Your applications and data live in Microsoft's secure data centres, accessible from anywhere with an internet connection. Think of it as renting a fully-serviced office space in a premium business district where everything's managed for you, utilities included.

Advantages: Lightning-fast deployment, automatic scaling as your business grows or shrinks, no hardware headaches, and Microsoft handles all the heavy lifting with updates and security. You only pay for what you actually use.

Considerations: Monthly costs can add up over time, and you'll need solid internet connectivity. Some businesses also have questions about where their data physically lives for compliance reasons.

Great for: Growing businesses, companies with remote teams, organisations with fluctuating demands, and those who prefer predictable monthly expenses over big upfront purchases.

We rent space in secure data centres and install dedicated servers that we manage exclusively for you. It's like having your own private office building, but without the hassle of actually owning the building; we handle all the facility management while you get the exclusivity and control.

Advantages: Your own dedicated hardware with enterprise-grade security, predictable performance since you're not sharing resources, and we handle all the technical management. You get cloud flexibility with the control of on-premise infrastructure based in New Zealand.

Considerations: Higher cost than shared public cloud, and scaling requires planning ahead for hardware procurement and installation.

Great for: Businesses that need dedicated resources, organisations with specific compliance requirements, and companies that want cloud benefits without sharing infrastructure with others.

Your servers, storage, and network equipment live in your own building or dedicated facility, giving you complete physical control over your technology environment. It's like owning your own office building where everything is yours to manage and customise.

Advantages: Total control over your data and systems, no ongoing subscription fees once implemented, and often better performance for applications that need lightning-fast response times. Ideal when you have strict regulatory requirements.

Considerations: Higher upfront costs for equipment, your team (and your MSP) handles all maintenance and updates, and scaling up requires purchasing new hardware. You're also responsible for security, backups, and disaster recovery, which New Solutions will handle.

Great for: Established businesses with stable IT needs, organisations with strict data governance requirements, companies with specialised applications that perform better locally, and those with dedicated IT staff.

The best of both worlds: some systems stay on-premise while others move to the cloud (public or private), all working together as one cohesive environment. It's like having both an office and access to co-working spaces, using whichever fits the task at hand.

Advantages: Flexibility to keep sensitive data close while leveraging cloud benefits for other applications, gradual migration path without disrupting operations, and the ability to optimise costs by placing workloads where they make the most sense.

Considerations: More complex to manage than single-model approaches, requires careful planning to ensure everything communicates properly, and you'll need expertise in both on-premise and cloud technologies. (New Solutions can provide that expertise.)

Great for: Businesses transitioning from on-premise to cloud, organisations with mixed requirements (some data must stay local, other systems benefit from cloud flexibility), and companies wanting to test cloud capabilities before full commitment.