before making a larger investment.
Get in touch to secure PoC funding for your next Azure project.
Cloud Migration Factory for SMBs
Overview
The Cloud Migration Factory streamlines migration for SMBs with a dedicated team handling the entire deployment.
SMBs can adopt Azure quickly and easily, without dealing with complex deployment tasks, unlocking the benefits of cloud without the hassle.
Let us help your customers make the move to Azure with the Cloud Migration Factory.
Interested in learning more? We have a Cloud Migration Factory webinar coming up!
Cloud Migration Factory Webinar | Helping SMBs Transition to Azure
Date: 27th November
Time: 2:00 PM
Moving to the cloud can be complex, but it doesn’t have to be. In this webinar, we’ll introduce you to the Cloud Migration Factory – a simple, streamlined way for SMBs to transition to Azure.
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