A global insurance and risk advisory organisation embarked on a digital transformation programme to modernise its infrastructure and improve collaboration across international offices. Migrating to Azure provided the scalable foundation needed to support growth and secure remote working.
🔎At a glance
- Global insurance and advisory firm
- Offices across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia
- 1,000+ mailboxes migrated
- Need to modernise legacy data centre environment
🚨The challenge
The organisation recognised limitations in its existing data centre environment and needed a comprehensive transformation to modern cloud platforms.
The migration had to support global users, enable secure remote working, and minimise disruption to business operations.
💡The approach
The programme included migrating core systems and collaboration tools to Microsoft cloud platforms.
Key steps included:
- Migrating Exchange Server to Exchange Online
- Moving SharePoint to SharePoint Online
- Deploying Azure Virtual Desktop
- Building landing zones to support migration
- Implementing change management and adoption strategies
☑️The outcome
- Fully scalable cloud infrastructure
- Secure remote working enabled
- Improved collaboration across global teams
- Successful migration of over 1,000 mailboxes
⚡️Why this matters
- Cloud migrations unlock global collaboration
- Adoption planning is critical to transformation success
- Landing zones reduce risk in enterprise Azure migrations
