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Frontier Accelerate for Azure

Unified Program for Migration, Modernization & AI Innovation

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Help your customers move from Azure opportunity to business-ready outcomes with Microsoft Frontier Accelerate for Azure. Through Crayon, MSP and CSP partners can identify the right Azure pathway, validate customer readiness and progress migration, modernisation, Data & AI, application innovation and security opportunities with confidence (Previously known as Azure Accelerate).

In-house technical migration expertise is the Crayon difference

In-house technical migration expertise is the Crayon difference

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Crayon brings deep technical capability and delivery excellence to every Azure engagement. As a Microsoft Cloud Solutions Partner with 6/6 Solutions Partner designations and Azure Expert MSP recognition, Crayon helps partners deliver complex Azure projects with confidence.

Our in-house Microsoft-certified experts support end-to-end Azure services, from assessment and planning to secure migration, deployment support and post-deployment optimisation. Our approach follows Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework and is tailored to each customer’s environment, goals and readiness level.

Partner with Crayon to unlock Microsoft-supported Azure engagements, accelerate delivery and drive sustainable Azure growth.

Not Sure Where to Start?

Not Sure Where to Start?

Many customers know they need to modernise, improve security or explore AI, but are not always sure what that means from a technology perspective.

Crayon can help identify the right Frontier Accelerate for Azure pathway based on your customer’s goals, current environment and desired business outcomes.

Common Customer Conversations

Common Customer Conversations

Customer conversation Recommended pathway
“We’re exploring AI but do not know where to start.” Data & AI readiness assessment
“Our data platform is not ready for AI.” Data platform modernisation
“We want to move workloads from AWS or Google Cloud.” Competitive cloud migration assessment
“We are running ageing SQL or open-source database environments.” Database modernisation assessment
“We need to modernise applications for the cloud.” Application innovation assessment
“We need stronger security, governance and visibility.” Security-led Azure modernisation
“We need a roadmap before committing to migration.” Discovery and assessment engagement
What Opportunities Are Supported?

What Opportunities Are Supported?

Frontier Accelerate for Azure supports a broad range of customer scenarios. Use this section as a simple web-friendly guide for web implementation.
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What Does the Engagement Model Look Like?

What Does the Engagement Model Look Like?

Crayon offers flexible engagement models tailored to your Azure migration maturity — from full-service delivery to strategic co-delivery with Microsoft. Here’s how we support you:

Azure Scenario

FAQs

FAQs

Frontier Accelerate for Azure supports a broad range of Azure opportunity areas, including migration and modernisation, Data Platform, AI, application innovation and SAP engagements.

Engagements will be delivered by the Crayon team through a collaboration with the partner based on the customer opportunity and technical requirements.

Register your interest and one of Crayon’s Azure specialists will contact you to discuss the customer opportunity and the most suitable Frontier Accelerate engagement path.

Simple 3 Step Sign Up

Simple 3 Step Sign Up

Here’s how you can take advantage of this program in three simple steps:

1. Register your interest using the form on this page.
2. One of our Azure experts will contact you shortly.
3. We will explain the Frontier Accelerate for Azure program and support the customer nomination process with you in Microsoft Partner Center, where applicable.

Thanks for your interest in the Frontier Accelerate for Azure Program. One of our team members will be in touch with you shortly.

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