Services & Industry

• Services: Cloud Enablement, Work from Anywhere Solution, Office 365 & Outlook Integration
• Industry: Conglomerate (Edible Oil & Bio-Diesel Arm)

Challenge

• Legacy on-premises infrastructure with no ready-made solution, requiring innovative cloud-based transformation.
• Complex project scope demanding strong project management, cloud expertise, and coordinated teamwork.
• Large and diverse user base including roaming and factory users, making centralized access and deployment challenging.
• Absence of a standard tool for seamless migration from Zimbra mailboxes to Microsoft Outlook without downtime.
• Over 40% of users were remote, making VPN rollout and SCCM deployment difficult.
• Active Directory required significant data cleansing and implementation of new policies.
• Need to install Office 365 on individual user devices at their convenience without disrupting operations.

Scope

• Transform end-user applications and services using cloud technologies for seamless, secure, anytime-anywhere access.
• Migrate a diverse user base, including roaming and factory users, to a full-scale Microsoft Office 365 platform on Azure Cloud.
• Enable secure and efficient access to applications across multiple devices.
• Ensure minimal disruption during mailbox migration and user transition.
• Standardize IT environment and improve manageability through centralized tools and policies.

Solution

• Implementation of Azure Cloud Services for end-user environments.
• Deployment of cloud-based Active Directory with synchronization to on-premises AD.
• Full-scale rollout of Microsoft Office 365 suite including Teams, Yammer, SharePoint, and OneDrive.
• Seamless migration of mailboxes from Zimbra to Microsoft Outlook.
• Implementation of secure VPN access with Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).
• Deployment of SCCM for centralized device and application management.

Automation Benefits

• Enabled a major digital transformation journey for the client.
• Significant improvement in end-user productivity with seamless access to applications from any device, anywhere.
• Enhanced security through robust authentication and access control mechanisms.
• Improved compliance by over 50% with better licensing, patch management, and data security practices.
• Collaboration tools significantly boosted communication and teamwork efficiency.
• Achieved long-term IT operational cost savings of approximately 20–30% over 3+ years.