How Rapidly Expanding Microsoft Azure Cloud Services in Dubai is good for your business

It’s been two years since Microsoft cloud solution provider, Azure, opened its first two cloud region datacenters in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with one in Dubai and the other in Abu Dhabi. The country is now a part of the global network of over 60 data center regions. Connected by over 170 worldwide network PoP (Point of presence), undersea cable systems, and 130,000 miles of lit fiber optic, UAE is all set with its global reach and local presence.

The local presence of Azure datacenters in UAE will certainly stimulate regional entrepreneurship, speed up innovation, power business growth and help government organizations in serving their citizens and customers better. Some of the companies that are already getting benefitted from it include names like Etihad Airways, Mashreq, Dubai Tourism, CBD, the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism, and so on. If you too are planning to migrate to Azure and looking for more robust reasons to back your decision, here are the top 5 ways rapidly expanding Microsoft Azure cloud services can benefit your business.

#1: Security and Compliance

Through its ‘trusted cloud’ principles of compliance, privacy, security, and transparency, Microsoft Azure makes it easier for organizations to meet data residency, local certification, and security requirements. The cloud service provider (CSP) is the first in the UAE market to have Dubai Electronic Security Centre certification. Not just that, the CSP also embraces ISO/IEC 27018 that is the world’s first set of laws & regulations for cloud privacy. Azure also supports various other industry standards that include, PCI, GDPR, etc.

Moreover, did you know, $1 billion is invested annually by Microsoft in the research and development of cybersecurity? Microsoft encrypts all the client data whether in transit or at rest. A 24/7 vigil is being maintained by its cybersecurity team so that you could operate in the Azure cloud with complete confidence. Through cutting-edge security technologies like Threat Intelligence, Multi-Factor Authorization, Azure Information Protection, Advanced Threat Analytics, etc., the CSP identifies and prevents suspicious attempts proactively if any.

#2: Cost Reduction

There are two ways you reduce costs incurred due to your IT solutions by switching to Azure and that are in the form of direct & indirect savings. You don’t require to pay a huge amount of money on purchasing and maintaining expensive hardware. Besides, with the pay-as-you-go pricing model offered by Azure, you only pay for the services you use. In both these cases of direct saving, your CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) is reduced drastically.

As far as the indirect savings are concerned, you save both time and money through easy access to your data facilitated by the Azure cloud. A considerable amount of time and money is wasted in fixing issues that occur due to the frequent downtimes in your on-premises infrastructure. Since downtimes are rare in the Azure cloud, you save again. Furthermore, Azure cloud services in Dubai are cheaper at present because the service is new to the market.

#3: Integration with Microsoft Tools

A majority of businesses use various Microsoft tools like Microsoft 365, Teams & so on, integrating them with a cloud platform could be difficult. However, migrating to the Azure cloud not only eases this integration but also facilitates quick & seamless migration of your data & applications to it.

#4: Multiple Capabilities

Azure not only provides you with SQL & NoSQL data services but also various amazing capabilities like Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive APIs, Machine Learning, Bots, and Blockchain as a Service (BaaS). Not just that, with Azure you can automate various tasks that otherwise would have taken a lot of effort and time as well as a huge amount of money in getting implemented properly.

#5: Hybrid Cloud Capabilities

You can connect your data centers seamlessly to the Azure cloud. The hybrid cloud capabilities offered by Azure make movement between the cloud and on-premises quite easy. Hybrid applications could be developed on Azure that can make use of resources comprised by data centers at both ends. Azure also offers a wide range of hybrid connections for enhancing performance & usability. These hybrid connections include content delivery networks (CDNs), virtual private networks (VPNs), ExpressRoute connections, and caches.

Moreover!

You could intensify all these benefits of Microsoft Azure either by getting a cloud consultant on board or outsourcing the migration & management of your cloud infrastructure to a Managed Services Provider (MSP). In exchange for a monthly fee, an MSP provides you with seamless migration and easy maintenance of your cloud environment giving you complete peace of mind. So, you can invest the time and money you have saved on improving your business bottom-line.

Wrapping Up

A whopping 95 percent of Fortune 500 companies from across the world are already using Microsoft’s Azure for their cloud computing solution. With a presence in over 60 regions covering 140 countries, the global footprints that Azure has helps you achieve the scale that you need to make your applications available to your globally sitting remote users.

Moreover, as we discussed above, the opening of new data center regions in the UAE has made things even better for businesses running in the region mainly in terms of security, compliance, cost-effectiveness, and so on. Whether it is government, healthcare, aviation, manufacturing, or financial services, every sector is being benefitted by the Azure cloud services in Dubai. The idea is, this is just the beginning of the Azure cloud journey in UAE and that there is more to come making Azure migration a future-proof step in the region.

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