Managed Services

Managed Azure Services

Switching providers or looking to stabilise operations? We keep your Azure environment healthy, secure, and well-run with clear SLAs - delivered through a single customer portal with monitoring, reporting, and expert recommendations.

Why choose LDS

Security Built In

Identity hygiene, patch baselines, verified backups, and ongoing security checks — part of how we run your environment, not added later.

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Day-to-Day Engineering

Smooth deployments, cared-for infrastructure configuration, and clear SLAs for incidents, requests, and changes.

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Operational Clarity

Monthly health reviews and actionable reporting. See what changed, what improved, and what’s next — no guesswork.

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Managed Services Plans

All plans are delivered through our customer portal — giving you visibility of requests, monitoring signals, monthly reports, and expert recommendations, not just tickets and emails.

Flex Plan
Usage-based

Agree a forecast — pay per minute of actual usage.

  • Usage-based billing
  • Ideal for small environments
  • Transparent activity reports
Premium
From £1,250 / month

All Standard features, plus proactive support and insights.

  • Monthly health reviews
  • Improved SLAs
  • Proactive tuning
Enterprise
From £2,500 / month

Premium support with 24/7 cover and technical account management.

  • 24/7 monitoring & response
  • Technical Account Manager
  • Compliance reporting

Compare All Plans

Choose the coverage and care level that fits today—scale up any time. Most teams start on Standard.

Features Flex Standard Premium Enterprise
Usage-based billing Yes
Ticket-based support Yes Yes Yes
Basic monitoring & patching Yes Yes Yes
Improved SLA response Yes Yes
Monthly health reviews Yes Yes
Proactive tuning Yes Yes
24/7 Monitoring & Response Yes
Technical Account Manager Yes
Compliance Reporting Yes

What’s in each plan

Clear deliverables and cadence. Start where you are—scale when you need to.

Flex Plan

Best for small estates / variable demand

Agree a monthly forecast—pay only for minutes used.

  • Kick-off: access map + lightweight runbook
  • Baseline checks: monitoring on, backups verified
  • MFA & SSO baseline implemented*
  • Usage report with activities performed
Coverage Business hours
Engagement Ad-hoc, as needed

Good fit when workload is light or irregular.

Premium

Best for growing teams

Adds proactive improvement and faster response.

  • Monthly review: risks, cost anomalies, quick wins
  • Quarterly improvement roadmap
  • Implemented recommendations each month
  • MFA & SSO baseline maintained*
Coverage Extended hours
Response Enhanced SLAs

Good fit when availability and continuous improvement matter more.

Enterprise

Best for mission-critical

Top-tier cover with 24/7 and named ownership.

  • 24/7 incident handling with documented on-call runbook
  • Technical Account Manager (TAM) cadence
  • Executive reporting + audit/compliance artefacts
  • Annual DR exercise / game-day (by agreement)
Coverage 24/7
Response Priority SLAs

Good fit when downtime is costly and audit requirements are strict.

Licensing note: * MFA & SSO baseline requires appropriate tenant licensing (e.g., Microsoft Entra ID P1). Third-party app/IdP/MFA fees are separate.

Onboarding in 4 Simple Steps

Clear milestones — then continuous care.

01
Discovery

Environment review, access, and goals. We agree SLAs & scope.

02
Stabilise

Monitoring on, patch baselines set, backups verified & runbooks in place.

03
Operate

We take on tickets, incidents & changes under agreed SLAs.

04
Optimise

Monthly reviews, cost tuning & roadmap with your TAM.

What Clients Say

Azure-hosted web platform (managed & monitored)

“They rebuilt our restaurant platform on Azure with online menus and reservations. Everything is monitored through the portal and changes are easy to request.”

Business owner

Azure e-commerce workload (portal-managed)

“Checkout is faster and the storefront is more reliable. We track performance and requests in one place instead of emails.”

E-commerce business owner

Azure subscription platform (managed services)

“The platform runs reliably on Azure and reporting is clear. Fundraising and subscriptions are easier to manage through the portal.”

Charity director

Azure managed services & automation

“They delivered dependable automation and clean pipelines. We use the portal to track changes and keep releases consistent.”

IT manager

Not ready to commit to managed services yet?

Prefer a one-off Azure assessment?

Ready to stabilise your Azure operations?

Switching providers or need a flexible plan? We’ll review your environment and recommend the right fit — no obligation.

  • No lock-in terms
  • Fast onboarding
  • Azure / M365 expertise
  • Transparent reporting
Book a 30-min consultation Request a proposal Most teams start on Standard. Pricing is tailored to your environment.