BUSINESS IT SERVICES
A coordinated approach to hosted services
Prodigy’s hosting offering brings together website hosting, business email and hosted servers. Discuss these services alongside your wider IT environment so migration and support responsibilities are clear.
Website hosting
Our web hosting service includes assistance with website migration. Review your website’s technical requirements and the support you need before selecting an arrangement.
Business email
Our email hosting offering includes Microsoft Exchange mailboxes and shared calendars, contacts and collaboration features. Confirm the available platform and migration options for your business.
Hosted infrastructure
Discuss your workloads, access requirements and availability needs with Prodigy. We’ll work through the available hosted server options and confirm the proposed service specifications.
Microsoft Azure & private cloud solutions
Prodigy can design and build solutions in both private cloud and Microsoft Azure public cloud environments. We help you choose an approach around your applications, security requirements, business continuity needs and budget.
Private cloud
Build a dedicated environment around workloads that need greater control over configuration, access and management. We can plan and implement private cloud infrastructure, with an agreed approach to backup, monitoring and ongoing support.
Microsoft Azure public cloud
Use Microsoft Azure to host business applications, servers and supporting services. We can help assess workloads, design the environment and plan deployment or migration, including networking, identity, access and ongoing management.
A practical cloud plan
Keep selected workloads in a private cloud and use Azure where it fits, or connect the environments through a hybrid approach. We work through dependencies, migration sequencing, licensing and ongoing costs before implementation.
Choose hosting by workload, not by label
A website, business email service and server workload have different requirements. Before choosing where something should run, establish what it does, who relies on it and how it connects to other systems. This helps clarify which hosting options deserve closer consideration.
Some businesses will retain parts of their existing environment while moving other workloads. Discuss the practical reasons for a change, including support needs and operational constraints, rather than assuming every application should move at once.
Make migration dependencies visible
A hosting move can involve data, access, configuration and services managed by other suppliers. List those dependencies early and agree who is responsible for each change. The migration plan should identify the checks needed before and after transition.
Agree how staff will be informed, what interruption is expected and which conditions need to be met before the change proceeds. A defined scope gives the business a clearer basis for approving the work and understanding any exclusions.
Review the whole service arrangement
Hosting specifications are only part of the decision. Ask about management responsibilities, support arrangements, backup coverage, access and the process for future changes. These details should be considered alongside the proposed commercial terms.
The right arrangement depends on your workload and agreed requirements. Hosting location, capacity, availability commitments and data handling should be confirmed for the specific proposal; they should not be assumed from a general service description.
Bring desktops into the discussion
Hosted Virtual Desktops are another option for businesses reviewing how staff access their working environment. This service is about delivering an agreed desktop experience from hosted infrastructure, with suitability assessed against applications, users, devices and connectivity.
Explore our dedicated Hosted Virtual Desktops page to understand the planning questions and rollout stages. It can be assessed alongside server, email and network requirements as part of a coordinated infrastructure discussion.
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Let’s discuss your requirements
Bring your current challenges, the systems involved and any planned changes. We’ll work through the priorities with you and agree a suitable scope before implementation.