Hosting Windows business software in production. Lessons, patterns, and gotchas we share so you don't hit them.
Most people who search for how to replace office server hardware assume a new box is the only path. It isn’t. The faster fix is to move the software running on that server into a hosted environment instead, and the hardware, the patching, and the backup script nobody trusts all disappear at once. Key takeaways […]
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BYOL cloud hosting means you bring your own software licenses to a hosted environment instead of renting new ones from the provider. You already paid for the application. When a host moves it to Microsoft Azure, you keep that license and pay for the hosting, not for the software a second time. For most Windows […]
Yes, you can move on-prem software to Azure without rebuilding it. The method is lift-and-shift hosting: we deploy your existing Windows application into a hardened Azure tenant and publish it through Parallels RAS, so your team reaches it from a browser or client on any device. You skip the rewrite and the months of Azure […]
Three parties touch your customers’ data in a cloud-hosting setup: you (the software vendor), your customer, and the hosting provider. So, who owns the data in cloud hosting? The answer that should hold in every contract you sign: your customer owns their data, you keep the customer relationship, and the hosting provider owns nothing but […]
If you have ever thought, “I want to offer a hosted version of my software, but I am not a cloud company,” here is the short answer: you do not have to be one. You can offer a hosted version of your software without building any Azure infrastructure yourself by partnering with a provider that […]
Your Windows server is end-of-life, which means Microsoft has stopped shipping security patches and your hardware warranty is gone or about to be. You have four real options: buy new hardware and start the cycle over, lift-and-shift the software you already run to a cloud-hosted environment, migrate to a true SaaS replacement, or do nothing […]
How insurance software vendors evaluate cloud hosting under state, federal, and carrier compliance rules, and what hosted infrastructure actually requires.
How construction software cloud hosting fixes jobsite-to-office data flow, multi-project visibility, and the file-handoff problem for trades and contractors.
How CPA firms are running cloud-hosted accounting software through tax season without on-prem servers, and why vendors should care.
