- Cloud/DevOps
- Consulting
Legacy monolith to cloud-native on Azure
A mid-size professional services firm
Containerising a decade-old .NET monolith, introducing CI/CD and moving it to Azure with a zero-downtime cutover.
Industries · Professional Services
Systems that give your experts more time for client work.
Consultancies, accountancy practices, agencies and engineering firms sell time and expertise, yet a surprising share of that time goes on admin: chasing documents, re-keying data and searching for past work. We build client portals, automate approvals and document handling, and give teams faster access to their own knowledge.
Common challenges
What we often see in professional services.
- 01
Admin crowding out client work
Timesheets, approvals and document chasing take time that should go to clients.
- 02
Client communication by email
Files, approvals and status updates scattered across inboxes create confusion and risk.
- 03
Hard-to-find knowledge
Past proposals, templates and lessons learned exist, but are hard to find when they’re needed.
- 04
Ageing on-premises systems
Practice-management tools on old servers that are expensive to maintain and awkward to reach remotely.
How we help
How our services address them.
Each approach links to the service or technology page with the full detail.
Secure client portals
Portals for document exchange, approvals and project status, with single sign-on for staff and clients.
Full-Stack Web DevelopmentWorkflow automation
Power Automate approvals, onboarding and document workflows across Microsoft 365.
Microsoft Copilot & Power Platform AutomationKnowledge assistants
Search and Q&A over your own proposals, templates and policies, with existing permissions respected.
AI Integration & LLM ApplicationsCloud modernisation
Moving practice systems to Azure with single sign-on, backups and monitoring.
Cloud Solutions on Microsoft Azure
Example solution areas
What we could build together.
Examples of the kinds of solutions that fit this industry. AI examples describe possibilities, not results we promise.
Client onboarding
Engagement letters, identity checks and document collection in one guided flow.
Project and utilisation reporting
Utilisation, pipeline and project margin in Power BI.
Secure document exchange
A portal that replaces email attachments and tracks versions and access.
- AI possibility
Proposal and report first drafts
Drafts assembled from past work and templates, then edited and approved by your experts.
- AI possibility
Internal knowledge assistant
Staff ask questions in plain English and get answers with links to the source documents.
Representative projects
Work in professional services
- Full-Stack
- Consulting
Secure customer portal with SSO
A regulated financial-services provider
A security-first customer portal with role-based access, full audit logging and Microsoft Entra ID single sign-on.
Representative engagements. Client names and some details are withheld or illustrative.
FAQ
Professional Services: common questions.
Can’t find what you’re looking for? Ask us directly. We’re happy to talk it through.
Yes. Portals can use SharePoint or Azure storage for documents, Entra ID for staff sign-in and External ID for clients, so files stay within your Microsoft environment.
It can be, with the right setup: enterprise AI services, access that follows your existing permissions, no unnecessary data in prompts and human review of anything sent to clients. We confirm data-handling terms for each project, and it’s worth checking your client contracts too.
Not necessarily. Many improvements, such as an approval flow or a simple portal, are small projects that use licences you already have.
Other industries
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- Industry
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Order, inventory and warehouse systems that stay in sync, with smart automation.
- Industry
Retail & E-commerce
Fast storefronts, connected back offices and support that scales with sales.
Working in professional services?
Tell us about the systems and processes that slow your team down. We’ll suggest a practical first step.