About the cloud platform
The cloud platform gives your organisation simplified access to cloud technologies for the Scottish public sector. It’s designed for:
- the Scottish Government
- Scottish Public Sector organisations
By joining the cloud platform you'll get access to:
- a pay-as-you-go service
- identity and access management
- a service in line with Scottish Government and industry standards
- existing contracts and discounts
The cloud platform team will guide you through onboarding. You'll manage and keep control of your solutions.
You can find more information about:
The benefits of using the cloud platform
By using the cloud platform, you’ll:
- get discounts on cloud usage rates
- not have to do your own procurement for Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure
- get to use a Scottish Government approved cloud solution
- reuse cloud patterns which follow the Digital Scotland Service Standard
- get pre-configured security features, saving time and money on set up
- get to use the Scottish Government’s identity provider
Meet the needs of your users
You can meet the needs of your users better, because:
- you’ll have fewer software constraints
- the platform can scale to meet your workload needs
Keep your information and data secure
The platform meets the performance and security needs of government and public-facing services. It:
- can support data classified up to OFFICIAL. The Cloud Platform cannot be used to store data classified SECRET or TOP SECRET
- allows you to manage your team members’ permissions from an admin interface
- facilitates access to Scottish Government’s Security Operations Centre to share log files
Get support during business hours
A full-time, multidisciplinary team at the Scottish Government build and manage the platform.
The team provides business hours support for live services (Monday to Thursday, 8:30 am to 5 pm, Fridays 8:30 am to 4:30 pm).