Case Study · Canterbury Christ Church University
Web hosting as a service
Replacing a complex in-house system with fully managed web hosting — Azure AD single sign-on, cPanel for students and lecturers, a lecturer management dashboard and resilient, self-service backups.
- Higher education
- University
- Student web hosting
- Web hosting as a service
- Single sign-on
The challenge
The university operated a complicated, custom-built in-house system for student website hosting that had become difficult to maintain. Account provisioning was unreliable, functionality was limited, and the interface was outdated.
The solution
- Azure Active Directory single sign-on integration
- cPanel access for students and lecturers, with a lecturer management dashboard
- One-click application installs and selectable PHP versions
- Rule of Three backups with local and offsite redundancy and self-service recovery
- Integrated support ticketing and live chat
The outcomes
- Students gained access to industry-standard development tools
- Streamlined onboarding and centralised account management
- Removed the burden of maintaining hosting infrastructure internally
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