500+ servers and 2,000+ users migrated to Azure.
A global leader in premium tyres wanted a unified, predictable IT infrastructure for its manufacturing operations across Europe. Specialist technology talent based in Serbia supported its design and implementation.
Book a discovery call- 500+
- servers running business applications migrated
- 2,000+
- users moved to Azure Virtual Desktop
- Minutes
- for approved Azure resource requests, rather than lengthy manual provisioning
The challenge
- Sector
- Automotive and manufacturing
- Talent market
- Serbia
- Region
- Europe
- Technology
- Microsoft Azure
- Published
The client is a global leader in premium tyres and sustainable mobility solutions. Headquartered in Europe, it employs more than 14,000 people and trades in 35 countries across the region.
It wanted to rethink how its resources were organised. The estate was a complex hybrid cloud environment: an external Microsoft Azure tenant, external data centres, and data centres in branch offices.
The objective was a more flexible, manageable and layered approach to deploying infrastructure, and to developing and testing applications. At the centre of the programme was the need for a unified, highly available, transparent and predictable IT infrastructure for manufacturing operations across Europe. It had to minimise ongoing maintenance costs and provide the scalability the business required.
Security was a key requirement too. The client needed stronger protection for its workloads in Microsoft Azure, and for end-user devices running Windows 10 and later.
The delivery
The team in Serbia supported the design and implementation of the new Azure environment, across six workstreams.
- Cloud platform design
- A new cloud platform design set the foundation for the Azure environment.
- Enterprise management
- An enterprise management toolset was deployed on Azure-native tools, which reduced the need for the previous management tools and their licence costs.
- Security
- An Azure-native security toolset now protects the workloads in the new environment and end-user devices alike. It combines Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint with EDR, Microsoft Defender for Identity, intrusion detection and prevention (IDPS), a web application firewall and VPN.
- Server migration
- More than 500 servers running business applications were migrated. There was no single method: the approach was chosen to suit the business requirements.
- Azure Virtual Desktop
- More than 2,000 users moved from Microsoft RDS and Citrix VDI to a new Azure Virtual Desktop environment.
- Infrastructure as Code
- An Infrastructure as Code (IaC) service catalogue was introduced in the client's existing ITSM system, enabling unattended automation.
The outcome
The programme established a unified Azure environment, designed for greater scalability, consistency, security and manageability across the client's European operations.
- Lower IT total cost of ownership
- Azure-native SaaS tools removed the need to buy or renew licences for the previous management and security tools. Those capabilities are included in the client's Azure costs.
- Stronger security
- Microsoft's cyber security suite protects the infrastructure and platform workloads (IaaS and PaaS) in the new environment.
- Faster resource deployment
- Users request Azure resources through the service catalogue and, once the relevant cost centre approves, can have them within minutes.
- Better governance and consistency
- Infrastructure as Code speeds up deployment, improves governance and security, and helps keep resources consistent across the Azure platform.
Global talent from Serbia. Impact across Europe.
The programme shows that specialist technology capability based in Serbia can support complex transformation across a large European operation.
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