ADVANIA UK LIMITED

Quest On Demand

Quest On Demand is a secure, Azure-hosted SaaS management platform to help IT teams, partners and MSPs move faster, tighten security and stay in control of hybrid Office 365 environments. Migrate, manage, report, secure and recover all hybrid AD and Office 365 workloads across all tenants from a single dashboard.

Features

• Migration
• Audit
• Recovery
• Office 365
• License Management
• Group Management
• Teams Management

Benefits

• Merge or consolidate Office 365 mail, accounts and data
• Get backup recovery of Office 365 and Azure AD users
• Ensure the optimum number of licenses are available
• Audit all changes made across Office 365 and Azure AD
• Control the chaos of Office 365 and Azure AD
• Assess, plan and execute migrations with ease
• Track progress with real-time visibility

£5.64 a unit

• Education pricing available
• Free trial available

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at bids@advania.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

101143696851862

Contact

Will Tuson
+44 203 835 7332
bids@advania.co.uk

Service scope

• Software add-on or extension: Yes
• What software services is the service an extension to: The product helps you to manage Office 365 environments.
• Cloud deployment model: Public cloud
• Service constraints: None
• System requirements:
  • Microsoft Office 365
  • Microsoft Azure

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: Please refer to the Quest Support services document https://support.quest.com/essentials/support-offerings
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: None or don’t know
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support: Web chat
• Web chat support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support accessibility standard: None or don’t know
• How the web chat support is accessible: We publish our level of conformance to “Electronic and Information Accessibility Standards” defined by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act on our website https://www.quest.com/legal/section-508.aspx
• Web chat accessibility testing: Tests and scans are performed monthly for On Demand solutions.
• Onsite support: No
• Support levels: Please refer to the Quest Support services document https://support.quest.com/essentials/support-offerings
• Support available to third parties: Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: Training and Professional services is available to help onboard customers with the product.
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats: PDF
• End-of-contract data extraction: Requests for data extraction should be communicated to Quest for review.
• End-of-contract process: For the On Demand suite of products, there is an engineering process called PPII for which each module needs to detail what data they are gathering/processing/storing/logging with a focus on personal data. The customer is notified of this upon their subscription termination. As per GDPR guidelines, we notify customers prior to 90 days then proceed to delete all customer data after 90 days of the subscription ending if no action is taken on the customers end. We maintain an audit of these actions. We store the data for 30 days in case of deletion by mistake. Secure removal and destruction of information based on sensitivity of data and type of mediums (paper, tapes, disks, etc.) stored or presented on. We do not provide a certificate but an email notification can be requested through Quest Support. The ultimate deletion of the data on the physical medium is handled by the Cloud Provider (MS Azure) and is compliant to ISO 27001, SOC 2 practices.

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers:
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
• Application to install: Yes
• Compatible operating systems:
  • Linux or Unix
  • Windows
• Designed for use on mobile devices: No
• Service interface: Yes
• User support accessibility: WCAG 2.1 AAA
• Description of service interface: The majority of these services are delivered via Microsoft Azure cloud services. The exception being the user interface, which is delivered using Amazon Web Services CDN network
• Accessibility standards: WCAG 2.1 AAA
• Accessibility testing: Tests and scans are performed monthly for On Demand solutions.
• API: No
• Customisation available: No

Scaling

• Independence of resources: The On Demand solution takes advantage of the fault-tolerance and high availability of the Azure infrastructure. For example the solution has provisions to scale dynamically to respond to load. The Azure data centres store multiple redundant of the data at rest on separate network and hardware. Additional resource are automatically added depending on the demand.

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: No

Resellers

• Supplier type: Reseller providing extra features and support
• Organisation whose services are being resold: Quest

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Other security clearance
• Government security clearance: Up to Security Clearance (SC)

Asset protection

• Knowledge of data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Data storage and processing locations: United Kingdom
• User control over data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Datacentre security standards: Managed by a third party
• Penetration testing frequency: At least once a year
• Penetration testing approach: Another external penetration testing organisation
• Protecting data at rest: Other
• Other data at rest protection approach: Customer data is protected through the Azure built in data at rest server-side encryption mechanism. It uses the strongest FIPS 140-2 approved block cipher available. Advanced Encryption standard (AES) algorithm, with a 256-bit key.
• Data sanitisation process: Yes
• Data sanitisation type:
  • Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation
  • Deleted data can’t be directly accessed
• Equipment disposal approach: Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v.30, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001

Data importing and exporting

• Data export approach: UI, PowerShell. Some capabilities exist depending on the specific product of the On Demand solution to view historical data. For example, for the On Demand Migration product, information about past migrations is available and Audit logs can be exported. Some capabilities exist depending on the specific product of the On Demand solution to view historical data. For example, for the On Demand Migration product, information about past migrations is available and Audit logs can be exported.
• Data export formats: CSV
• Data import formats: CSV

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks:
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • Other
• Other protection between networks: Microsoft Azure PaaS is used – Anti-virus/anti-malware solutions, firewall, routers, etc. are part of Azure infrastructure managed by MS. Azure anti-malware are installed by default on all PaaS VM. The On Demand Security and DevOps teams employ a number of tools - WAF, network scanning, penetration testing tools, Azure Security Centre.
• Data protection within supplier network: TLS (version 1.2 or above)

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: Given our usage of Microsoft Azure and the high availability measures in place, it's extremely rare for the application to be unavailable. We strive for 99.9% uptime. Status on maintenance and downtime can be found here: https://status.quest-on-demand.com/
• Approach to resilience: As part of the ISO 27001 certification.
• Outage reporting: We have release\maintenance Windows twice per week on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 16:00 UTC which the customer can subscribe to for updates. We usually don’t require downtime but either way, the website is updated 2 weeks prior to the maintenance if downtime is necessary. https://status.quest-on-demand.com/

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication: Other
• Other user authentication: As part of our ISO requirements, we maintain a Production Access Clearance (PAC) list that is used for the Production Access Approval process, which is used when determining whether qualified and entitled individuals can obtain access to production resources.
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: Privileged access is controlled through the On Demand access process and monitoring/review of activities.
• Access restriction testing frequency: At least every 6 months
• Management access authentication: Other
• Description of management access authentication: Quest employs a least privileged model where employees are only granted the permissions that are necessary to perform their work tasks. Elevated privileges are granted temporarily through a privileged access group model, where the access must first be approved, and its use is audited until it is automatically revoked.; Multi-factor authentication is employed to ensure secure access to business sensitive data.

Audit information for users

• Access to user activity audit information: Users receive audit information on a regular basis
• How long user audit data is stored for: At least 12 months
• Access to supplier activity audit information: You control when users can access audit information
• How long supplier audit data is stored for: At least 12 months
• How long system logs are stored for: At least 12 months

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: Schellman Compliance, LLC
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: 22/08/2023
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: Nothing
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: No
• Cyber essentials plus: No
• Other security certifications: Yes
• Any other security certifications: SOC2 Type2

Security governance

• Named board-level person responsible for service security: Yes
• Security governance certified: Yes
• Security governance standards: ISO/IEC 27001
• Information security policies and processes: Please find all information at the following link - https://www.quest.com/docs/information-security-policy-legal-131273.pdf

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Supplier-defined controls
• Configuration and change management approach: Formal, secure Software Development Life-Cycle (SDLC) processes are in place that have been approved by management, communicated to appropriate constituents. These processes include change management and are reviewed and maintained regularly. Dev and Ops Teams are trained to properly configure an Approved Configuration for the Cloud environment (Virtual Networks, NSG, WAF). Benchmarks published by the CIS are followed as baselines and non-compliance is detected by leveraging built-in Azure or AWS tools as well as custom scripts. The deployment process follows a strict Change Management process where all changes are identified, reviewed and approved by the Dev and Ops teams.​
• Vulnerability management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Vulnerability management approach: Monthly Vulnerability scans are performed internally. During the yearly Third-Party penetration testing exercise outsourced scans are also performed.
• Protective monitoring type: Supplier-defined controls
• Protective monitoring approach: The On Demand solution leverages Azure PaaS infrastructure. Monitoring of that infrastructure is dynamic. For the Quest environment, Quest IS has a defense in depth approach including Patch Management, vulnerability scanning, SIEM solution, Email scanning, IDS/IPS.; ; The On Demand solution is protected through leveraging a multi-layer approach at the Azure environment and Application layers.
• Incident management type: Conforms to a recognised standard, for example, CSA CCM v3.0 or ISO/IEC 27035:2011 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
• Incident management approach: For its On Demand solution, Quest has established a formal process of preparation, detection, analysis, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident activities. As well, in accordance with international privacy laws, Quest has established a Security Breach Notice process.

Secure development

• Approach to secure software development best practice: Conforms to a recognised standard, but self-assessed

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: No

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  Fighting climate change

  Fighting climate change

  Fighting climate change; We recognise that digitalisation has an important role to play in the transition to a climate-smart society, while IT companies such as Advania have a responsibility to help minimise the negative climate impact that the use of IT entails.; ; We focus on taking responsibility for our own operations as well as influencing Buyers on all call-off contracts under the framework to make more sustainable choices, for example moving away from the linear IT Hardware model of produce, use and dispose to a more circular approach including responsible reuse-and-recycle procedures at the end of the hardware lifecycle.; ; Carbon Emissions: We are committed to continuous reduction of our carbon footprint. Our Environmental Policy includes provisions around minimising our emissions by a smart approach to travel and printing, lowering the use of electricity, water, heating, and promoting climate change and sustainability charity/community work. We are aiming to reduce this by 5% over the next year and are committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050.; ; Hybrid Working: We have implemented 80% working from home policy for all employees. Where needed/agreed with the Buyers, Advania resources will be working onsite.; ; Travel: We encourage staff to use technology wherever possible. Where travel to the client site is required, we will require all staff to consider alternative transport options and optimise car sharing.; ; Reducing IT waste: Our Equipment Recycling Policy ensures hardware devices like laptops and desktops are managed throughout their lifecycle. When devices are replaced, they are either transferred to our recycling centre or donated to local charities post data sanitisation.; ; Sustainability Training: Our proactive approach towards environmental stewardship incorporates training on sustainable practices at all operational levels. We actively raise staff awareness through online training on environmental impacts and sustainability benefits.

Pricing

• Price: £5.64 a unit
• Discount for educational organisations: Yes
• Free trial available: Yes
• Description of free trial: Free 30 day Trial of On Demand Migration; ; On Demand Migration enables Office 365 tenant to tenant migration of directories, messaging and shared data while maintaining coexistence and collaboration.
• Link to free trial: https://www.quest.com/signup/114290/

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at bids@advania.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.