Azure Migration: 4-6 Week Discovery & Assessment

Align Communications

Modern IT infrastructure is complex, stretching from the data center to the cloud. During this 4–6 week assessment, Align helps companies gain an accurate picture of their internal infrastructure.

We provide you value by outlining a plan and process to modernize your IT, rationalize your data center portfolio and determine what you can migrate to the cloud.
Why Assessment Lite: Our goal is to quickly give you a snapshot into your infrastructure through various reports and share best practices to help outline and jumpstart a broader transformation program.


To get started on this program, we focus on a “sample set” of 250 assets.

Step One: Pre-Project Scope of Work Call

  • Define client goals, timeline and project scope
  • Gather available client inventory & asset data
  • Review program schedule & identify a point of contact from the client side

After completing the pre-project scope of work call, we begin the Discovery & Assessment Lite Audit.

Step Two: Discovery & Assessment Lite Audit
  • Conduct a non-intrusive physical inventory on-site (we do not touch assets or trace connectivity/cabling)
  • Apply agentless monitoring tool to perform logical discovery of virtual servers and current and unknown software for the sample set
  • Evaluate collected data and develop management report of the 250 discovered assets for the client presentation

The Management Report of 250 Discovered Assets includes:
  • Physical & Logical Inventory Discovery Report (validates accuracy of physical & logical assets, EOL, installed software, cabinet elevations)
  • Azure Migration Compatibility Recommendation
  • Demonstration of process and tools for how to right-size your infrastructure with a hybrid solution leveraging Azure

This assessment includes 1 data center with 250 assets (includes server, storage, network, physical/virtual assets) Client must agree to security requirements & provide us a POC so we can install non-intrusive logical discovery tools.
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