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DevOps TechLab is a Microsoft Solutions Partner for Cloud & AI Platforms and AI Business Solutions, with a designation in Infrastructure (Azure). We move and run your workloads on Azure, build AI on Azure OpenAI and advise on the Microsoft funding and credits you may qualify for.

  • Cloud & AI Platforms
  • AI Business Solutions
  • Infrastructure (Azure)
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  • 36%lower monthly cloud bill for a gaming company after moving to Azure
  • 3 weeksto move that company from AWS to Azure
  • 3Microsoft Solutions Partner designations
  • 30+certified cloud engineers
In short

DevOps TechLab is a Microsoft Solutions Partner for Cloud & AI Platforms and AI Business Solutions, with a designation in Infrastructure (Azure), serving the UAE and GCC from India. We move and run workloads on Azure and build AI on it.

Official references: Solutions Partner Program intro · Solutions Partner designation criteria

ISO 27001 · Serving the UAE and GCC from India, in UAE working hours

At a glance: Microsoft Azure Partner for the UAE and GCC

Partner status
Microsoft Solutions Partner for Cloud & AI Platforms and AI Business Solutions, with the Infrastructure (Azure) designation
Track record
A gaming company moved from AWS to Azure in 3 weeks, with a 36% lower monthly cloud bill
Funding
We advise on Frontier Accelerate for Azure and Microsoft for Startups (up to US$150,000 in Azure credits); Microsoft decides
Data location
Built in your own Azure tenant, in the Azure region you choose or already use

Our Microsoft designations

What our Microsoft badges mean for you.

Microsoft only gives a designation to partners that score well on real customer work. Here is what each one checked, and what it changes for you.

Level 1 · Solution areas

Solution areas

Microsoft’s top-level partner designations
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Microsoft scores our Azure work on customer growth, certified engineers and successful deployments. A partner needs at least 70 of 100 points to earn it, and has to keep scoring to keep it.

Migration, infrastructure, data and AI on Azure, from a team Microsoft has measured on real delivery.

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Microsoft scores our AI and business-application work the same way: customers added, certified people, and deployments people actually use.

A second Microsoft solution area on our record, alongside our Azure work.

Level 2 · Designations

Designations

Depth in a specific workload
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Proficiency in moving and running servers, networks and databases on Azure.

Windows Server, SQL Server and Linux workloads moved to Azure and kept healthy, with landing zone, backup, monitoring and cost control.

Designation names follow Microsoft’s partner badge guidelines. Specializations, if any, will be added from Partner Center.

Technology stack

The Azure services we work with every day

From the first migration to the monthly bill. These are the Azure services our engineers build, run and secure for clients.

The full set of Azure services we build and run with.

Service icons are from Microsoft’s official Azure Architecture Icons (V24). Microsoft allows them in architecture diagrams, training and documentation.

How it works

How the Azure assessment works

Most estates moving to Azure, or already on it, carry waste, risk and funding nobody has claimed. Our assessment finds all three and hands you a plan, with no obligation to go ahead.

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Step 1

Discover and review your estate

We run Azure Migrate discovery on your servers and databases, or review the Azure subscriptions you already have against the Azure Well-Architected Framework’s five pillars: reliability, security, cost optimisation, operational excellence and performance efficiency.

You get: Inventory and Well-Architected findings
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Step 2

Size and price it on Azure

Each workload sized for real use, not copied one for one. We compare pay-as-you-go, reservations, savings plan and Azure Hybrid Benefit for the Windows Server and SQL Server licences you already own, and give you a monthly cost.

You get: Azure cost estimate with US$ per month
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Step 3

Surface security and compliance gaps

Identity, network, backups and your Microsoft Defender for Cloud secure score, checked before an auditor or a customer questionnaire finds the gaps, including ISO 27001 readiness and personal data protection controls.

You get: Security findings and audit gaps
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Step 4

Check funding and credits

Which Microsoft programmes your plans may qualify for: Frontier Accelerate for Azure (funded assessments, Azure credits and partner funding), and Microsoft for Startups credits.

You get: Programmes you may qualify for
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Step 5

Deliver a prioritised roadmap

Everything in one roadmap of move waves, with effort, monthly saving and risk for each item, mapped to Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework, so you know what to move first and why.

You get: Roadmap and walkthrough call

Microsoft funding and Azure credits

Microsoft may pay for part of it. We check what you qualify for.

Funded assessments, Azure credits and startup credits. We look at every programme that fits your plan, before you commit to anything.

Frontier Accelerate for Azure

formerly Azure Accelerate
Fundedassessment, credits and delivery funding

Companies moving to Azure or building on it: servers, VMware, SQL and other databases, apps, AI, Azure Virtual Desktop, SAP.

  • A funded migration or modernisation assessment
  • Azure credits to offset early costs
  • Partner delivery funding for the project
  • Free deployment help from Microsoft’s Cloud Accelerate Factory (30+ Azure services)
  • For databases: credits of 50% of year-one usage, and up to 35% off with savings plans

Who decides: Microsoft decides, through Microsoft sales or an Azure partner.

What we do: We check the fit, build the business case and plan with you.

Microsoft for Startups

US$150Kin Azure credits, at most

Startups building on Azure, from first prototype to production.

  • Up to US$150,000 in Azure credits
  • Credits usable across eligible Azure services, including AI

Who decides: Microsoft sets eligibility and the amount for each startup.

What we do: We advise on the application, then design so the credits last: budgets, alerts and right-sized services.

Azure free account

US$200credit for 30 days

New Azure customers trying Azure for the first time.

  • US$200 credit to use in 30 days
  • 20+ popular services free for 12 months
  • 65+ services always free, up to monthly limits

Who decides: Anyone new to Azure. Microsoft’s standard offer, not ours.

What we do: We set up a proof of concept you can test inside the credit.

Lower Azure prices

Up to 72%off pay-as-you-go with reservations

Anyone already running steady workloads on Azure.

  • Azure Hybrid Benefit: reuse Windows Server and SQL Server licences you own
  • Reservations: up to 72% off pay-as-you-go
  • Savings plan for compute: up to 65% off

Who decides: Pricing options open to every Azure customer.

What we do: We find which ones fit, help you buy them and track the saving every month.

Microsoft decides eligibility and amounts, and changes programmes every July when its financial year starts. Details checked on Microsoft’s pages on 2 Oct 2026. We don’t promise funding; we check what you may qualify for.

Case study

From AWS to Azure, 36% cheaper in three weeks.

A real move, real numbers, approved by the client.

Client story · Gaming

A gaming platform

36% lower cloud bill, three weeks after leaving AWS.

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Monthly cloud billClient story · gaming
Before · AWS + MongoDBUS$12,050
After · Azure + Azure DocumentDBUS$7,676
36%lower monthly cloud bill
US$4,374saved every month
41%lower database cost

A real client, shown here by industry; figures approved in writing. More Azure stories will be added as clients approve them.

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