Infrastructure & Private Cloud
The foundation that makes cloud and security actually hold.
Challenges
Infrastructure & Operations
Aging hardware without failover resilience
Network as a bottleneck
Active Directory as an attack surface
Backup without ransomware resilience
No concept for hybrid operations
Infrastructure not ready for a transaction
Services
Services in detail
The foundation for performance and availability. We design and build hyperconverged clusters based on Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) and NVMe storage — the underlying technology behind Microsoft's Azure Local. Scalable, highly available, and manageable in a cloud-consistent way.
Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) cluster designNVMe storage & performance tieringAzure Local & Azure Stack HCI readinessHigh availability & capacity planning
The foundation everything else runs on. We plan and implement 10G network upgrades, segmentation, and Zero-Trust-ready network architectures — for stable performance and a solid base for your security strategy.
10G/25G network upgradeNetwork segmentation & VLANsRedundancy & high availabilityCapacity & performance planning
The difference between backup and ransomware protection is in the design. We design and implement your backup infrastructure based on Veeam with immutable on-premises storage — hardened from the ground up, before day-to-day operations even begin.
Veeam backup architecture & designImmutable storage implementation3-2-1-1-0 backup strategyRestore testing & go-live acceptance
Credentials are the most common attack vector — including in classic Active Directory environments. We harden your local identity infrastructure with Fine-Grained Password Policies, automated password rotation, Windows Hello for Business for device-bound everyday sign-in, and YubiKey for device-independent, portable access — and build the bridge to Entra ID for a consistent hybrid identity strategy.
Active Directory hardening & FGPPWindows Hello for Business & YubiKeyAutomated password rotation (128 characters daily)Hybrid identity bridge to Entra ID
In an IT carve-out or due diligence, data center, network, and identity are often the biggest unknowns. We assess your on-premises and hybrid infrastructure for transactions, portfolio standardization, or as a standalone component of an IT due diligence — in close coordination with our Consulting & Strategy team.
Infrastructure & data center assessmentActive Directory separation for carve-outsTSA scope definition (data center, network, identity)Standalone infrastructure readiness
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Infrastructure & Private Cloud
S2D is the underlying storage technology that Microsoft's Azure Local (formerly Azure Stack HCI) is built on. We design your clusters to be Azure Local-compatible from day one, so you can move to hybrid cloud management later without rebuilding your infrastructure.
Traditional backup targets are reachable from the production network and are therefore vulnerable themselves. Only immutable storage — where even administrators cannot delete or encrypt backed-up data — reliably protects against ransomware, which specifically targets backups first.
Through Fine-Grained Password Policies (FGPP) in Active Directory combined with automated password management — nobody memorizes a password anymore. For everyday sign-in on managed devices, we use Windows Hello for Business (biometric or PIN, bound to that device); for access that must not be tied to a single device — privileged access or roaming workplaces, for example — we use YubiKeys as a portable, hardware-based factor. The underlying passwords rotate automatically in the background every day and are never visible or memorable to anyone, which makes classic password attacks practically pointless.