The National Police Capability Environment is a nationally assured cloud hosting environment on Microsoft Azure, designed specifically for police applications and services.
How it works
Our Cloud hosting service via the National Police Capability Environment provides UK policing with access to a nationally assured platform, built on Microsoft Azure and aligned to our Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (MCAF). We also offer integrated cyber defence capabilities, including protective monitoring, threat intelligence, and incident response via the National Management Centre (NMC).
The onboarding service supports forces and partners in accessing the cloud environment, providing subscription provisioning, developer tooling, and guidance through national assurance processes.
Benefits
- Reduces development time and cost through shared platform capabilities.
- Simplifies assurance and compliance for hosted solutions.
- Enhances security posture with integrated monitoring and response.
Learn more about member benefits on our dedicated Members page.
What we need
- Completed onboarding questionnaire.
- Vetted user details and stakeholder contacts.
- Access to documentation and delivery lifecycle inputs.
- Infrastructure and application requirements.
- Agreement to hosting and assurance processes.
What you get
- Secure, nationally assured cloud hosting environment.
- Customer-specific subscriptions and developer tooling.
- Integrated cyber defence services from NMC.
- Support with onboarding, assurance, and configuration.
- Optional regional high availability and disaster recovery capabilities.
- Optional secure development environment.
Case studies
Policing have selected the National Police Capability Environment as the hosting platform for its ANPR Find & Profile Tool and Prometheus application. Using automated pipelines and infrastructure-as-code, developers securely managed Azure resources on a nationally assured platform. The onboarding service provided project management and cyber monitoring configuration, ensuring compliance with national standards. Integrated NMC services enabled real-time threat detection and response, reducing risk and accelerating delivery.
