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Silversands Ltd, Albany Business Park, Cabot Lane
Poole, Dorset, BH17 7BX
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We are a Microsoft Certified Partner and IT consultancy specialising in Microsoft 365 delivered across Azure cloud and hybrid IT environments. Established in 1987, Silversands has gained an enviable reputation as deep experts in Microsoft modern workplace and cloud technology.
We’re an IT consultancy that provides the expert skills and resources required to maximise your return on investment in Microsoft 365 and Azure / hybrid IT investments.
It’s our specialism and hence why we are deep experts in applying this technology to your unique organisational requirements. Combining technical experts with adoption & change management, we offer something that is hard to find in one partner.
In 1987, Zafer Tosunlar, our owner, was a travel agent but he had a keen interest in computers so, as you do, he decided to start an IT company.
Why ‘Silversands’? Because that was the name of his house, which was also the company office. The dining room was piled high with computers and software. Mrs Tosunlar wasn’t very happy.
Moving into the 90s, our services were based around the early network solutions like Novell NetWare and Windows NT, with our people transitioning from engineering-led deliveries to what we now call consultancy:
As technology changed and advanced over the next decade, we decided to focus entirely on Microsoft solutions.
In 2000, Microsoft introduced Active Directory, which is now ubiquitous, and applications such as Microsoft Exchange, SQL, and SharePoint provided powerful capabilities for messaging, data storage and collaboration. We’ve implemented hundreds of these solutions over the years.
By 2010, we have fully embraced the cloud, at least in Microsoft form. From day one we saw the power and capability that it would offer. Cloud consultancy now encompasses 90% of what we do, mirroring our customers, who are migrating or implementing solutions in the cloud, in preference to on-premises platforms with their additional admin, management and lifecycle burdens.
From the beginnings of the PC revolution to the power of today’s cloud services, we have been there and, today, we provide high quality enterprise Microsoft consultancy to organisations across the UK, large or small, and working in any sector.
All Microsoft partners are equal. Aren’t they? In a word, no. Microsoft partners fall into a number of categories, from those supporting small businesses to those that are delivering enterprise-scale solutions for large organisations.
There are also partners that are differentiated by the types of solution that they can deliver, whether that is Microsoft 365, Azure, Dynamics or other solutions. But how do you, as a customer, know what level of capability your chosen partner is able to provide?