# Azure managed services URL: https://computecloud.co.uk/azure/managed-services/ Last updated: 2026-11-13 > Azure managed services and support for Azure hosted in UK South and UK West: monitoring, patching, backup checks and cost reviews, via a 24/7 service desk. Azure managed services keep your Azure estate monitored, patched and backed up once it is live. Microsoft hosts the infrastructure, usually in UK South or UK West. As your Azure managed service provider, we support what runs on it through a 24/7 service desk. It starts with a free assessment. - A 24/7 service desk - Monitoring, patching and backup checks - Cost and health reviews, with changes agreed first ## Is this you? - Your servers have just moved to Azure: [Azure migration](https://computecloud.co.uk/azure/migration/) - Your virtual desktops need looking after: [Virtual Desktop](https://computecloud.co.uk/azure/virtual-desktop/) - Nobody watches Azure out of hours - Your health check found work to do: [Azure health check](https://computecloud.co.uk/azure/well-architected-review/) ## What you get and how it works 1. **Free assessment.** You get: What you run in Azure, and what it needs. 2. **Onboarding.** You get: Your estate documented, with access, contacts and alerts agreed. 3. **Monitoring and incidents.** You get: Alerts watched by the 24/7 service desk, and incidents logged and worked. 4. **Patching and backups.** You get: Updates in maintenance windows you agree, and backups checked. 5. **Reviews and changes.** You get: Cost and health reviews, using Microsoft Cost Management and Azure Advisor, with every change agreed first. ## Why ComputeCloud - A 24/7 service desk - Changes agreed with you first - No obligation - Delivered in partnership with Focus Group, our Microsoft delivery partner. ## Start your free assessment Two fields now, about 2 minutes in all. A specialist then gets in touch. Start here: https://computecloud.co.uk/assessment/ ## Sources - [Microsoft Learn: Shared responsibility in the cloud](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/shared-responsibility) - [Microsoft Learn: Microsoft Cost Management overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/overview-cost-management) - [Microsoft Learn: Azure Advisor overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-overview) - [Microsoft Learn: Azure regions list (UK South, UK West)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/regions-list) - [Microsoft Learn: What are Azure regions? (geographies and data residency)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/regions-overview) Facts checked 7 November 2026. See also: [Azure hosting and support in Greater Manchester](https://computecloud.co.uk/manchester/) · [Azure health check](https://computecloud.co.uk/azure/well-architected-review/) · [Azure cost optimisation](https://computecloud.co.uk/azure/cost-optimisation/) · [Azure security services](https://computecloud.co.uk/azure/security/) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do Azure managed services include? Monitoring and alerts, patching, backup checks, incident and change management, and cost and health reviews for your Azure estate. Your proposal sets out exactly what's covered. ### Isn't Azure hosting already managed by Microsoft? Only the hosting itself. Microsoft runs the data centres, physical hosts and network. For virtual machines, the operating system, applications, settings, data and access stay your responsibility. A managed service looks after that part with you. [Microsoft's shared responsibility model](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/shared-responsibility) ### Where is our Azure hosted, and does data stay in the UK? In the Azure region you choose. Azure's UK regions are UK South, in London, which has three availability zones, and UK West, in Cardiff, its paired region. Both are in Microsoft's United Kingdom geography, which Microsoft treats as a data residency boundary. A few services aren't tied to one region, such as Microsoft Entra ID, so check those separately. [Microsoft's list of Azure regions](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/regions-list) ### What hours does the service cover? Managed Azure runs through Focus Group's 24/7 service desk, as part of its Cloud Managed model. ### Can you manage Azure that someone else set up? We start by reviewing it, so any gaps are known before the service begins. The Azure health check can be that first step. [Azure health check](https://computecloud.co.uk/azure/well-architected-review/) ### How do you choose an Azure managed service provider? Start with what's covered and what stays with you, using Microsoft's shared responsibility model as the checklist. Then ask about service desk hours, how changes are agreed, how often backups are test-restored, how costs are reviewed, and what documentation you keep if you leave. Get the scope and price in writing before you sign. ### Do you support organisations in Greater Manchester and Cheshire? Yes. We support organisations in Manchester, Tameside, Stockport, the rest of Greater Manchester and Cheshire, remotely and on-site. [Azure hosting and support in Greater Manchester](https://computecloud.co.uk/manchester/#hosting-and-support) ### Do you support SQL Server as well? Yes. SQL Server support covers health checks, patching and upgrades, backups and DR, and monitoring and fixes, for Azure SQL Database, Managed Instance and SQL Server on Azure VMs, and for SQL Server still on-premises. It's delivered remotely and on-site. [SQL Server support](https://computecloud.co.uk/azure/sql-server-support/) ### What does it cost? The assessment is free. The managed service comes with a written proposal and price first. --- Get a free Azure migration assessment: https://computecloud.co.uk/assessment/