Fordway

Azure Assessment

Fordway's Azure Assessment performs an end-to-end review of the entire IT environment; public cloud, multi-cloud, hybrid and on-premise. Checking all major components; Compute, Storage, Networking, Databases, Security, Authentication, Identity, Monitoring, web/Mobile services. Providing a detailed report on the components and recommendations to unlock the full capabilities of what licences/products exist

Features

• Workshop with IT and business to understand current environment
• Review Azure AD and tenancies for component installation and configuration
• Ensure Monitoring and Alerting configured (Log Analytics, Azure Monitor, Sentinel)
• Analysis of results, for each component
• Review of authentication and access controls
• Aligned to Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework Governance principles
• Report provided with findings with recommendations
• Cost benefits of options
• High Level Design of recommendations to be implemented

Benefits

• Comprehensive assessment of Azure cloud environments
• Increased business understanding
• Take advantage of the latest technologies and products
• Installed and configured to tailored customer requirements
• Independent review with no predetermined outcomes
• Collaboration with in-house IT staff, working with not against them
• Detailed understanding of management tools, alerting and dashboards
• Alignment with legacy applications
• Clear, concise recommendations and options
• Improved IT performance aligned to business strategy

£300.00 to £975.00 a person a day

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 tenders@fordway.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

558162579960151

Contact

Richard Blanford
01483 528200
tenders@fordway.com

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: 1) Review current cloud and on-premise environments; 2) Understand business requirements; 3) Review latest features with business and IT; 4) Review Management statistics; 5) Install tools as required; 6) Deliver comprehensive report; 7) Provide recommendations and options with costs to deliver; 8) Provide resources as required to deliver approved solution
• Planning service works with specific services: Yes
• Hosting or software services the planning service works with:
  • Microsoft Azure
  • AWS
  • Hybrid Cloud
  • On-premise
  • Google Cloud

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: Training defined as part of service migration planning. Ad-hoc, online and classroom training provided in line with client requirements
• Training is tied to specific services: Yes
• Services the training service works with:
  • MS Office 365
  • MS Intune
  • MS Azure
  • MS Power BI
  • On-Premise
  • Hybrid

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: 1) Review existing services; 2) Service implementation and migration planning ; 3) Managed migration from existing service where needed; 4) High level and Low level design process as appropriate; 5) Service transition to in house or Fordway support, as applicable, once service migrated
• Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services: Yes
• List of supported services:
  • Azure
  • Microsoft 365, Office 365
  • AWS
  • On-Premise
  • Hybrid
  • Google Cloud

Quality assurance and performance testing

• Quality assurance and performance testing service: Yes
• How the quality assurance and performance testing works: QA and testing agreed as part of service migration planning and delivery

Security testing

• Security services: Yes
• Security services type:
  • Security strategy
  • Security risk management
  • Security design
  • Cyber security consultancy
  • Security testing
  • Security incident management
  • Security audit services
  • Other
• Other security services:
  • Security Monitoring and Event Analysis (as a Service)
  • PSNA approved security hosting and design
  • List N (Nuclear) Certified organisation and facilities
  • Security incident response, containment and remediation
  • Microsoft Azure Security and Compliance
  • Microsoft Sentinel SIEM analysis and reporting
  • Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance
• Certified security testers: Yes
• Security testing certifications:
  • CHECK
  • CREST
  • Tigerscheme
  • Cyber Scheme

Ongoing support

• Ongoing support service: Yes
• Types of service supported:
  • Buyer hosting or software
  • Hosting or software provided by your organisation
  • Hosting or software provided by a third-party organisation
• How the support service works: All Fordway G-Cloud services; MS Office 365; MS Azure; MS Power BI; MS Intune; Amazon Web Services; Google G-Suite

Service scope

• Service constraints: UK service

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: Priority 1 incident 24 x 7, 15 minute response. ; Priority 2 incident 24 x 7, 1 hour response Priority 3 incident 12 x 5, 4 hour response.
• 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: WCAG 2.1 A
• Web chat accessibility testing: Assistive technologies supported by MS Teams
• Support levels: Defined according to SLA required.; P1 - major service impact; P2 - significant service impact; P3 - individual users impacted; P4 - no user impact/information ; Technical Account management available, service cost dependent on scope of requirements

Resellers

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

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Conforms to BS7858:2019
• Government security clearance: Up to Security Clearance (SC)

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: ISOQAR
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: 14/03/2022 (recertification) original certification March 2008
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: ISO27001/27017/27018 Scope of certification available on request
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Other security certifications: Yes
• Any other security certifications:
  • List N (Nuclear Industry)
  • PSN Code of Connection and Compliance
  • PAS555
  • NHS IGSoC
  • ISO27017
  • ISO27018

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  Fighting climate change

  Fighting climate change

  Using Cloud services is considerably more energy efficient than running services on-premises or hosted

Pricing

• Price: £300.00 to £975.00 a person a day
• Discount for educational organisations: No

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 tenders@fordway.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.