Business Central in the Cloud:Public vs Private cloud & what’s right for your business

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What we’ll cover

1. Azure Overview

2. Tenant Relationships

3. SaaS and PaaS

4. PaaS Managed Service (Cloud Control)

5. Under the Hood

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Let’s dive in!

What is Microsoft Azure?

• Microsoft’s cloud based computing services.

• Datacentres in 54 regions, 140 countries, 600 Services.

• Consumption (or pay-as-you-go) pricing model.

• PaaS, SaaS & More…. DRaaS, IaaS.

• 90% of the Fortune 500 run services on Microsoft Azure.

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Our cloud services have come a long way

First UK Datacentre

2008

TM AzureEA Agreement

2013

First UK Datacentre TM MultiAzure Service (TMAZ)

TM AzureEA Agreement

TM Multi-tenantedAzure Service (TMAZ)

2015

TM CSPTier 1 Status

2016

TM Azure ManagedPaaS Service

2019

Tenant Relationships

Tecman

Azure

Active Directory

Tecman

Azure

Active Directory

Cust #3

Tenant

Cust #1

Tenant

Cust #2

Tenant

Tecman

Azure

Active Directory

Cust #1

Tenant

Cust #2

Tenant

Sub 1

Sub 2

Sub 3

Sub 4

Sub 5

Tecman

Azure

Active Directory

Cust #1

Tenant

Cust #2

Tenant

Sub 1

Sub 2

Sub 3

Sub 4

Partner

Relationship

Sub 5 Credit Card / Payment Gateway

Azure

Active Directory

Cust #1

Tenant

Another

Reseller

Cust #2

Tenant

Sub 1

Sub 2

Sub 3

Sub 4

Partner

Relationship

Sub 5

SaaS & PaaS

SaaS: Software as a Service

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• Public Cloud

• Business Central Subscription as a service

• Modern Lifecycle Policy

• Pay per user per month, get a URL – start using

• All backend resources provided and managed by Microsoft

• Multi-tenancy

PaaS: Platform as a Service

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• Private Cloud

• Business Central running on your own Azure Resources

• Control Data, Rollups and Upgrades

• ‘On-Premises’ install

• Single Tenancy

SaaSPUBLIC CLOUD

Infrastructure Roles

SaaSPUBLIC CLOUD

Infrastructure Roles

Application

Data

Runtime

Middleware

Operating System

Virtualisation

Servers

Storage

Networking

SaaSPUBLIC CLOUD

Infrastructure Roles

Application

Data

Runtime

Middleware

Operating System

Virtualisation

Servers

Storage

Networking

Managed by Microsoft(Azure Resources)

PaaSPRIVATE CLOUD

Application

DataManaged By Business Central Partner

PaaSPRIVATE CLOUD

Application

Data

Runtime

Middleware

Operating System

Managed By Business Central Partner

Managed By PaaS Partner

PaaSPRIVATE CLOUD

Application

Data

Runtime

Middleware

Operating System

Virtualisation

Servers

Storage

Networking

Managed By Business Central Partner

Managed By PaaS Partner

Managed by Microsoft (Azure Resources)

SaaSPUBLIC CLOUD

SaaSPUBLIC CLOUD

Quick spin-up

Predictable costs (Exact)

Built-in backups

Built in DR / HA

Zero CAPEX

Mobile

Evergreen Platform

Automated Rollups and Upgrades

SaaSPUBLIC CLOUD

Spin-up - not so quick

Predictable costs (to a point)

Built-in backups

Built in DR / HA - Custom

Zero CAPEX

Mobile

Evergreen Platform

PaaSPRIVATE CLOUD

SaaSPUBLIC CLOUD

Spin-up – not so quick

Predictable costs (to a point)

Built-in backups

Built in DR / HA - Custom

Zero CAPEX

Mobile

Evergreen Platform

PaaSPRIVATE CLOUD + Dedicated resource

+ Roll-up and Upgrade control

+ Hybrid

+ Resource transparency

+ Custom Disaster Recovery

+ Scalable

+ ISV / Web services

SaaSPUBLIC CLOUD

Predictable costs (to a point)

Built-in backups

Built in DR / HA - custom

Zero CAPEX

Mobile

Evergreen Platform

PaaSPRIVATE CLOUD

Cloud Control by Tecman

Technical Support

Custom Alerts

Custom Patch Management

Architect / Design

+ Dedicated resource

+ Roll-up and Upgrade control

+ Hybrid

+ Resource transparency

+ Custom Disaster Recovery

+ Scalable

+ ISV / Web services

Under the hood

SaaS – nothing to see here!

• Database - Weekly full, hourly diff, log backups every 5 mins

• Recent announcement on downloading your own BacPacs

• Built in Data Replication

• Built in DR\HA\Business Continuity

• Built in Telemetry\App Insights

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PaaS

• NST – Virtual Machine. Windows Server 2019 Data Centre

• Azure SQL Database

• VNET, Network Security Group

• Storage Accounts

• Azure Recovery Services Vault

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What we covered

1. Azure Overview

2. Tenant Relationships

3. SaaS and PaaS

4. Cloud Control

5. Under the Hood

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Questions?

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Thank you!

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Business Central in the Cloud:Public vs Private cloud & what’s right for your business

Version 1.00.13.D S/N ST-CH//TMMARKC01(c) 1992 TECMAN

- Mark

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