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MICROSOFT MODERNISATION ON AWS

Year after year , Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) continues to prove its mettle as an industry leading public cloud provider from foundational Infrastructure-as-a-Service ( IaaS ) to Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) and Internet of Things ( IoT ) offerings , the breadth and depth of the platform services is increasingly being used to realise business value from organisations of all shapes and sizes , all over the world .
Microsoft on AWS
AWS is often touted as the most popular , secure and reliable cloud for Windows workloads . In an IDC study , participants realised a 98 % reduction in unplanned downtime , as well as a 56 % lower cost of operations and 442 % return on investment ( ROI ) over five-years . p
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One of the key benefits of any cloud platform is the concept of cloud-native , whereby organisations and systems are optimised to leverage automation and to embrace a shift left mindset to increase business agility , staff productivity and operational resilience while reducing costs and complexity of building and running systems .
A good example of this is through a typical Microsoft modernisation exercise on AWS , which serves as the topic of this whitepaper and is supported through an in-depth example use case .
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