{"id":54810,"date":"2026-04-27T16:28:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yardi.ae\/?p=11957"},"modified":"2026-05-27T07:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:26:16","slug":"how-azure-reduced-resolution-time-for-service-requests-by-50-with-yardi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/how-azure-reduced-resolution-time-for-service-requests-by-50-with-yardi\/","title":{"rendered":"How Azure Reduced Resolution Time for Service Requests by 50% with Yardi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We sat down with <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.sa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Azure<\/a> to see how the team has leveraged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.ae\/products\/yardi-residential-suite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yardi\u2019s residential software<\/a> platform to streamline operations, eliminate manual processes and improve real-time visibility \u2013 all while elevating maintenance services and resident experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/resources.yardi.com\/documents\/how-centralised-workflows-and-a-resident-app-helped-azure-boost-efficiency-visibility-and-service\">Read the full story<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-company\">The Company<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Azure is a premier lifestyle experience provider and a proud subsidiary of Mohammed AlHabib Holding. A leading real estate investment and development company founded in 1972 with over 50 projects across ten cities in Saudi Arabia, including 16+ residential communities comprising 4,000 housing units. Building on this legacy, Azure delivers high-quality long-term rental living through its collection of gated communities in Riyadh. It offers luxurious villas and apartments supported by world-class amenities and exceptional resident services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-challenge\">The Challenge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As Azure expanded its residential portfolio, reliance on manual processes and limited digital access began to affect efficiency, visibility, and the resident experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, maintenance requests were handled manually, causing delays and inconsistent service. Also, the absence of digital move-in and move-out inspections made it difficult to track damages to furnished units, increasing financial risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a strategic level, fragmented data across systems limited leadership\u2019s ability to access real-time insights into property and financial performance. Furthermore, due to a lack of robust monitoring tools, the team struggled to track service-level agreements (SLAs) and address issues proactively, resulting in frequent SLA breaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Azure needed a solution that could streamline processes, centralise its data and deliver real-time insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-solution\">The Solution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To support its expanding residential portfolio, Azure adopted solutions from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.ae\/products\/yardi-residential-suite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yardi\u2019s Residential Suite<\/a>. This created a single platform to centralise property management and financial operations with real-time dashboards and unified data across departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Yardi\u2019s real estate platform, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.ae\/products\/yardi-advanced-maintenance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">maintenance workflows<\/a> are more structured and transparent. Residents can submit service requests through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.ae\/products\/rentcafe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">resident portal and app<\/a>, enabling teams to assign, track, and manage tasks more efficiently while monitoring SLAs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The platform also supports digital move-in and move-out inspections and provides a central hub for resident communication, amenity bookings and community updates. This helps Azure to streamline operations while delivering a more convenient and consistent resident experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, by linking operational data through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.ae\/products\/data-connect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yardi Data Connect<\/a>, Azure gains instant visibility into portfolio performance, supporting faster, more informed decision-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-results\">The Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since implementing Yardi\u2019s Residential Suite, Azure has seen a rapid shift toward digital operations and improved resident experience. Residents are now engaging with self-service tools, maintenance workflows are faster and more transparent, and leadership teams have real-time visibility into portfolio performance. This has helped enable smarter decisions and a more consistent service across all communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-resident-adoption-amp-engagement\">Resident Adoption &amp; Engagement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result of implementing Yardi&#8217;s platform, digital tools have become the primary channel for residents, with over 80% of invited users actively engaging on the RentCafe portal and app. Furthermore, most service requests are now submitted online, helping reduce walk-in and phone enquiries by 80%, and cut resolution times for resident requests by 40-50%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWith the white-labelled resident app, we\u2019ve transformed community living into a connected, efficient experience. Residents now enjoy instant access to amenities and all facilities, while our teams leverage real-time data for smarter operations. This shift has elevated service standards and strengthens engagement across all compounds.\u201d<br><strong>Youssef Osama, <\/strong>ERP Specialist, Azure<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-maintenance-efficiency\">Maintenance Efficiency<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, digitised workflows and automated request routing have resulted in 80% of maintenance requests being processed digitally and assigned automatically to technicians. 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