Migration Assessments - Legacy Databases to Microsoft Azure
mLogica LLC
Migration Assessments - Legacy Databases to Microsoft Azure
mLogica LLC
Migration Assessments - Legacy Databases to Microsoft Azure
mLogica LLC
Migration Assessments - Legacy Databases to Microsoft Azure
Before organizations take a leap to modernize their legacy environments, they must take stock of what the journey entails. mLogica’s proven assessment methodology and approach provides clients with a clear roadmap and options they can pursue with confidence.
Assessment Overview
Kick-start your modernization journey with mLogica’s comprehensive STAR*M assessment services. Utilize mLogica's expertise, powered by automated tooling features for distributed database analysis. This involves conducting a thorough evaluation of the customer’s existing database ecosystem, including infrastructure, operating systems, databases with licensed features in use, applications, and existing upstream/downstream interfaces. Based on this analysis, customers can identify areas for improvement and develop a modernization roadmap tailored to their modernization objectives.
Assessment Approach
A STAR*M assessment is employed as either a comprehensive or rapid approach. mLogica follows the approach to ensure full understanding of its customers environment and objectives as shown in the attached Assessment Deliverables image.
Assessment Scope
The high-level assessment scope includes:
Kickoff - involves setting the stage for the assessment, including introduction and objectives, scope definition, stakeholder identification, methodology and approach, timeline and milestones, resource and communication planning, and Q & A
Review – to revisit the initial scope of the migration project to ensure that it remains aligned with the overarching objectives and is appropriately defined for the upcoming assessment
Discovery - Our comprehensive solution begins with a thorough Discovery phase, where the Customer fills in a comprehensive digital questionnaire covering details of their legacy system and modernization objectives. Additionally, mLogica uses following methods to collect the details:
Customer allows access for STAR*M automation tool to scan the databases and gather metadata, configuration and performance insights
mLogica provides customers with a script to run and generate database metadata extracts to be uploaded into STAR*M for analyzing and generating an assessment report
Interviews - mLogica conducts focused business and technical interviews and workshops to confirm and refine project objectives and constraints
Deployment Strategy – outlines the plan for the deployment of the migrated database.
Deliverables
Based on the insights gained from the discovery, analysis, and workshops, mLogica experts will develop a comprehensive modernization report that provides the following:
Operational observations and recommendations
Data intelligence opportunities
Key efficiency opportunities
Transformation program journey & recommendations
Program Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) proposal
Program RACI definition