Download the full case study to discover how Kaplan Early Learning, a leader in early childhood education, leveraged DevPanel to migrate their student portal to a HIPAA‑compliant Azure environment—cutting what would’ve been months of work into a single week. If you’re planning a similar cloud infrastructure overhaul, this one’s for you.

1. The Challenge: Moving a Mission-Critical Portal to Azure, Securely

Kaplan Early Learning Company provides educational materials and platforms for early learners. Their student portal, a critical component of their online learning ecosystem, needed a fresh start:

• They wanted to migrate from a third-party hosted platform into their own Microsoft Azure account.
  
• Strict HIPAA compliance was non-negotiable due to student data implications.
  
• Multiple isolated environments—dev, test, staging, and production—were required.
  
• And their internal teams lacked deep Azure infrastructure expertise.
  

Tackling this manually would involve meticulously configuring Kubernetes, databases, networking, load balancers, storage, backups, security rules, audits, and more—in several environments. Without automation, this could easily span 3–4 weeks or more, even before accounting for ongoing ops.

2. Why Kaplan Chose DevPanel: Automation + Compliancy

DevPanel offered:

1. Infrastructure-as-code setup using Terraform and Helm charts—
   
2. Environment orchestration via Ansible,
   
3. Built-in API‑ready architecture, plus
   
4. A self-serve, security-forward platform and
   
5. Shared access with contractors without needing Azure credentials.
   

They engaged DevPanel to build a production-grade Azure setup—fully HIPAA‑compliant, multi-environment, load‑balanced, fully secure—in their own subscription.

3. In the Real World: DevPanel’s Impact

🚀 Weeks-to-Minutes Deployment

• Without DevPanel: A fresh Azure Drupal setup with Kubernetes, networking, SQL/Postgres storage, backups, security, and load balancing would easily take 3–4 weeks of manual work.
  
• With DevPanel: Terraform and Helm rendered that entire stack in under 30 minutes.
  

🌀 Multi‑Environment Magic

• Building dev, test, and staging environments manually? That’s weeks of repetitive configuration.
  
• DevPanel spun up identical, isolated environments automatically—using Ansible scripts—within minutes, at the push of a button.
  

🔗 API‑First Integration

• Kaplan’s portal needed API endpoints to connect with other apps.
  
• Instead of designing, implementing, and securing APIs themselves, DevPanel provided it automatically—saving weeks of development, testing, debugging, and hardening efforts.
  

👥 Safe Collaboration

• DevPanel’s role-based access management let Kaplan securely onboard contractors and third-party developers—no Azure console access required!
  

💸 Real Savings

• DevPanel stood up mature cloud infrastructure in a single day—saving at least 2 months compared to manual deployment.
  
• And thanks to continuous automation, Kaplan’s ops team now saves 20–40 hours every month on environment management, scaling, backups, compliance, and routine DevOps.
  

🤝 Your Dedicated DevOps Partner

• Beyond tooling, Kaplan gained DevPanel’s team as their ongoing DevOps partner. Azure infrastructure is now monitored, managed, and optimized without the overhead.
  

4. Download the Case Study to Learn More

The full PDF walks you through:

• Step-by-step deployment timeline
  
• Exact Terraform/Helm/Ansible patterns used
  
• A breakdown of HIPAA compliance controls
  
• Metrics on time saved, costs reduced, and ROI
  
• Tips on team setup, roles, and training
  

It’s a hands‑on guide if you’re considering an Azure migration for a student portal, healthcare app, or compliance-heavy SaaS platform.

5. Thinking of Doing Something Similar?

You’re not alone. Deploying secure, multi-environment infrastructure on Azure—especially under HIPAA or privacy-heavy regulations—is tough. But:

• What took Kaplan 1 day took many teams months—sometimes only to discover misconfigurations or audit failures.
  
• The ongoing DevOps burden can pull developers away from building product and impact GTM timelines.
  
• With DevPanel, infrastructure is automated, consistent, secure—and your developers focus on your product, not YAML or ARM templates.
  

6. Next Steps

1. ➡️ Download the full case study to dive into the technical deep‑dive and learn how to adapt this model to your needs.
   
2. 📞 Ready to talk? Our team can assess your needs—from HIPAA compliance to GitOps orchestration, secure API design, and DevOps integration.
   
3. ⚡️ See DevPanel in action—book a demo and explore how enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure can be accelerated without compromising security or control.
   

7. Who This Is For

• SMBs building healthcare or education platforms
  
• Teams needing HIPAA, FERPA, SOC‑2 compliant infrastructure
  
• Companies launching student portals / learning platforms / SaaS apps
  
• Organizations craving environment orchestration but lacking cloud-native expertise
  
• CTOs and DevOps leads aiming to outsource infrastructure ops, not their entire IP
  

TL;DR

Challenge	DevPanel Solution	Impact
Drupal + Kubernetes on Azure	Terraform + Helm in DevPanel scripts	30‑minute deployment
Multiple environments (dev/test/stage)	Ansible-driven “click-to-create” clones	Hours instead of weeks
Secure, API-ready infra	Built-in API/ingress plus policy enforcement	Zero dev cycle needed
Hands-on Azure learning curve	Intuitive dashboard; no deep Azure knowledge needed	Dev focus returns to value
Contractor access needed	RBAC-managed through DevPanel	Secure, no Azure access needed
Ongoing ops overhead	Continuous automation & DevOps support	20‑40 hrs/mo saved

Hear from Kaplan’s Team

“In just days, DevPanel stood up our full Azure stack—Kubernetes, APIs, security, environments. This would’ve taken us months to build manually.”

“We saved months of work and now get 20–40 hours off our plate every month—all while focusing on our product.”

These are real quotes from the migration—📥 grab the PDF for more!

Don’t Reinvent the Wheel

If you’re prepping for:

• An Azure migration
  
• A HIPAA or compliance-heavy launch
  
• A multi-environment Dev/My/Test/Prod setup
  
• API integrations with strict security requirements
  

…then this case study will show you exactly how to replicate Kaplan’s success.

Ready to Launch?

Download the full Kaplan Early Learning & DevPanel case study now, and discover:

• 🚀 Step-by-step infrastructure timelines
  
• Codes, scripts, and automation pipelines
  
• Compliance configurations & audits
  
• ROI and efficiency-impact metrics
  

👉 Download now, or contact us to discuss how we can build your next environment—secure, automated, and developer-friendly—from day one.

Let’s accelerate your cloud journey—together.