[sims] Hosting SIMS/ FMS/ Discover using external off-the-shelf cloud hosting provider

[divadiow]

Does anyone do this now?

 

any words of advice / wisdom? recommendations / warnings - beyond data protection - hosting with the EU - ISO certification stuff?

 

thanks

Edited June 30, 2015 by divadiow

[vikpaw]

Use Azure - Capita do, and so any intricacies they will have dealt with. Or just use Capita and pay them to handle it!

[divadiow]

...Or just use Capita and pay them to handle it!

 

an idea, but I'd like to remain IN CONTROL.

 

thanks for Azure advice.

[matt40k]

In terms of hosted SIMS, speak with Cambs LA, found them to be very helpful. Is this the first major thing to be hosted in the cloud? If so, setup a load of test environments and destroy them until you're happy you can automate it all, it'll make spinning up dev \ uat environments when it comes to upgrading to SQL 2016 easier.

 

Also think about how you're going to get the databases, docstorage etc onto the hosted environment, Redstor\Attix 5 might be an option, AnyComms+ might be another. You'll need to also think about cleaning up the user accounts - ideally switch to windows auth, maybe bundle it with office 365. Don't forget to test third party apps and have a list of which ones you can support. Final thing, do a test upgrade before you go into production.