Hand your Microsoft Azure environment to a UK-based team that patches, monitors, backs up and optimises it every day — so your servers stay secure, available and no more expensive than they need to be.
Round-the-clock monitoring of your Azure virtual machines and services, with patches and security updates applied on a managed schedule, not left to chance.
We right-size your virtual machines and storage so you stop paying for capacity you don't use, with regular reporting on spend and performance.
Cloud backup and recovery planning built into every managed Azure environment, so a failed deployment or deleted resource never becomes a business crisis.
Running Microsoft Azure well takes more than switching it on. Virtual machines need patching, storage needs monitoring, budgets need watching and access needs securing — every week, not just when something breaks. As an azure managed services provider working with UK SMEs, Cloudswitched takes on that day-to-day ownership: configuration, patch management, backup, cost control and 24/7 monitoring, delivered from the City of London with remote-first support nationwide and on-site cover across London. You keep the business benefits of Azure — scalability, flexibility, resilience — without needing to build a cloud team to manage it. It's the same principle behind our wider IT support: pay for outcomes, not for a job title sitting idle between incidents.
Most SMEs don't need a full-time cloud engineer, but they do need someone accountable for what happens to their Azure environment after go-live. That's the gap an azure managed services provider fills: not a one-off migration project, but an ongoing relationship where patching, monitoring, backup and cost control are simply looked after, week in and week out, so your own team can focus on running the business rather than babysitting infrastructure.
An azure managed services provider takes ongoing responsibility for the health, security and cost of your Azure environment after it's deployed. That means applying operating system and application patches on a defined schedule, monitoring virtual machines and storage accounts for performance and availability, managing user access and identity through Azure Active Directory, and keeping backups current and tested. It also means being the team you call when something looks wrong at 2am, not just during office hours.
Unpatched virtual machines are one of the most common routes attackers use to get into a business. We apply security patches and updates to your Azure VMs on a managed, tested schedule, paired with EDR endpoint protection across your wider estate, so known vulnerabilities get closed before they're exploited.
Azure bills creep up when virtual machines are left oversized or idle resources are never cleaned up. We review usage regularly and right-size compute and storage to match actual demand — you can get a rough starting estimate for your own environment using our Azure VM sizing calculator before you even talk to us.
Every managed Azure environment is monitored continuously for availability, performance and unusual activity, with alerts routed to our support team rather than left unread in a dashboard. You get regular, plain-English reporting on uptime, spend and any action taken, so Azure management stays visible rather than becoming a black box.
Rather than splitting responsibility between your in-house staff and a vendor, we take full ownership of the Azure estate we manage — configuration, patching, backup, monitoring and cost control sit with one accountable team, with a named account manager as your point of contact.
For clients already on a Cloudswitched managed IT plan, Azure management slots into the same 24/7 monitoring and EDR protection covering the rest of your estate, rather than running as a disconnected, separately-billed extra.
From audit to ongoing management — our process keeps your Azure environment predictable.
We review your current Azure setup — virtual machines, storage, networking, access and spend — and flag any immediate risks.
We agree a management scope: patching schedule, backup policy, monitoring thresholds and reporting cadence, tailored to your business.
We take over management with minimal disruption, configuring monitoring, EDR protection and backup across your Azure estate.
Ongoing 24/7 monitoring, patching, cost reviews and support, backed by our 99% SLA guarantee.
We manage Azure day in, day out for UK SMEs — not as a side project bolted onto general IT support, but as a core part of what we do. That means we know how virtual machines actually behave under real workloads, not just how to switch them on.
Every Azure environment we manage gets 24/7 monitoring and EDR endpoint protection as standard, backed by our 99% SLA guarantee, so you know exactly what level of service you're getting.
Cloud backup is built into our managed plans, not sold as a separate line item you have to remember to buy — your Azure workloads get covered alongside everything else we manage.
We're based in the City of London with a remote-first delivery model across the UK and on-site coverage in London, so distance is never the reason a problem takes longer to fix.
You get a named account manager, straightforward reporting on cost and performance, and a team that treats Azure management as an ongoing relationship, not a one-off project.
And because Azure management sits alongside our wider IT support, network admin, connectivity and virtual CIO services, there's a single team to call if a problem turns out to sit outside Azure itself — in your network, your Microsoft 365 tenant, or your wider connectivity.
Running Azure in-house means someone on your team owns patching, monitoring, backup and cost control on top of their regular job — and when they're on leave or the business scales, gaps appear. As an azure managed services provider, Cloudswitched takes on that ownership as a defined, accountable service rather than an informal responsibility. For clients already on a Cloudswitched managed IT plan, Azure management is often bundled in alongside the Essentials, Assurance and Ultimate packages (from £20 per user per month), which already include 24/7 monitoring, EDR protection and cloud backup — so Azure oversight extends your existing cover rather than becoming a whole new supplier relationship. For businesses that just need Azure managed standalone, we scope and quote it directly based on the size and complexity of your environment. Either way, the comparison that matters isn't really "in-house versus outsourced" — it's whether someone is actually accountable for patching, backup and cost control every single week, or whether those jobs quietly slip down the priority list whenever the business gets busy. An azure managed services provider exists precisely so they don't slip.
We don't just deploy Azure — we look after it every day. Here's what sets us apart as an azure managed services provider.
Every Azure environment we manage is monitored around the clock, not just during business hours, so issues get caught before they become outages. Alerts are triaged by a real engineer, not left to an automated system to guess at.
Endpoint detection and response is included across every managed environment, adding a security layer on top of standard Azure controls.
Backup isn't an optional extra we upsell later — it's part of how we manage your Azure environment from day one.
You get a clear, contracted service level, not a vague best-effort promise, so you know exactly what to expect.
You get a named point of contact for your Azure environment, not a rotating queue of unfamiliar tickets.
Regular, plain-English reporting on spend and utilisation, with recommendations you can actually act on.
We manage what's there and document it clearly, so if you ever want to move providers or bring things in-house, you can, without starting from a blank page or chasing us for handover notes.
For businesses that want strategic input on cloud direction, our virtual CIO service can sit alongside day-to-day Azure management.
Whether bundled into a managed IT plan from £20 per user per month or scoped standalone, you'll know the cost before we start.
Azure managed services suit UK SMEs precisely because the management doesn't need to happen on-site. Our team monitors, patches and reports on your Azure environment remotely, with on-site engineers available across London when hardware or network issues genuinely need hands. Wherever your business is based in the UK, the same monitoring, backup and support standards apply. That consistency matters when your Azure environment underpins day-to-day operations — a warehouse management system, a customer database, a line-of-business application — and downtime has a direct, measurable cost to the business rather than being a background annoyance.
We work with UK SMEs across professional services, retail, manufacturing and the public sector who run some or all of their infrastructure on Microsoft Azure. Some clients migrated to Azure years ago and simply need someone to own it properly; others are mid-migration and need a managed services provider to take it the rest of the way, and a smaller number are still deciding whether Azure or an alternative platform is the right fit and want independent, vendor-neutral advice before committing budget and time to a migration.
Bundled or standalone: Azure management can sit inside a Cloudswitched managed IT plan alongside your wider support, or run as its own scoped service if that's all you need from us.
Getting started: most engagements begin with a short audit of your existing Azure environment so we can quote accurately and flag anything urgent before we take over management.
We also work alongside internal IT teams rather than replacing them where that's what a client wants — some businesses want us to own Azure management outright, others want us as specialist backup to an in-house generalist. Either arrangement works, and we scope it accordingly.
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City of London based, with remote-first delivery for Azure management across the UK and on-site engineers available in London when needed.
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A single accountable team handling patching, monitoring, backup and cost control for your Microsoft Azure environment, so nothing falls between the cracks.
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UK-based azure managed services, delivered remote-first nationwide with on-site coverage in London, from a team already trusted for wider IT support.
Got questions about our Azure managed services? We've answered the most common ones below. If you need more detail, get in touch.
Typically patching and security updates, 24/7 monitoring, backup and recovery, cost and capacity reporting, and access management — everything needed to keep an Azure environment secure and running, not just the initial setup.
It depends on the size and complexity of your environment. For clients already on a Cloudswitched managed IT plan, Azure management is often included from £20 per user per month; standalone Azure management is scoped and quoted after a short audit.
Many clients keep their in-house team focused on day-to-day user support and hand Azure-specific patching, monitoring and cost management to us, so specialist cloud work doesn't sit on a generalist's to-do list behind everything else that's more urgent that day.
After an initial audit, most environments are fully onboarded within a couple of weeks, with any urgent risks — such as missing patches or untested backups — addressed immediately.
Yes, cloud backup and a recovery plan are built into every environment we manage, so lost data or a failed deployment is a quick restore rather than a major incident.
Yes, we regularly manage Azure alongside on-premise infrastructure and Microsoft 365, giving you one point of contact across your whole environment rather than a different supplier for every layer of your IT estate.
Yes, our Azure VM sizing calculator gives a starting estimate, and a short audit gives you an accurate quote for ongoing management.
Yes, our Cyber Essentials certification support covers cloud infrastructure including Azure, helping you meet the technical controls the certification requires.
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