Servent has secured a place on G-Cloud 15, giving UK public sector organisations a recognised route to procure our Microsoft Azure services.
Servent was founded 12 years ago. Since then, we have delivered Azure work across local government, health, higher education, housing and other public bodies, covering cloud assessment, Azure migration, Landing Zones, Azure Virtual Desktop, security, data, AI, and ongoing cloud support.
The work behind that statement is varied. The National Lottery Community Fund moved core applications, databases and servers from ageing on-premises infrastructure to Microsoft Azure. South Ayrshire Council completed a multi-phase Azure migration without downtime or disruption to residents. The University of Glasgow deployed thousands of Azure Virtual Desktops within weeks.
G-Cloud 15 gives public sector buyers a continued route to access that experience.
G-Cloud 15
Government cloud framework
12 years
Servent
Microsoft Azure
Cloud, security, data and applications
UK public sector
Local government, health, education and housing
What is G-Cloud 15?
G-Cloud 15 is the UK Government framework for buying cloud-based computing services, including cloud hosting, cloud software and cloud support.
The framework is let under the Procurement Act 2023 and replaces G-Cloud 14. The Government Commercial Agency lists access to multiple suppliers, a quick route to market and access to current cloud technology among its benefits. G-Cloud 15 was awarded on 6 August 2026.
For organisations planning Microsoft Azure work, the practical benefit is access to specialist suppliers through an established public sector procurement route.
Microsoft Azure services for the UK public sector
Public sector Azure projects usually begin with an existing problem.
A datacentre lease is ending. Hardware is due for renewal. An Azure estate has grown without consistent governance. Citrix needs replacing. The internal team needs access to Azure skills it does not have permanently. An organisation wants to use Microsoft Fabric or Azure AI and first needs to deal with its data, applications, security or cloud environment.
We see the same pressures repeatedly across councils, NHS organisations, universities, housing providers and public bodies.
The technology requirement varies. The need for evidence, cost control, security and service continuity is consistent.
Azure assessment, cloud migration and datacentre exit
A large Azure migration can go wrong long before anything is moved.
The organisation first needs a reliable picture of its infrastructure, applications and dependencies. It needs to understand which workloads should move, which should change, what the likely Azure cost will be and how the programme can be sequenced without creating unnecessary risk.
The National Lottery Community Fund came to Servent with ageing on-premises infrastructure that was costly and difficult to maintain.
Servent assessed its applications, databases, servers, network and security, identified dependencies and risks, and planned the Azure migration. Core applications, databases and servers were then moved in phases using services including Azure App Service, Azure SQL Database, Azure Storage, Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery and Azure DevOps.
The relationship continued into Azure monitoring, management and governance after the migration.
South Ayrshire Council faced a different version of the same decision.
The Council needed to compare continued on-premises investment with a move to Microsoft Azure. Analysis of the existing infrastructure showed that cloud costs compared favourably with renewing on-premises hardware.
Servent then worked with the Council on its Azure environment and delivered the migration in multiple phases. The programme completed with zero downtime and no impact on services to internal teams or residents. Knowledge transfer was part of the work so that the Council’s own technical team could build its Azure capability.
These are common starting points for public sector cloud migration: ageing infrastructure, contract or hardware renewal dates, cost pressure and the need to maintain public services throughout the change.
Azure Landing Zones, security and cloud governance
Many organisations already use Azure extensively.
The issue is often consistency.
Subscriptions have grown. Different teams have created resources. Identity and role-based access need attention. Monitoring varies between workloads. Security policies need tightening. Cloud spend is harder to understand than expected.
Azure Landing Zones and cloud governance work address those areas before further migration or service adoption increases the size of the estate.
Our public sector work includes Azure Landing Zone delivery for local government, alongside governance, identity, networking, security controls and cost management. We have also delivered Azure Virtual Desktop at scale in council education environments.
This work can also prepare the Azure environment for what comes next, including application modernisation, data platforms and AI workloads.
Azure Virtual Desktop for public sector organisations
Desktop requirements have been another recurring part of our public sector Azure work.
At the University of Glasgow, the requirement was urgent. Staff and students needed secure remote access to university applications during the move to remote learning and working.
Servent deployed thousands of Azure Virtual Desktops within weeks. The environment gave users access to the applications they needed across different devices and locations, while using Microsoft 365 licensing and Windows multi-session to manage the cost of running the service.
We have delivered Azure Virtual Desktop in local government and education environments too, including an education estate of around 3,000 devices with a fixed go-live date.
The requirement today may be remote working, Citrix replacement, application access, education delivery or reducing the operational burden of an existing virtual desktop estate.
Microsoft Fabric, data and Azure AI in the public sector
Data and AI are becoming part of more Azure conversations.
Some organisations are looking at Microsoft Fabric for data integration, analytics and reporting. Others want to understand where Azure AI can improve a specific service or reduce administrative work.
Our public sector work already includes Fabric, Azure AI, application work and AI-enabled frontline services.
One example is social care. Servent has worked on an Azure application that lets social workers record assessments on mobile devices, send the recording to Azure for transcription and use AI to generate a draft summary for review.
The aim is practical: reduce time spent writing notes after a visit, improve the completeness of the record and reduce manual errors.
Projects such as this rely on more than an AI model. Identity, security, data, applications and the Azure environment all affect whether the service can be used safely in production.
Azure managed services and ongoing cloud support
A completed Azure project creates an environment that still needs attention.
Costs change. Security findings appear. New Azure services are introduced. Applications need updates. Internal teams occasionally need skills that they do not carry day to day.
This is why continued Azure support appears so frequently in our public sector work.
Councils, NHS organisations and housing providers have used Servent for ongoing access to Azure architects and engineers after initial projects. Requirements range from Azure health checks and security remediation to cost reviews, technical changes and advice on the next workload.
For some organisations this is a managed service. Others use an Azure Hours Bank so they can call on specialist engineering time without scoping and contracting every individual task.
12 years of Microsoft Azure delivery
Servent was founded 12 years ago and Microsoft Azure has remained central to the work we do.
Across the public sector, that work has covered infrastructure assessment, Azure migration, datacentre exit, Azure Landing Zones, Azure Virtual Desktop, security, data platforms, application modernisation, Azure AI and ongoing cloud support.
Some customers have worked with us on one defined programme. Others have returned for several pieces of Azure work as their requirements have changed.
That repeat work matters. It shows the difference between completing an Azure project and becoming a partner an internal technology team can use again when the next problem appears.
How to buy Servent Azure services through G-Cloud 15
G-Cloud 15 covers cloud hosting, cloud software and cloud support and gives public sector organisations access to a broad supplier market.
If you’re planning Microsoft Azure work, the requirement might include:
Azure assessment and migration planning
datacentre migration or datacentre exit
Azure Landing Zones
Azure security and governance
Azure cost management
Azure Virtual Desktop
application modernisation
Microsoft Fabric and data platforms
Azure AI and AI readiness
Azure managed services and cloud support
The sensible starting point depends on the environment and the decision you need to make.
If you have an Azure requirement coming up, speak to Servent. We can understand what you’re trying to achieve, identify the first piece of work and confirm how the relevant Servent G-Cloud 15 service can be used.
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