Legacy application modernisation
Move suitable legacy and line-of-business applications off ageing servers and into Azure, planned around daily operations. Where that is not practical yet, a pragmatic interim arrangement.
Transport & passenger services
Microsoft Cloud & IT Services for Transport Operators
Latchman Consulting helps passenger transport businesses modernise legacy applications, improve remote access, simplify networking and manage Microsoft 365 and Azure more effectively.
What transport operators need from their IT
Transport operators often depend on a small number of business-critical systems that office, operational and remote staff need to access reliably. When those systems sit on ageing on-premises hardware, or remote access is unreliable, the whole operation feels it.
Latchman Consulting has experience helping transport businesses modernise legacy infrastructure, improve remote access, make better use of Microsoft 365 and SharePoint, simplify Azure and networking, and reduce dependence on vulnerable on-premises systems. We have delivered Microsoft cloud modernisation for Worth's Motor Services, the family-run operator behind Worth's Coaches in Enstone, Oxfordshire, including moving a legacy line-of-business application and its database into Azure, rebuilding remote access, introducing SharePoint and taking on ongoing management of the Microsoft 365 environment. We have also kept a 25-year-old bespoke transport application available to staff when a clean migration was not possible. Our focus is Microsoft cloud infrastructure, identity, networking and administration; we work with suitable legacy and line-of-business applications alongside your existing software vendors rather than claiming expertise in specific scheduling, ticketing or fleet products.
What we can take off your plate
Microsoft 365 administration
Users, mailboxes, shared calendars and licensing kept in order as staff join and leave, with licences matched to what people actually use.
SharePoint
Shared business documents moved out of local storage and into SharePoint, organised so office and operational staff can find and use them.
Microsoft Entra ID
Consistent identity and access across Microsoft 365, Azure and business systems, with MFA and Conditional Access configured around how people actually work.
Remote and hybrid access
Secure access to business systems for office staff, operational staff and remote or hybrid users.
Azure Virtual Desktop
A desktop in Azure for applications that need to be reached from more than one place, including legacy applications that cannot be moved cleanly.
VPN and networking
Site-to-site and remote-user VPNs that connect the office to Azure reliably, and Azure networking simplified so there is less to go wrong.
Azure-hosted workloads
Hosting for the line-of-business applications and SQL Server databases the business depends on, with appropriate sizing, backup and access.
Backup and recovery planning
Backup configuration and recovery requirements for important workloads.
Security
Practical security configuration across Microsoft 365, Entra ID and Azure, proportionate to a small operator.
Licensing and cost
Microsoft 365 and Azure licensing reviewed so you pay for what staff use, and Azure right-sizing, unused resources, architecture complexity and commitment discounts reviewed where appropriate.
Business telephony
3CX business phone systems with extensions, call routing and remote or hybrid calling.
Ongoing infrastructure management
Ongoing infrastructure and Microsoft cloud consultancy for the questions, changes and issues that come up month to month.
Running a transport business on ageing IT?
Tell us what is holding you back and we will explain, plainly, what moving it to Microsoft cloud services would involve, and what we would leave alone for now.