Azure Cloud Assessment and Migration Service 2-Wk Implementation

You already know that migrating to cloud services can enable agility, reduce costs, and improve efficiency. However, you’re still unsure if your legacy application can be migrated or how you can modernize without breaking current features and functionality.

This assessment will deliver a foundational understanding of server workloads running across your estate and provides an in-depth understanding of the resource utilization of those workloads. From this data, we provide a detailed Azure readiness and sizing analysis, right-sizing and platform recommendations, and Azure cost models to enable detailed migration planning and identify application candidates for an Azure Migration Proof of Concept as a common next step.

Approach Our 03 main approaches for moving existing resources in any cloud or physical data center into Microsoft Azure:

1. Lift-and-shift: Quickly lift Virtual Machines, Databases, and existing infrastructure in a like-for-like manner into Microsoft Azure for a rapid move into the Cloud
2. Modernization: A thorough analysis and migration from traditionally hosted workloads such as VMs and hosted Databases into more cost effective and efficient Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings from Microsoft.
3. Greenfield: If you are looking to start fresh in Microsoft Azure, we’ll assist with the initial sizing of resources and also provide you a cloud-centered approach for network architecture to host your new environment. You can then move your existing applications and workloads into this freshly deployed environment.

Plan Week 1: Kick-Off and Installation of Azure Migrate Assessment Tool Interview meetings to understand (Networking, Security, Infrastructure, Operations, Risk, & Change Management) Week 2: Cloud readiness reports of analyzed infrastructure from Azure migrate tool Design target cloud architecture and infrastructure report Recommendations and Roadmap final report.

Deliverables

1. Migration Recommendation Document
2. Server Inventory Report
3. Azure VM Migration Report
4. Migration Plan

Benefits & Outcomes: With our Cloud Assessment and Migration Service, you can assess and migrate: o Servers: Migrate them to Azure virtual machines o Databases: Migrate them to Azure SQL Database or to SQL Managed Instance. o Web applications: Migrate them to Azure App Service. o Virtual desktops: Migrate Windows Virtual Desktop in Azure. o Data: Migrate large amounts of data using Azure Data Box products.

At the end of this assessment, you’ll have a clear understanding of the path forward to hosting your application in Microsoft Azure or a better awareness of the challenges/barriers you may face to do so. And ALFA will also provide cost optimization steps including o Evaluation of existing licenses to ensure Azure Hybrid Benefit cost savings are realized post-migration. o Sizing analysis and Azure reservation recommendations post migration.

Additional post-migration support is available on request at an hourly rate.