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Effective 1 November 2025, Microsoft will retire volume-based pricing for its online services under the Enterprise Agreement (EA).  This change will impact how businesses purchase cloud-based services like Microsoft 365, Office 365, Azure, and ot...

The Compliance Challenge in Research Collaboration If you’ve ever been part of a research project that involves collaborating with government departments, you know the drill. Security and compliance requirements are onerous, generally unrewardin...

. Sydney, Australia – 29 August 2025 — Macquarie Cloud Services, part of Macquarie Technology Group (ASX: MAQ), has been officially ranked #1 in the 30–99 employee category in the Best Workplaces in Australia 2025 list by Great Place to Work...

Let’s set the scene. It’s 2022 and everyone’s moving to Azure. You don’t want to get left behind and you’re pretty impressed with Azure’s features and ease of use from the research you’ve done. You’ve been told public cloud costs are ...

Cloud hosting has gone from paradigm change to business-as-usual, and with the advent of public cloud, has become accessible to everyone.  Its widely accepted today that cloud hosting is the gold standard for any workload that isn’t literally b...

Cybersecurity is chaotic, messy, and evolving every thirty seconds. One minute you’re patching endpoints, the next you’re worrying about shadow IT living in the cloud, and your “fancy” security solutions don’t even talk to each other. Siloe...

Almost two years ago now, I took the leap and joined Macquarie Cloud Services with a deep curiosity for cyber security. At the time, I was in the thick of my Computer Science degree at the University of Wollongong, majoring in Cyber Security. I was s...

Interview. My journey with Macquarie Cloud Services kicked off with an engaging interview process that gave me a clear glimpse into the company’s vibrant culture. I met with the Hosting Management Centre (HMC) Manager, the Head of Operations, an...

Coming out of university was a transition like nothing before. Think of it like peering down an endless corridor, thousands and thousands of doors swung wide open with no map in sight. When I first applied for the graduate program at Macquarie Cloud ...

Hybrid cloud. Everyone’s got an opinion. Some reckons it’s the future, others say it’s a headache nobody asked for. The truth? Hybrid cloud is here to stay, and Azure Local HCI is one of the sharpest tools in the box if you want the best of “...