Customer Stories | Hydrogen Group

About Hydrogen Group

Hydrogen Group is a global specialist recruitment business connecting highly skilled professionals with leading organisations across key industries. With expertise spanning accounting and finance, compliance, legal, life sciences, procurement and technology, the company helps businesses attract the talent they need to grow and succeed. Through its sector-focused approach and international reach, Hydrogen Group builds lasting relationships with both clients and candidates, delivering recruitment solutions tailored to their specialist needs.

The challenge

Hydrogen Group needed a reliable way to support and maintain a complex range of portals and software applications, each playing a vital role in day-to-day operations. The challenge was to understand the specific requirements of each system and ensure they continued to perform optimally, minimising disruption and maintaining business continuity.

Focus Group designed and implemented a bespoke IT environment combining private cloud infrastructure with Microsoft 365 Business services, including Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), OneDrive and SharePoint. This tailored approach streamlined business functionality, addressed operational issues and provided a more integrated, flexible platform for employees to access the tools and information they needed.

The solution created a secure, work-from-anywhere infrastructure supported by Microsoft’s Office 365 ecosystem and private cloud services. Real-time provisioning and responsive engineering support helped keep systems running smoothly, enabling Hydrogen Group to adapt to changing business demands while maintaining reliable access to its critical applications.

The solution

Focus Group’s transparent and responsive managed services ensure ongoing support for Hydrogen Group’s IT environment, helping to resolve issues quickly and keep critical systems running smoothly. This allows the business to focus on its core operations, with confidence that its technology is being effectively managed and supported.

In addition, Focus Group reviewed Hydrogen Group’s Microsoft Office 365 licensing and recommended a more cost-effective plan, consolidating licences to better match business requirements. This has delivered significant savings of £5,000 per month - equivalent to £60,000 per year while ensuring the business retains the services and functionality it needs. The result is a more efficient, cost-effective IT solution that delivers lasting value.

The results

Hydrogen Group now benefits from a flexible, future-ready IT solution supported by Focus Group’s fully managed, 24/7 global support. The combination of private cloud infrastructure and Microsoft 365 services gives employees reliable access to essential applications and tools, wherever they work. This helps maintain business continuity, supports collaboration and provides a scalable foundation for future growth.

“Focus Group has helped us create a more flexible and cost-effective IT environment, with reliable support whenever we need it. The £5,000 monthly saving on our Microsoft licensing has been a fantastic result, and we’re delighted with the service and value delivered.”

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