Case Studies

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Twenty-plus years of UAE IT delivery. Here is what that looks like in practice — the challenges clients brought to us, how we solved them, and what changed as a result.

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Buyers do not want to be the first. They want to know who else trusted you — and what happened. These proof cards draw on real engagements across Abu Dhabi and the wider UAE. Full anonymised case studies are available on request.

Cloud & Productivity

Microsoft 365 + Security Migration

The Challenge

A mid-size Abu Dhabi professional services firm was running on-premise Exchange 2013 with no MFA, no endpoint protection, and staff using personal devices. A phishing attack had already compromised one executive mailbox.

What Missan Did
  • Full Microsoft 365 Business Premium tenant deployment
  • Mailbox migration with zero downtime cutover
  • Conditional Access + MFA rollout across 85 users
  • Intune MDM enrollment for all company and BYOD devices
  • Defender for Office 365 — anti-phishing, safe links, safe attachments

Zero successful phishing incidents in 18 months post-deployment. IT admin time reduced by 40% through automation.

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Document Management

windream DMS + File Management System

The Challenge

A UAE construction group managing 14 active projects had document version conflicts, contract disputes from lost revision history, and approvals done via WhatsApp with no audit trail.

What Missan Did
  • windream DMS implementation with project-based folder taxonomy
  • Automated version control and check-in / check-out workflows
  • Role-based access across project managers, site engineers, and legal
  • Integration with existing ERP for purchase order document linkage
  • Staff training and 90-day hypercare support

Contract dispute resolution time cut from 3 weeks to 2 days. Full audit trail established for regulatory review.

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Infrastructure

End-to-End Infrastructure Revamp

The Challenge

A manufacturing company in Abu Dhabi Industrial City was running servers from 2011 on a flat network with no segmentation. A single ransomware event would have taken the entire operation offline with no recovery path.

What Missan Did
  • Full server refresh — HPE ProLiant with VMware vSphere
  • Network redesign — VLANs, Fortinet NGFW, managed switching
  • Veeam Backup & Replication with offsite cloud repository
  • DR runbook and quarterly failover testing
  • 3-year managed support contract

RTO reduced from “unknown” to under 4 hours. Infrastructure now supports 5-year growth without hardware refresh.

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Custom Development

Custom Application Development

The Challenge

A UAE government-linked entity needed a secure internal portal for inter-department workflow approvals — off-the-shelf SaaS tools could not meet data residency requirements or integrate with legacy systems.

What Missan Did
  • Requirements workshop and process mapping across 6 departments
  • Custom .NET application hosted on UAE on-premise infrastructure
  • Active Directory SSO integration
  • Role-based workflow engine with escalation logic
  • Ongoing support and quarterly feature release cycle

Manual approval time dropped from 5 days to same-day. Full data residency compliance maintained.

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Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Posture Uplift

The Challenge

A financial services firm in Dubai was preparing for a regulatory audit. Internal IT had no documented security policies, no vulnerability scanning programme, and no incident response plan.

What Missan Did
  • ISO 27001 gap assessment and remediation roadmap
  • Vulnerability scanning and penetration test (external + internal)
  • Security policy library creation — 22 policies documented
  • SIEM deployment (Microsoft Sentinel) with custom alerting rules
  • Incident response plan and tabletop exercise facilitation

Passed regulatory audit with zero critical findings. Achieved ISO 27001 certification within 9 months.

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Backup & DR

Backup & Disaster Recovery Programme

The Challenge

A multi-site retail group had backups running to NAS devices at each branch — never tested, never monitored. When ransomware hit their head-office file server, backups were found to be 11 days stale and partially corrupt.

What Missan Did
  • Veeam Backup & Replication centralised across all sites
  • 3-2-1 backup architecture: local, replication, cloud repository
  • Automated daily backup verification with alert-on-failure
  • Monthly restore testing with signed completion reports
  • Staff awareness training — ransomware recognition

Post-programme ransomware event recovered in 3.5 hours with zero data loss. Previous exposure: full business shutdown.

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Proof we should publish next

These engagements are ready to be written up as full case studies. We are gathering client approval — if you are involved in one, let us know you are happy to be featured.

Healthcare EMR Backup

Abu Dhabi clinic network — Veeam + Fortinet + compliance alignment

Multi-Entity M365 Consolidation

UAE conglomerate — 6 entities unified under single Microsoft tenant

Government Azure Migration

Abu Dhabi entity — on-premise to Azure UAE North with ADSIC sign-off

OT / IT Segmentation

Industrial manufacturer — Fortinet OT, SCADA isolation, zero incidents since

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