Case study:  
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

BEIS: Azure Landing Zone Automation

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Client

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

Timeline

13 months

Service

Full-Service Implementation

Project Summary

A full Azure Landing Zone automation initiative for a UK government department, transforming legacy cloud practices into secure, scalable, code-first deployments.
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what they were struggling with

Challenge

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) required secure, scalable Azure Landing Zones across multi-tenant environments, replacing legacy manual deployments with automated, governance-compliant infrastructure delivery.

what we aimed to do

Goal

To deploy secure, scalable Azure Landing Zones using automated, code-first approaches while improving governance, security, and team capabilities.

how we helped

Solution

Accelix Digital implemented Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework-aligned Terraform modules, fully automated Azure DevOps pipelines, consistent tagging and security enforcement, and integrated Azure Sentinel for enhanced monitoring. Playbooks and workshops were delivered to upskill BEIS teams.

how this made a difference

Impact

During the 13-month engagement, BEIS achieved:

  • Replacement of manual deployment with fully automated Terraform workflows
  • Improved governance and policy compliance across environments
  • Reduced cost waste and optimised infrastructure provisioning
  • Enhanced detection and alerting capabilities with Azure Sentinel
  • Upskilled internal engineering teams through workshops and documentation