Education - Microsoft Cloud Services for Schools, FE, HE and MATS

The education industry and AspiraCloud

AspiraCloud supports schools, multi academy trusts (MATs), as well as further education and higher education institutions to improve the quality of teaching and learning through technology.

With unrivalled education and technical knowledge, we understand how staff and pupils use IT and recognise the value of Microsoft 365 as a powerful educational platform for schools, MATs, colleges and universities.

Our team has a proven track record of delivering tailored Microsoft cloud solutions, managed services, technology and devices that achieve both excellence in education and substantial cost savings.

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How we help colleges and universities

With a combination of students, staff, contractors, visiting lecturers and other guests using a variety of learning and teaching styles, colleges and universities can be a complex environment to manage. And faced with a 600% rise in education-related cybercrime, further and higher education institutions must strike a balance between offering the best student experience to attract and retain students while maintaining the highest level of security.

We help colleges and universities address the challenges of delivering modern and secure IT services for all key stakeholders, both on and off campus.

From BYOD and ongoing device management, to enhanced cloud security, SharePoint migration and Azure services, AspiraCloud provides the latest cloud solutions, managed IT services, and training, to maximise your use of Microsoft 365 so you can confidently deliver the best experience for students and staff in a secure way.

How we help schools and multi-academy trusts

We help schools and multi academy trusts adopt a new approach to technology through the provision of robust, proactive and innovative cloud strategies, IT support, mobile device management and more, to meet all teaching and learning objectives.

We work with best in class cloud services featuring the latest Microsoft 365 technologies to optimise existing technology, enhance IT governance and create the ultimate classroom experience for both staff and students.

From laptop schemes and ongoing device management, to cloud migration and remote learning, we offer the latest cloud services and solutions, devices, licensing and upgrades, including Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Endpoint Manager and other Microsoft technologies, to truly modernise your school IT environment.

Working with school headteachers, IT Technicians, Heads of ICT and other school leaders, AspiraCloud can help find the ideal cloud solution so you can create a serverless school that delivers best value for money while meeting all your compliance, regulatory and security concerns.

We can also manage all your schools’ IT support, reducing the pressure on teachers and negating the need for unpredictable firefighting, to ultimately safeguard your school.

Strategically transform your approach to IT with AspiraCloud

Strategy

Our team of cloud consultants can help you confidently kick start your journey to the cloud to drive digital transformation and modernise your IT environment. As your trusted advisor, we can work with you to map out the best route to the cloud and future proof your investment in Microsoft 365.

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Endpoint Management

Enable staff and students to use their personal devices at school, including mobile phones, tablets, and laptops. We can manage both school-owned and personal devices to ensure your data stays protected and all devices and apps remain compliant with your security requirements.

IT Support

Our Cloud First remote IT support service from our expert help desk engineers can help reduce costs and management overheads, while improving reliability to keep your school or university IT fully operational.

Hardware

Working with a number of leading technology partners, such as Microsoft Surface, Dell and HP, we can recommend and source the best devices at the best price to introduce to your school. We can also manage the bulk deployment, setup and configuration of all new Windows 10 devices to ensure they're secure and ready for use.

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License Management

We help schools manage their software assets to ensure all licensing requirements and third party warranties are appropriately and adequately catered for. By taking advantage of volume licenses and special deals, you can manage your IT budgets more effectively, while maintaining compliance.

Teams Phone

With many schools adopting Microsoft Teams as their preferred collaboration platform for learning, chat and file sharing, we can now help your school use it for telephony too, to provide a seamless communications experience while significantly reducing call costs.

Why Us?

Take a look at our latest success stories to discover how we have already helped many independent schools and multi academy trusts improve the improve the quality of teaching and learning through technology.

Our education industry expertise

The AspiraCloud team has acquired over 50 years’ experience between them in the education sector. Our Managing Director, Adrian Edgar, has a solid background in both IT and education having worked as part of the Senior Management Team at a leading UK boarding school where he responsible for the strategic development of ICT.

A trusted partner

We're a trusted technology partner to many of the top UK independent schools, colleges, universities and multi academy trusts. We are also a Microsoft Solutions Partner for Modern Work and SDS Advanced Partner, demonstrating our comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft School Data Sync.

SDS Professional partner

This Microsoft SDS Professional Partner accreditation is the highest certification for Microsoft SDS and reinforces our comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft 365 and School Data Sync.

Education Solution partner

We are recognised by Microsoft as an Education Solution partner for deployment and management of School Data Sync, Microsoft Teams for Education and Intune for Education.