Micromail Secures First Place in OCRE 2024 Framework for Microsoft Azure Supply in Ireland

Leading the Future of Cloud Services for Research & Education: Micromail Secures Top Spot in Microsoft Azure Supply Under OCRE 2024 Framework in Ireland
  • 6 February 2025

Micromail is extremely excited to announce that we have achieved first place ranking for the supply of Microsoft Azure in Ireland as part of the new GÉANT cloud framework – OCRE 2024.

The OCRE 2024 framework looks to foster digital transformation across Europe, by enabling easy, convenient, and compliant consumption of commercial cloud services for Research and Education (R&E) institutions. Through our number 1 ranking, qualifying HEAnet affiliates can procure Azure via Micromail and enjoy the benefits that OCRE 2024 brings, including:

  • As a pre-procured framework, it allows qualifying customers to utilize first party services such as Microsoft Azure without any further tendering process. Get Azure from Micromail without any procurement headaches.
  • Procurement security via the 5-year nature of the OCRE 2024 framework, which starts in February 2025.
  • Provide Concessions, including a 16% discount on Azure PAYG, to qualifying customers.
  • Expert licensing, billing, contractual and procurement advice from the dedicated Micromail Education team
  • Azure Professional Services such as Migration, Modernisation of Applications and Cloud Management & Operations delivered by our parent company Ergo, one of the few Microsoft Azure Expert MSP accredited partner’s in Europe.
  • GitHub Learning for OCRE and Analytikus.

Micromail has many years’ experience in delivering expert Microsoft licensing solutions to the Research and Education community in Ireland. We are proud to be the current supplier of Microsoft Licensing Services to HEAnet clients and we were the previous supplier of Microsoft Azure in Ireland under the OCRE 2020 IaaS+ framework. Earning our place as the number 1 ranked supplier of Azure in the new OCRE 2024 framework cements our position as Ireland’s leading supplier of Microsoft licensing solutions to the Irish Research and Education community.

To learn more about Azure and the OCRE 2024 framework contact your regular Micromail account manager or email ocre2024@micromail.ie to organise a call.