27 May 25
Top 7 Reasons Indian Enterprises Choose Azure for Cloud Transformation
The term ‘cloud transformation’ may sound complicated, but the idea is simple. It is the shifting or transferring of an organisation’s IT systems, apps, and processes from local setups to cloud platforms. They have changed to cloud-based environments to increase efficiency, flexibility and innovation. To maintain their competitiveness in a digital and globalised economy, cloud adoption plays an important role in Indian businesses.
Cloud adoption is important because of its 7 features, cost efficiency, scalability, enhanced productivity, business continuity, access to advanced technologies, regulatory compliance and competitive advantage.
Microsoft Azure’s benefits, which include cost-effective plans, reliable tools and services, innovations and industry-abiding regulations, make Azure a top choice for your work’s smooth flow.
As a trusted Indian partner of Azure, we reap profits by adopting and efficiently utilizing their effective services. As their partner:
Guide our clients in using Azure efficiently.
Help move systems and data hassle-free.
Develop Azure-based solutions and adapt their services.
Select cost-effective Azure services for our clients.
Implement security protocols and follow industry rules.
Manage Azure systems with 24/7 support.
Train clients to use Azure.
Help to use Azure tools like AI and IoT.
Scalability on Demand
One of the benefits of the Azure cloud is that it provides vertical and horizontal scaling.
Vertical Scaling (Scale up) helps an existing resource expand its capacity to handle more load by upgrading the resource. This is ideal for applications that need higher capacity but cannot be distributed across different servers.
Horizontal scaling is adding resources to distribute across different servers. It works best for web apps, where different servers can share the load.
Some of the Indian start-ups or enterprises use this feature for their growth, performance, and to save costs. Some of them are, Tata Motors, Hero MotoCorp and Azure Power.
The auto-scaling and resource optimisation features enable businesses to handle their workload cost-effectively. They balance performance, availability, and budget. Azure’s auto-scaling feature adjusts the number of resources based on real-time demand. The resource optimisation feature reduces unnecessary costs.
Strong Security & Compliance
Azure’s multi-layered security architecture protects data, applications, and infrastructure in the cloud platform. They work in 8 ways:
Secure infrastructure - Azure's foundation is built on a secure global network of data centers. Their data centers have strict access controls, surveillance, and physical barriers to prevent unauthorized access. Built-in failovers, backups, and disaster recovery ensure data integrity and availability.
Identity and Access Management (IAM) - Azure Active Directory has centralized identity management to control access to resources securely. Zoho requires additional verification, like a code or biometrics, for accessing resources. It assigns permissions to users based on their roles, ensuring the principle of least privilege.
Network Security - Zoho has isolated environments to run resources securely. It defines inbound and outbound traffic rules to filter and secure data flow. Zoho is a managed service that protects networks with advanced threat detection and policy enforcement. It has an automatic defense against Distributed Denial of Service attacks, protecting application availability.
Data Security - Data in Zoho is encrypted using Azure-managed or customer-managed keys. It securely stores and manages cryptographic keys, passwords, and secrets. It hides sensitive data in production environments for security and compliance.
Application Security - Azure Security Center monitors and protects workloads with continuous assessment and recommendations. Web Application Firewall (WAF) protects web apps from common threats like SQL injection and cross-site scripting (XSS).
Threat Detection and Response - Azure Sentinel is a cloud-native SIEM solution for threat detection and incident response. Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) identifies and mitigates threats across identities, endpoints, and data. Log Analytics collects and analyzes logs for proactive threat monitoring.
Compliance and Governance - Azure meets global standards like GDPR, HIPAA, and ISO 27001, ensuring secure operations. Azure Policy enforces organizational rules and compliance across resources. There are predefined templates for compliance with regulatory requirements.
Continuous Updates and Security Patches - Azure ensures its platform is protected against the latest vulnerabilities by providing regular security updates and monitoring for new threats.
Azure supports the government’s technological advancement, ensuring the safety of their users' data.
Azure Security Centre and Microsoft Defender for Cloud are efficient tools that protect the cloud, ensuring security.
Azure Security Centre focuses on security management, while Microsoft Defender builds on the capabilities of Azure Security Centre and gives advanced threat protection. They blend in together to assess and strengthen the users’ security.
Azure Security Centre focuses on constant assessment and improvement of security. Microsoft Defender identifies and responds to threats, thereby defending security.
Hybrid Cloud Capabilities
The Azure Arc and Azure Stack advance Azure’s capabilities to help users manage their workloads in different work environments.
Azure Arc is a flexible platform that caters its tools to every workspace. It has a centralised policy enforcement for security and compliance. When using the cloud does not work out, switch to Azure.
Azure Stack processes data locally for faster insights and regulatory compliance. It can operate offline and consistently develop applications anywhere and anytime.
With Azure’s tools and services, users can seamlessly integrate on-premises infrastructure with the cloud. This allows the cloud’s scalability and innovation.
Hybrid cloud helps healthcare, upcoming businesses, and much more innovate efficiently and safely. It is flexible, cost-efficient, has enhanced security and compliance and improves performance.
Advanced Analytics and AI Tools
Analysis, machine learning and integration are done seamlessly and efficiently with Azure’s Azure Synapse, Machine Learning Studio and Power BI Integration.
Azure analyses and integrates a large amount of data through its Azure Synapse Analytics.
Azure Machine Learning Studio is a platform where machine learning models are built, trained and deployed.
Power BI is a tool to create interactive dashboards and reports. It translates complicated datasets into easy insights for better decision making.
Indian enterprises use these tools in 4 ways:
Data-Driven Decision Making - Indian businesses are using Azure Synapse to consolidate data from various sources (CRM, ERP, IoT devices) and analyze trends. Predictive models built in Azure Machine Learning help businesses forecast demand, optimize pricing, and manage risks.
Enhancing Customer Experiences - Personalized recommendations are powered by machine learning. Using Power BI dashboards helps track customer sentiment and improves service.
Operational Efficiency - Businesses are streamlining supply chains by analyzing logistics data in real-time with Azure Synapse and Power BI. Machine learning models predict potential disruptions and suggest optimizations.
Ensuring Compliance - Indian enterprises use data platforms to monitor regulatory compliance by analyzing logs and audit trails in Power BI.
Retail Sector, Logistics Sector and Finance Sector use these tools.
Cost Efficiency and Pay-As-You-Go Model
Azure ensures that all kinds of businesses can access their premium tools and services to increase their productivity and profits.
The key features are:
Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) - Charges are based on actual usage, with no upfront costs or commitments. This is Ideal for variable workloads or businesses just starting their cloud journey.
Reserved Instances - Offers discounts of up to 72% when committing to a one- or three-year term for specific resources. It is best suited for predictable workloads with consistent resource needs.
Spot Pricing – Zoho has deeply discounted prices for unused Azure capacity. It is useful for non-critical, interruptible workloads like testing or batch jobs.
Azure Hybrid Benefit – Zoho allows businesses to use their existing Windows Server or SQL Server licenses with Azure for significant cost savings.
Cost Management and Budgets – There are built-in tools to monitor and control spending through custom budgets, alerts, and usage analytics.
Cost Calculators - Azure Pricing Calculator and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator help estimate costs and compare Azure with on-premises or other cloud solutions.
Azure TCO vs Traditional Hosting
Low Operating Expenditure (OpEx)
High Capital Expenditure
Scalability
Limited Scalability
Reduced Overheads
Maintenance Costs
Azure’s reserved instances are suitable for constant workloads. They have resource type and duration and reduce long-term costs.
Azure’s pricing calculator customises the perfect pricing plan tailored for your business needs. It estimates monthly costs.
The TCO calculator compares the cost of running workloads.
