# Desai InfoTech case studies

> Projects developed, migrated and hosted by Desai InfoTech.

- URL: https://www.desaiinfo.net/case-studies

## North America Fashion Week: WordPress migration to Azure with CI/CD and online voting

> Migrated the website of North America Fashion Week, a Redmond charity fashion event, to Microsoft Azure with infrastructure as code, automated GitHub Actions deployments, online ticketing and a public voting system.

- Client: North America Fashion Week (NAFW) (https://northamericafashionweek.com/)
- Industry: Fashion events and charity, Redmond, WA
- Technologies: Microsoft Azure, WordPress, Bicep, GitHub Actions

**Challenge:** North America Fashion Week runs an annual charity fashion event in Redmond, with designers, models, sponsors, vendors and media all applying online. Its custom WordPress site needed dependable cloud hosting, a repeatable deployment process, and online voting and ticketing.

**Solution:** Desai InfoTech migrated the custom WordPress site to managed Azure hosting, defined the environment as infrastructure as code, and moved releases to GitHub Actions. Scheduled workflows automate routine event communications and post-event tasks, and the site publishes structured data and an llms.txt file so AI search engines can understand it.

**Results:**

- Cloud hosting on Microsoft Azure, reproducible from infrastructure as code
- Every change deployed automatically through GitHub Actions
- Online voting and ticketing for the Fashion Awards and events
- Automated event-communication workflows
- AI-search ready with structured data and llms.txt

## Universe Crown Impact: Next.js pageant platform with registration, voting and payments on Azure

> Designed and built a fast, static-first Next.js website and registration platform for an international pageant organization, hosted on Azure Static Web Apps with infrastructure as code and CI/CD.

- Client: Universe Crown Impact, an AmPowering initiative (https://www.universecrownimpact.com/)
- Industry: Pageants and social impact, Washington and Oregon
- Technologies: Next.js, TypeScript, Azure Static Web Apps, Bicep, GitHub Actions

**Challenge:** Universe Crown Impact runs several pageants, including Mrs Universe America and India Washington USA, each with registration, public voting, ticketing, sponsorships and payment plans. It needed a premium, fast public website and a dependable registration back end at a nonprofit-friendly cost.

**Solution:** Desai InfoTech built a static-first Next.js site with optimized responsive images and a TypeScript back end for registrations, voting, sponsorships, payment plans and reporting, with automated tests. It runs on Azure Static Web Apps with a managed Azure back end, monitoring and alerting, all defined in infrastructure as code and deployed through GitHub Actions, and was planned against a documented Azure cost plan.

**Results:**

- Fast static-first website with modern image formats and no paid image service
- Registration, public voting, sponsorship and payment-plan workflows in one platform
- Monitoring and alerting on the production environment
- Separate, automated infrastructure and application pipelines
- AI-search ready with llms.txt and structured data, built with AI-assisted engineering

## AmPowering: nonprofit website migration to Astro and Azure Static Web Apps

> Migrated a Seattle-area nonprofit's legacy website to a fast Astro and React site on Azure Static Web Apps, with serverless forms, online donations, and automated staging and production deployments.

- Client: AmPowering (https://www.ampowering.org/)
- Industry: Nonprofit, Greater Seattle Area, WA
- Technologies: Astro, React, Tailwind CSS, Azure Static Web Apps, Azure Functions, GitHub Actions, GitHub Copilot

**Challenge:** AmPowering runs programs ranging from food distribution and interim shelter to women's empowerment and youth leadership. Years of existing website content had to be preserved in the move, and contact, volunteer and donation forms needed to stay spam-free while keeping hosting costs low.

**Solution:** Desai InfoTech migrated the legacy content into Markdown and rebuilt the site with Astro, Tailwind CSS and React on Azure Static Web Apps. Serverless Azure Functions handle contact and volunteer forms with spam protection, Azure email services send notifications, and online donations are built in. GitHub Actions deploys to separate staging and production environments.

**Results:**

- Legacy content preserved and migrated to Markdown-driven pages
- Mostly static site served from a global CDN with a small serverless back end
- Spam-protected forms with no form server to maintain
- Staging and production environments with automated deployments
- Built with AI-assisted development using GitHub Copilot

## Seattle Gujarati Cultural Society: membership and events platform on Azure

> Built a full-stack Next.js membership and events platform for a 501(c)(3) cultural nonprofit that has served Seattle since 1993, hosted on Microsoft Azure with online payments, member email and automated CI/CD.

- Client: Seattle Gujarati Cultural Society (SGCS) (https://www.seattlegujaratis.org/)
- Industry: Nonprofit, cultural community, Greater Seattle Area, WA
- Technologies: Next.js, TypeScript, Microsoft Azure, Bicep, GitHub Actions

**Challenge:** SGCS connects Gujarati families across the Seattle area through festivals such as Navratri Garba, senior programs and community service. The society needed a secure member portal with online membership payments, event information and email communication with members.

**Solution:** Desai InfoTech built a Next.js web application on managed Azure hosting with a managed database and cloud storage. Members get a secure self-service portal and online membership payments, and the society can send consent-aware event and campaign email through Azure email services. Scheduled jobs and GitHub Actions pipelines automate routine operations.

**Results:**

- Self-service membership sign-up and renewal with online payments
- Secure member portal
- Consent-aware event and campaign email to members
- Automated operations and CI/CD pipelines
- AI-search ready with llms.txt and structured data, built with AI-assisted engineering