Managed Cloud: Azure, AWS & Google Cloud
Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google Cloud administered as part of managed IT: identity and access, cost and usage reviews, backups, patched and monitored cloud servers, security baselines, and the deployment pipelines your developers use.
Overview
The cloud account was opened for one project. Now it runs half the business and nobody owns it.
Cloud accounts tend to grow by accident. A developer opens an AWS account for one application, a consultant sets up Azure for a file server migration, a team starts using Google Cloud for analytics. Years later the organization has servers nobody patches, storage nobody can explain on the invoice, administrator accounts without MFA, backups nobody has tested, and a monthly bill that only rises. The provider keeps the infrastructure running; securing and managing what you build on it is your job.
Managed cloud makes it somebody's job. We administer your Azure, AWS or Google Cloud environment alongside the rest of your IT: identities and permissions cleaned up and tied to your Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace sign-in, MFA on every administrator, security baselines applied and kept current, cloud servers patched and monitored by the same agent as your on-premises machines, backups configured and test-restored, and cost and usage reviewed regularly so idle resources and oversized servers are found and dealt with.
For teams that ship software, we work with the CI/CD pipelines you already use in GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or Azure DevOps: deployment credentials kept out of code, permissions narrow and production changes reviewed. Where your environment is defined as code, we work within it rather than around it.
Capabilities
What's included
- Identity and accessCloud accounts tied to your central identity, MFA on every administrator, least-privilege roles, and access reviewed when people change roles or leave.
- Cost and usage reviewRegular reviews of spend by service and project, with idle resources, oversized servers and forgotten storage flagged and addressed with your approval.
- Backups and recoveryBackup policies for cloud servers, databases and storage, with copies protected from deletion and restores tested on a schedule.
- Patching and monitoring of cloud serversVirtual machines in Azure, AWS or Google Cloud patched and monitored by the same agent and policies as your on-premises servers.
- Security baselinesLogging switched on, public exposure checked, encryption settings reviewed, and the provider's own security recommendations worked through and kept current.
- CI/CD pipeline supportGitHub Actions, GitLab CI and Azure DevOps pipelines reviewed for credential handling, permissions and approval steps.
- Projects and migrationsMoving a server or application into the cloud, or between providers, scoped and quoted as a project with a plan and a rollback.
How It Works
Your accounts, our administration
Your cloud accounts stay in your name and on your billing. We work through named administrator accounts with MFA and logged changes, use each provider's own tools for identity, backup, cost and security reporting, and run cloud servers through the same management platform and policies as everything else we manage, so a virtual machine is patched and monitored like any other server.
Why Atlas
Secure. Reliable. Responsive.
Flat monthly fee
Predictable per-device pricing. No surprise invoices and no hourly meter running while your team waits for help.
Proactive, not reactive
Monitoring, patching, and automation run around the clock — so most issues are resolved before your staff ever notice them.
Responsive & accountable
One team that knows your environment and answers fast. You reach a real technician, not a ticket queue in another time zone.
Month-to-month
We earn your business every month. No multi-year lock-in — you stay because the service works, not because a contract traps you.
Common Questions
Questions we get asked
Which cloud platforms do you manage?
Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud. Many organizations use more than one, often Azure because it sits alongside Microsoft 365, and AWS or Google Cloud because a development team chose it. We manage each the same way: central identity, a security baseline, patched and monitored servers, tested backups and regular cost reviews, so the rules do not change depending on whose cloud a system lives in.
Doesn't the cloud provider handle security for us?
Only part of it. Each provider secures its data centers and the underlying infrastructure; the customer is responsible for who has access, how resources are configured, whether data is exposed, whether servers are patched and whether backups exist. Many cloud incidents trace back to the customer's side of that line, such as an administrator without MFA or storage left open to the internet, which is the part we manage.
Can you reduce our cloud bill?
We can find waste, which most accounts have: servers sized for a peak that never came, resources left running after a project ended, storage and snapshots nobody needs, and services that could use a cheaper tier. Every change is proposed to you and approved before it happens. We cannot promise a particular saving, because it depends on what the account contains, but the review shows you where the money goes.
Do you work with our developers' CI/CD pipelines?
Yes. We are familiar with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI and Azure DevOps, and work with your developers rather than taking their pipelines over. The usual focus is security: deployment credentials kept out of code and stored as secrets, pipeline permissions limited to what each job needs, and production changes requiring approval. Where your infrastructure is defined as code, our changes go through the same repository and review.
Who owns the cloud accounts?
You do. Accounts, subscriptions and billing stay in your organization's name, with a break-glass administrator account that you control. Our engineers work through named accounts with MFA, and every change is logged. If you ever move to another provider or bring the work in-house, you revoke our access and nothing else needs to change.
Can you move our servers into the cloud?
Yes, as a scoped project. We start by deciding what should move at all, since some workloads are cheaper or simpler to keep on premises or to replace with a cloud service. For what does move, the plan covers sizing, networking, identity, backups and a cutover with a rollback, and the result is under management the day it goes live.
Secure. Reliable. Responsive.
Book a consultation and we’ll map out a managed IT plan for your business, or email contact@atlasbm.net.