Advania

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

• Education pricing available
• Free trial available

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

797101480575258

Contact

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

About your service

• Service categories:

  Applications

  Collaborative

  • Enterprise community
  • Team collaboration
• Multi cloud support: No

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: Yes, at extra cost
• 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: WCAG 2.2 A
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support: Yes
• Web chat support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support accessibility standard: WCAG 2.2 A
• 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
• AI chatbot: No

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.
• Documentation accessibility standard: WCAG 2.2 A

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers:
  • 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 2.2 A
• 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 2.2 A
• 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: 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
• Equipment disposal approach: Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001
• Data sanitisation type:
  • Deleted data can’t be directly accessed / Cryptographic Erasure
  • Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation / Secure Erase

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

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: ISO 27001 compliant.
• Software Security Code of Practice: Yes

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Complies with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0 or SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
• 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: Complies with a recognised standard, for example, CSA CCM v4.0 or ISO/IEC 27035:2011 or SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
• Incident management approach: Quest's Security team maintains an Incident Management program which includes a confidential internal breach response policy together with a network of incident responses managed by product teams and operations organizations throughout Quest.; Security Incident Response: https://www.quest.com/docs/information-security-policy-legal-131273.pdf; Data Breach Response Policy: https://www.quest.com/docs/oi-data-breach-response-policy-legal-132986.pdf
• Post-quantum cryptography secure: No

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

Pricing

• 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/

Discount percentage by annual call-off contract value (excluding VAT)

• Less than £250,000: 0%
• Between £250,000 and £500,000: 0%
• Between £500,001 and £1,000,000: 0%
• Between £1,000,001 and £2,500,000: 0%
• Between £2,500,001 and £5,000,000: 0%
• Over £5,000,001: 0%

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: NQA
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: Thursday 21 August 2025
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: NA
• ISO 28000:2022 certification: No
• ISO 9001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification: NQA
• ISO 9001 accreditation date: Thursday 25 September 2025
• What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover: NA
• Quality management systems (QMS): Yes
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number: 3fa2a9bc-344d-4236-b820-c1c7c5dcd620
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number: E6e9b263-214a-449e-9fc1-d277b1b9ba1d
• Other security certifications: Yes
• Any other security certifications:
  • ISO 22301
  • SOC 2 Type II Certificate
  • Crest Membership
  • ITIL Maturity Model Assessment

Social value

• Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery:

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 1: Fair work: That offers fair wages and good working conditions. Help people get a job, stay in work, and progress in their careers, with good employment opportunities across the country. Notes: Where there is a large proportion of labour costs in the contract, commercial teams should consider MAC in Outcome 1 as a priority

    • New or retained jobs on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b, 1c and 1d
    • Providing opportunities for, and measuring and monitoring of, staff workforce conditions over time, including employee engagement, involvement in decision-making and satisfaction and adapting to any changes in the results, with clear processes for acting on issues identified
    • Plans to engage the contract workforce in deciding the most important workplace issues to address
    • Ensuring new workers are informed of their right to join a trade union
    • Monitoring of employee engagement rates (by protected characteristic) and, where necessary, the development of actions to ensure all voices are heard across the diversity of the workforce
    • Employment contracts that reflect actual hours worked; steps taken to ensure employees understand their contracts and have the ability to review and adjust them if actual hours regularly exceed contracted hours
    • Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about, and feel empowered to, address their physical wellbeing
    • Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about and feel empowered to report and address bullying and harassment
    • Activities to cascade good practice on fair working conditions throughout the supply chain
    • Offer a pay and leave entitlement to all eligible staff who become kinship carers, ideally equivalent to statutory adoption pay and leave
    • Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
    • Monitoring and reporting of gender and ethnicity pay gaps and plans to address them where necessary
    • Entitlement to sick pay for the contract workforce, with provision in place for any staff who do not meet the earnings threshold for statutory sick pay, payment of sick pay from day one of absence and payment of staff on the contract workforce who are off sick a replacement income of 100% of their usual earnings for as long as possible
    • Plans for an appropriate income replacement policy for staff who are required to spend time away from work to care for a sick dependent or close relative
    • Understanding of in-work progression issues affecting the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
    • Measures to support in-work progression to help people in the contract workforce, to move into higher paid work by developing new skills relevant to the contract
    • Support for the contract workforce by providing career advice, and providing opportunities for staff working on the contract with in-work progression career development into known skills shortages or high growth areas
    • Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
    • Volunteering opportunities for staff
    • Understanding of the modern slavery risks and issues affecting the market, industry, sector or country (of origin or of source) relevant to the contract, and the workforce in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key subcontractors
    • Measures to identify, mitigate and manage modern slavery risks relating to the contract and how these will be implemented
    • Outline policies and practices to be applied to or put in place for the contract to mitigate and manage modern slavery risks, including: Pre-employment checks, recruitment practices. Workplace conditions, safeguarding plans and processes in place and regular monitoring with relevant groups considered, which may include sampling
    • How these flow down the supply chain and are monitored Illustrative examples include reporting, site visits, audits, etc.
    • How to ensure business decisions re: price/cost, short lead times, payment timescales do not create modern slavery risks in the supply chain
    • How the supplier will work with NGOs, trade unions or other businesses to address modern slavery risk
    • Means of influencing staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders with respect to modern slavery risks relating to the contract

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 2: Skills for growth: Supporting growth sectors and addressing skills gaps.

    • Understanding of employment and relevant skills issues, and of the education and training issues relating to the contract. Illustrative examples: demographics, skills shortages, new opportunities in high growth sectors, geographic/local community and skills/employment challenges
    • Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
    • Activities to support relevant sector related skills growth and sustainability in the contract workforce. Illustrative examples: careers talks, curriculum support, literacy support, safety talks and volunteering
    • Delivery of apprenticeships, supported internships and T Level industry placement opportunities (Level 2, 3 and 4+) in relation to the contract

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 3: Resilient, innovative and flexible supply chains: Support economic growth through enabling resilient businesses, opportunities for small businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises

    • Understanding of the types of businesses in the market and the level of participation by new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
    • Plans for engaging a diverse range of businesses in engagement activities prior to appointing subcontractors (including activities prior to award of the main contract and during the contract term)
    • Activities that demonstrate a collaborative way to work with a diverse range of businesses as part of the supply chain
    • Advertising of supply chain opportunities openly and to ensure they are accessible to a diverse range of businesses, including advertising all subcontracting opportunities on Contracts Finder
    • Ensuring accessibility to contracting and subcontracting opportunities for disabled business owners and employees
    • Structuring of the supply chain selection process to ensure fairness (e.g. anti-corruption) and encourages participation by a diverse range of businesses, including with regard to new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutual
    • Understanding of local demographics, needs and opportunities for the co-design of the goods, services and works to be delivered under the contract
    • Methods for engaging with different parts of the community (including the education system and charities representing the community) and how communities come together to inform decisions, strategy and projects to leave a positive legacy for future generations
    • Measures to involve local stakeholders and/or users in design (e.g. in the design of services, systems, products or buildings)
    • Plans for positive actions with community groups.
    • Measures for making facilities used in the delivery of the contract available for community groups, education or training
    • Measures to engage users and communities and build relationships to increase community integration build trust and influence how the contract is delivered
    • Plans to respond flexibly and adapt approaches to community engagement and initiatives
    • Support for community-led initiatives relevant to the contract. Illustrative examples: improving transport links; reducing loneliness; helping with English language proficiency; and facilitating social mixing among people with different backgrounds
    • Collaborating with anchor institutions and community groups to make facilities available for education, training or community events

  • Mission: Make Britain a clean energy superpower: To cut bills, create jobs and deliver security with cheaper, zero-carbon electricity by 2030, accelerating to net zero

    Policy Outcome 4: Sustainable procurement practices: Reducing carbon footprints, minimising waste, and promoting the use of clean energy and green technologies.

    • Understanding of opportunities for additional environmental benefits delivery in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
    • Collaborative ways of working with the supply chain to deliver additional environmental benefits in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
    • Delivery of additional environmental benefits through the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
    • Understanding of how to influence staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders through the delivery of the contract to support climate and nature protection and improvement
    • Activities to reconnect people with the environment and increase awareness of ways to protect and enhance it

  • Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain

    Policy Outcome 6: Employment and training: For those who face barriers to employment

    • Understanding of employment and skills issues, and of the skills and employment shortages of high growth sectors relating to the contract
    • Creation of employment opportunities particularly for those who face barriers to employment, such as prison leavers, care leavers and/or who are located in deprived areas, and for people in industries with known skills shortages or in high growth sectors
    • Delivery of training schemes and programmes to address any identified skills gaps and under-representation in the workforce for the contract (e.g. prison leavers, care leavers, kinship carers, disabled people)
    • Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
    • Understanding of the issues affecting the representation of disabled people in the workforce in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
    • Collection of the views and expertise of disabled people and their representative organisations on successfully supporting disabled employees or applicants
    • Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, and retention-focused activities, including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition
    • Introducing transparency to pay and reward processes
    • Offering a range of quality opportunities with routes of progression if appropriate, e.g. T Level industry placements, students supported into higher level apprenticeships.
    • Working conditions which promote an inclusive working environment and promote retention and progression
    • Other measures to provide equality of opportunity for disabled people and those with health conditions into employment, including becoming a Disability Confident employer and inclusion of supported businesses in the contract supply chain
    • Understanding of the issues affecting inequality in employment, skills and pay in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors. Measures to tackle inequality in employment, skills and pay in the contract workforce
    • Inclusive and accessible development practices, including guidance for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition

  • Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain

    Policy Outcome 7: Creating a pipeline of opportunities: For the contract workforce, reducing barriers to entry for under-represented groups.

    • Understanding of the issues affecting the development of new skills by target cohort
    • Understanding of the underlying factors affecting improvements to reduce barriers to entry and training schemes for the target cohort(s) related to the contract workforce
    • Other measures to offer development opportunities for the target cohort(s) in the contract workforce
    • Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
    • Understanding of issues relating to entering the contract workforce
    • Creation of outreach activities to create a pipeline of employees for the future contract delivery
    • Content of the outreach activity is designed to suit the target cohort
    • Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort

  • Mission: Build an NHS fit for the future: That is there when people need it; with fewer lives lost to the biggest killers; in a fairer Britain, where everyone lives well for longer.

    Policy Outcome 8: Increasing productivity through physical and mental wellbeing: In the supply chain and communities in the relevant area.

    • Understanding of issues relating to health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in the contract workforce
    • Understanding barriers to access to health and social care services or employment opportunities e.g. digital inclusion
    • Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, development practices and retention policies that support-focused activities including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing which support people with a disability or health condition

Service documents

• Pricing document

  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.