Cosentry Joins Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider Program

Cosentry has joined the Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider program.

Through the program, Cosentry will now offer Managed Office 365 Services along with its Managed Azure Services to customers. The company will sell combined offers and services, as well as directly provision, manage, support and bill Microsoft products and services.

Cosentry also has nine strategically located data centers across the Midwest to deliver the Microsoft Cloud Platform customized to meet specific customer needs.

“Cosentry has worked closely with Microsoft to technically validate our services and enable best-practice solutions for hybrid cloud deployments, including connections to Microsoft Azure global cloud,” said Brad Hokamp, CEO, Cosentry. “The combination of our hybrid cloud consulting and managed services expertise simplifies the adoption of the public cloud for our customers, allowing them to focus their internal resources on more strategic initiatives that support business growth and market differentiation.”

Cosentry will now offer the following services:

Managed Azure Services:

  • Best practice architecture planning, implementation, migration, operation and optimization
  • Tailored governance to meet companies specific needs
  • Monitoring, response and resolution support provided 24/7/365
  • Security/compliance requirements for policy management
  • Account and identity management for Azure
  • Azure Billing is consolidated into the total Cosentry statement
  • Optional services include: implementation and support of data backup and disaster recovery

Managed Office 365 Services:

  • Initial environment assessment and performance recommendations
  • Consulting services for ensuring Office 365 is customized for unique requirements
  • Expertise in migration and deployment
  • Architecting hybrid environments synchronizing Office 365 with on premise Exchange
  • Configuration and monitoring
  • Automatic upgrades and maintenance
  • Real-time troubleshooting

“The Cloud Solution Provider Program puts our partners at the center of the customer relationship,” said Phil Sorgen, corporate vice president of the worldwide partner group at Microsoft. “Through participation these partners have demonstrated dedication to helping our mutual customers successfully move to the cloud.”