Cloud

Powering secure and sustainable cloud adoption for education and research.

Build and run secure cloud services

We help institutions plan, migrate, secure and operate cloud services through a joined-up portfolio designed specifically for the sector — combining expert services, procurement routes, and integrated security and operations.

Sector-built for education and research

Designed to meet the complex needs of UK education and research - and available to any purpose-driven organisation.

Secure by design

Security, compliance and governance embedded throughout the cloud lifecycle, aligned with sector standards.

Better value through trusted routes

Access cloud services through OCRE 2024, G-Cloud and approved AWS and Microsoft partnerships.

Our products and services

Plan and design

Build secure, scalable architectures with the governance needed for long-term sustainability (makes more strategic and outcome-led).

Architecture and readiness review: assess your current environment and readiness for cloud adoption or optimisation
Roadmap and adoption planning: translate your strategy into a phased, realistic plan that reflects institutional priorities and constraints
Intune deployment accelerator: deploy Microsoft Intune in a structured, sector-aware way
Microsoft Purview data governance and compliance: supports information protection, data classification and compliance

Migrate and modernise

Move to the cloud with minimal disruption and clear accountability.

Microsoft 365 migration: supporting the safe migration of Microsoft 365 tenants and services
Azure and AWS migration: supporting the migration of workloads to Azure or AWS

Secure and assure

Strengthen cloud security, governance and compliance.

Cloud security review: asses the security configuration of your cloud environments across platforms such as Azure and AWS
CIS remediation: address configuration gaps against recognised benchmarks

Operate and optimise

Keep cloud services resilient, efficient and under control.

Managed cloud: support for the ongoing operation of cloud environments across Azure, AWS and Microsoft 365
Cloud assist: simplifies complex tasks in the management of Microsoft 365 tenancies
Intune review: ensure your configurations remain effective and aligned to current needs

Simplify procurement

Access compliant procurement routes for a range of public cloud, Jisc cloud and data centre services.

OCRE 2024 cloud framework: a simple, EU compliant route to access public cloud services for education and research
G-Cloud framework: a trusted, compliant route to procure specialist cloud support and services from us
OGVA: a dedicated route for eligible public sector use cases to access some of the best AWS pricing, with specialist support from us, procured via G Cloud or direct award
Data centre services: secure, compliant routes to access off site data centre and hosting services at Jisc-negotiated rates

Explore how our cloud services can support you

Contact your relationship manager

If you are an existing Jisc member, your relationship manager can help you access the full cloud portfolio.

Make a customer enquiry

If you are not a Jisc member but work for a purpose-driven organisation, get in touch to explore how we can support your cloud journey.

"Jisc helped us form and stay true to our cloud vision. Having experts who understand cloud adoption in the sector has been a huge plus."

Jamie Lee, head of infrastructure services, Goldsmiths

Our partnerships

Find out more about our partnerships with AWS and Microsoft.

Join the community

Connect with peers to share insight and experience through the our cloud community.