Influential Software earns Microsoft Silver Cloud Platform Competency

Influential Software is thrilled to announce that we have achieved the Microsoft Silver Cloud Platform Competency. This status recognises our expertise in software development with Microsoft Azure cloud.

Update: as of 12 January 2021, we have gained Microsoft Gold Partner status.

What is Microsoft Silver Cloud Platform Competency?

The Microsoft Silver Cloud Platform Competency demonstrates our software engineers’ excellence in developing software solutions with Microsoft Azure. The skill set our Azure developers have displayed includes:

• building custom cloud-based business tools
• migrating data from on-premises to Azure
• using Azure to modernise legacy applications
• connecting data with Azure Integration Services
• integrating on-premises with the Azure cloud

Requirements for Microsoft cloud competency

Gaining Microsoft Azure competency meant meeting two conditions:

1. passing Microsoft’s Azure performance guidelines in the prior 12 months
2. having software engineers who have passed Azure technical exams

With both of these conditions met, Influential Software has succeeded in becoming a Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider.

How Azure competency benefits our clients

With this Microsoft cloud competency, we have shown our commitment to providing market-leading solutions in Azure. The advantages for us include:

• unlimited Microsoft support
• increased training opportunities
• technical presales assistance
• software licences for company use

And ultimately these features add another layer of value to our Azure solutions.

Our achievements with Microsoft Azure

Digital integration

Azure Integration Services helps us cut the time and cost of integration projects considerably. Azure is flexible enough to meet the needs of small businesses and large enterprises, with minimal entry costs. Take a look at our recent Azure integration projects to learn more:

• Finance company conquers the online credit market with financial API integration
• Logistics company optimises BI performance through data warehouse integration

Web portals

Azure is our cloud of choice for custom-built, scalable, secure, and low-cost portal solutions. From training management to e-commerce and climate reporting, we have developed all kinds of portal solutions in Azure. See our most recent Azure portal projects:

• Kent County Council responds to climate change with our weather reporting software
• Healthcare training providers modernise legacy application with our development skills

Cloud migration

Because of its high value and flexibility, Azure is ideal for businesses wanting to move on-premises systems to the cloud. Our cloud engineers specialise in migrating applications and data to Azure. Take a look at our recent Azure migration project:

• Recycling company solves data corruption issues through cloud database migration

Related software competencies

While Microsoft Azure underpins many of our solutions, our skill set also covers business intelligence, integration platforms, and more. These software specialisms include: