Client story Admiral Taverns enhances IT Infrastructure
By Insight UK / 22 Oct 2019
Admiral Taverns is an award-winning pub business, with a proactive growth and development strategy. However, Admiral Taverns was paying for Microsoft Azure through Microsoft Open prepaid credits, which was inflexible, expensive and time-consuming to manage.To enable Admiral to evolve its business further, Insight migrated Admiral’s Azure consumption to its cloud solution provider (CSP) model.
Admiral Taverns can now scale-up and down its storage and pay for its Azure usage accordingly, giving Admiral Taverns the flexibility to grow its business.
The Challenge
Admiral Taverns has transformed its business in recent years and the company was growing fast. Admiral Taverns was purchasing its Microsoft Azure solution in advance using credits, similar to a pay-as-you-go mobile contract.However, when the credits run out, Azure simply stops working and getting this back up and running can be time-consuming.
Another pitfall is cost. Open licensing is generally 5% more expensive than paying for Azure through a cloud solution provider.
As Admiral Taverns continued to grow, so did its technology estate, so it needed to change the way it consumed Azure.
The Solution
Insight reviewed the technology estate of Admiral Taverns and spoke to the leadership team within the company to understand its IT needs and business drivers.
Following the review, Admiral Taverns decided that it would move away from the prepaid agreement model and migrate to Azure through Insight’s cloud solution provider model.
Insight worked closely with Admiral Taverns planning the migration to ensure minimal disruption was caused to its daily operations.
The migration plan included setting out which machines would need to be moved. It outlined how much downtime this would cause and what the impact would be on the business, and the 110 staff who access applications running on Azure.
The detailed preparation and close collaboration with Admiral meant that Insight was able to perform the Azure migration in just half a day.
