Migrate Servers to Azure: 3-8 Week Implementation

If you have any interest in Azure hosting your servers, you may have contemplated the value, but have been disconcerted, distracted, or discouraged by the effort or complexity required to move your servers there.

Whether you're just getting started or you have a plan to migrate to Azure and would like to have a second opinion and experienced hands, our tried and provide implementation plan is right for you:

Week 1-2: Assess Current Servers, Networks, and Storage

• Understand goals and outcomes
• Review existing servers
• Review existing networks
• Review existing storage

Week 3-4: Design Azure Compute, Network, and Storage Environment

• Recommend a design for the target Azure environment
• Recommend a plan to migrate: tools, approach, timeline
• Finalize team approach
• Finalize cutover schedule

Week 5-6: Import VM Definitions and Run Test Migration

• Connect environments
• Setup network and storage
• Import VM definitions
• Test migration

Week 7-8: Testing and Cutover

• Provide access to testing
• Make adjustments as necessary
• Finalize testing of migration
• Migrate VMs and Cutover