Microsoft Azure Automation Helps Simplify and Secure Monthly Accounting for Small Business “Migrating to Microsoft Azure has given us the structure and tools to provide our customers with the reporting tools they need. Having a rock-solid platform and being able to quickly scale services as demand increases is vital to our future growth.” – Mick Devine, CEO, Calxa SITUATION Monthly reporting takes too much time for both accountants and not-for-profits, but it has to be done. For small businesses it has often been the last thing on their minds. While the desire has been there, the available tools required action on the part of a busy business owner and were often forgotten or left until everything else was done. Calxa had a solution but wanted to secure it in the cloud. MICROSOFT AZURE ISV: Calxa WEB SITE: www.calxa.com LOCATION: Townsville, Australia ORG SIZE: 12 MICROSOFT AZURE ISV PROFILE: Calxa makes budgeting and reporting easier for accountants, small businesses, and not-for-profits. By automating processes, integrating with popular accounting systems, and providing a library of reports, it saves customers many hours each month. Moving it to Azure allows access from anywhere and simpler sharing and collaboration. SOLUTION By migrating existing code to Microsoft Azure Web Services and data to Microsoft Azure SQL Database, Calxa provides customers with the tools to collaborate on reports and automate their sharing. The Invisible Accountant uses the power of Azure WebJobs to schedule delivery of reports to users on time every month, which eliminates much of the manual work that occurred in the past and gives small business owners timely reminders of the current state of their finances. BENEFITS Microsoft Azure SQL Database provides secure storage of customer information for Calxa in local data centers. Microsoft Azure blob storage simplifies data transfer from accounting systems into Calxa for fast integration.