Cloud services
Microsoft Azure Platform
Sofokus designs, builds and maintains custom applications on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform. The same team looks after your applications across their entire lifecycle, from specification to integrations, maintenance and further development. Data and AI capabilities can also be built into the same environment. We are a Microsoft Solutions Partner in the Cloud & AI Platform solution area and have been building Azure applications for years, well before the official designation.
What we help you solve
Common challenges in Azure migrations
In large cloud migrations, the problem is rarely the platform itself. The hardest part is getting applications to work in the new environment without the business suffering.
The infrastructure moves, but do the applications work?
In large Azure migrations, the risk usually lies in the applications, not the infrastructure. We make sure your business-critical applications work in the new environment.
A legacy application needs to move to the cloud
We containerise and move the application from a virtual server to Azure. The same team handles the technical specification, resource provisioning and the migration itself.
The migration must not disrupt the business
We coordinate the migration of business-critical systems so that disruption to end users is minimal. Problems are prevented through scheduling and contingency plans.
Many vendors, unclear division of responsibilities
We are used to working alongside our clients' infrastructure partners and other vendors. For this we have a clear model for dividing responsibilities.
Who develops the application after the migration?
We take care of the application's maintenance, monitoring and further development in the Azure environment, even when the infrastructure is a third party's responsibility.
We're not sure whether Azure fits our needs
We always choose the right platform and technology based on your needs. We also assess Azure's suitability against security, compliance and geolocation requirements.
OUR AZURE ENVIRONMENT EXPERTISE
Sofokus has extensive experience in application projects in the Azure environment
We help you succeed in your Azure project, whether you are migrating, building or modernising your applications. At the core of our Azure expertise are application containerisation and modernisation, coordinating business-critical migrations across different parties, and the deployment, monitoring and further development of applications. When needed, we join forces with your infrastructure partner and your other system vendors.
In large Azure migrations, the platform infrastructure can usually be set up as planned. The harder part is making sure the applications work in the new environment, the integrations don’t break and the business continues without disruption during the migration. The risks grow especially with custom applications and those built in a multi-vendor model. Simply lifting and shifting applications as-is from one data centre to another rarely delivers the business benefits. The greatest value comes when applications are modernised to take advantage of the cloud’s scalability and Azure’s ready-made services, such as AI and analytics.
We have years of experience across a range of Azure projects and earned the official Microsoft Solutions Partner designation (Cloud & AI Platform) in autumn 2026. In our Azure work we follow Microsoft’s frameworks and best practices, such as the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and the Well-Architected Framework (WAF). We always choose the technologies, however, according to your needs, the systems’ lifecycle and your budget.
OUR AZURE PROJECT references
Examples of our work
Adecco: migrating a web service to Azure with no production downtime
As part of Adecco’s wider Azure migration, we moved a web service in production from its legacy cloud infrastructure to Azure without any downtime. We were responsible for the migration as well as for testing and releasing the service in the new environment.
Migrating a business-critical application to Azure
We containerised and moved the client's application from a virtual server to Azure. We carried out the technical specification together with the client and the cloud provider, and were responsible for project management and provisioning the Azure resources. The most demanding part of the work was designing the network connections. We continue to develop the application alongside the infrastructure partner.
Coordinating applications in an Azure migration of the entire server infrastructure
We were responsible for the application side when the client's entire server infrastructure was migrated to Azure. We coordinated the migration of our own applications and supported the migration of other systems. We agreed the schedules with the different parties so that business-critical systems moved without disruption to end users. The work continues with Azure DevOps.
Delivering and maintaining an application in the client's Azure environment
We have developed and maintain applications in the client's Azure environment, where the infrastructure is a third party's responsibility. We take care of the applications as a whole, from deployment to monitoring and further development.
Azure development COLLABORATION MODELS
Migrating an application to Azure or delivering into an existing environment
The right approach depends on your situation. We go through the options with you and choose the one that best fits your needs.
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Controlled migration of applications to Azure
We move your applications from a virtual server to Azure: containerisation, technical specification, Azure resource provisioning and the migration itself. We coordinate the work with the other parties so that business-critical systems move with minimal disruption.
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Delivery to an existing environment
We deliver and maintain applications in your Azure environment even when your infrastructure partner is responsible for the platform. In that case we take care of the application and its further development.
We also work in a multi-vendor model
We work comfortably in projects that have a separate infrastructure partner or several system vendors in the same Azure environment. In fact, our clients and partners have praised us for our effective model of dividing responsibilities and our contractual practices. When the roles are clear from the start, collaboration runs smoothly and the whole stays under control.
How the work progresses
A typical application migration project to Azure
- Defining the current state and goals. We map the application’s current state, dependencies and integrations and assess Azure’s suitability, taking into account security, compliance and geolocation requirements. We agree the goals and the division of responsibilities with any other parties involved.
- Migration plan. We plan and schedule the migration so that business-critical functions are not disrupted. We agree contingency arrangements in case of problems.
- Containerisation and implementation. We containerise and modernise the application, create the necessary Azure resources and prepare the migration.
- Controlled migration. We move the application to Azure and coordinate the work with the other vendors so that disruption to end users is minimised.
- Maintenance and further development. We take care of the application’s operation, monitoring and further development, or support your own team in doing so.
Sofokus has been developing Azure applications for years, and that experience is now complemented by a recognition based on Microsoft’s criteria — one grounded in our experts’ certifications and in demonstrated delivery of customer solutions. For customers, the designation is a clear mark of verified expertise, and it reinforces trust in our ability as a partner to build and modernise applications that serve the business on Azure. The partner programme’s technical guidance, opportunities to develop our skills and product benefits all support Sofokus’s capacity to develop innovative solutions and to support our customers’ AI and modernisation initiatives.
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Reading to support your Azure project
Sofokus has been named a Microsoft Solutions Partner. Our Azure expertise is growing.
In autumn 2026, Sofokus became a Microsoft Solutions Partner for Cloud & AI Platform. It strengthens our ability to serve clients on Azure, where application development, data and AI work closely together.
Software architecture
Software architecture determines how well the web service critical to your operations adapts as your business needs change. It is often part of the company's overall architecture, which also covers all the connected systems and applications of your web service. Good software architecture requires a great deal of experience, as it is used to manage the entire lifecycle of your web service.
Maintenance services
When a web service acts as the backbone of your business, its continuous reliability is vital. Maintenance requires ongoing work, such as monitoring and responding to alerts, managing cloud services, applying security patches, resolving faults and tracking version-update needs. We offer care services aimed at letting you sleep soundly at night.
Questions about the Microsoft Azure platform
Microsoft Azure is Microsoft’s cloud platform on which organisations run their applications, services and data. In practice, Azure replaces your own data centres and virtual servers with cloud-based infrastructure that can be scaled as needed. Sofokus’s strongest Azure expertise is on the application side: we make sure business-critical applications run reliably on the platform.
Yes, as needed. We work flexibly across the whole Azure environment, covering both applications and infrastructure, either together with the client’s existing partners or with broader responsibility. Our special expertise is the application side: migrating applications to Azure and their operation and further development on the platform.
Yes. Large organisations in particular typically have their own infrastructure vendor and several application vendors in the same Azure environment. We have an effective model for dividing responsibilities and the contractual practices for this kind of work. So we don’t require being the only vendor; we work naturally as part of the whole.
Yes. We can handle the application’s migration from a virtual server to Azure: containerisation, technical specification, resource provisioning and the migration itself. From there we continue to the application’s maintenance, monitoring and further development. We can also join a ready-made environment as the application vendor.
Yes. Sofokus is a Microsoft Solutions Partner in the Cloud & AI Platform solution area. The partnership strengthens our Azure expertise, but we always choose the technology according to the client’s needs, lifecycle and budget.
Looking for a digital partner who knows Azure?
Tell us about your needs and goals, and let's talk more. We'll go through your organisation's situation and assess together where to begin.