SOLO Cloud Solutions - Your Microsoft cloud journey starts here

Who we are

The key challenges of any cloud solution deployment are cost, time to develop and user adoption. Thanks to our years of experience working with SME and Enterprise organisations, the team at SOLO Cloud Solutions is well placed to address these challenges and place successful business outcomes at the heart of everything we do. What’s more, as a Microsoft Gold Partner, you can be assured we have the relevant technical knowledge and capability to execute your Microsoft cloud project to fruition. Based in Manchester, and with offices in Reading, we are ideally placed to assist organisations across the United Kingdom and Europe.

SOLO Cloud Solutions is part of the SOLO group of companies, which includes:

SOLO Mailing Services

SOLO Mailing Services will help you make direct, targeted contact with your audience, whether existing or potential customers, clients, delegates, students or just the public at large. We offer a complete service, from data supply and cleansing, envelope supply, print, fulfilment, mailing and warehousing. In fact, whatever your direct mailing needs may be, SOLO will offer a solution.

Our Services

We are a business outcome focused provider of Microsoft Cloud technologies

The cloud can be scary, we get it – that’s why we’re here to help you, every step of the way. Our team’s technical background is firmly rooted in the Microsoft “stack” of technologies. With this experience and, thanks to our technical expertise and certification involving the latest cloud technologies, we are well positioned to implement cloud first solutions, providing cost-effectiveness, scalability and first-class business intelligence as standard. We endeavour to act as your trusted partner through your journey, cutting through any technical jargon and continually solving complex business challenges as part of our daily work.

Business Intelligence & Reporting

Cloud CRM

Application Development

Data Cleansing & Management

MICROSOFT AZURE

Imagine a world where you only pay for IT systems that you actively consume and where tedious maintenance tasks are obsolete. Welcome to Microsoft Azure, the cloud service built for enterprise, but designed for organisations of any size. Regardless of where you are in your cloud migration journey, SOLO can help, and even manage all billing arrangements on your behalf.

DYNAMICS 365

Dynamics 365 is one of our specialist areas, and we know well the challenges that businesses face when adopting a CRM/ERP business system. Our approach aims to realise immediate benefits and cost-savings from adopting the solution, designed to fully leverage out of the box features and include simple, yet highly bespoke, integration where required. Simply take what you need – a sales, case or field service management system - and grow at your own pace.

POWER BI

Fondly titled by us as "The Best Reporting Solution You Never Realised You Could Have", Power BI successfully meets the challenge of integrating diverse datasets together into consumable, highly interactive dashboards. Talk to us today to find out how some of the UK's largest utility companies are using SOLO's cutting-edge Power BI Dashboard solutions.

SQL SERVER

With over 20+ years combined data platform experience, we are well placed to advise, manage and develop solutions utilising SQL Server. And, thanks to our Azure expertise, we are ideally positioned to help migrate your workloads onto the latest Platform as a Service (PaaS) solutions. We can offer a full health check service of your existing infrastructure and provide recommendations to save money and improve performance.

.NET DEVELOPMENT

Our expertise in developing bespoke applications is well grounded and a major requirement for our current clients within the energy, utilities and construction industries. We can satisfy complex integration requirements in a pinch, whilst also delivering engaging applications systems that can help to empower our partners in the work they carry out.

BUSINESS ANALYSIS

The cornerstone of any successful business project is the implementation of a solution which increases performance, drives positive business change and saves money. Our approach, firmly rooted within PRINCE2 project management methodologies, is designed to place the business front and centre as part of any technology change.

DATA MANAGEMENT

Often overlooked as part of delivering IT systems, we believe we have the missing piece of the puzzle in being able to offer a whole suite of data quality and improvement services. The team's background working with a range of data management solutions means that we can help organisations clean up their existing datasets, integrate them with a wide-range of data quality products, manage complex data migrations and fully automate the process end-to-end.

Our Values

Straightforward

We cut through the technical jargon and focus on delivering an effective business IT solution for all our partners, regardless of budget.

Passionate

We are Microsoft geeks through and through, applying our knowledge as trusted and caring partners for the organisations we work with.

Diverse

We celebrate and embrace diversity in our workforce, allowing all colleagues and partners to succeed in their every-day work.

Authoritative

We are subject matter experts in every technology area we support, evidenced by our technical qualifications and competencies.

Predictable

Your objectives and deadlines are ours, and we work effectively each time to deliver quality and a reliable service.

Sustainable

We recognise and accept our corporate responsibilities in an ever-changing world, embracing urgent environmental action and efforts within our daily work and supply chain.

Our People

Joe Griffin

Director

Joe leads and co-founded the SOLO Cloud Solutions practice in 2019. As a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert and PRINCE2 Project Manager, Joe has a wide breadth of functional and technical experience to support SOLO’s clients and partners.

Andrew Bennett

Application Developer

Andrew is a highly proficient application developer, whose expertise is firmly rooted within .NET, Azure and SQL Server cloud application solution development.

Sarah Bailey

CRM / BI Analyst

Sarah is able to leverage her previous experience within the hospitality sector to help develop solutions in Dynamics 365 that deliver real benefit for stakeholders and customers. As well as being a Microsoft Certified Professional, Sarah also has considerable knowledge working with SQL Server and in managing database systems.

Shuky Lee

BI Developer

With over 20 years’ expertise in programming and SQL development, Shuky’s previous experience working for retail, utility, investment & financial service and direct mail companies means she is well placed to advise and develop impactful business intelligence solutions.