Sonata's VMware to Azure Migration

Today's businesses face challenges such as shifts in licensing, support subscriptions, and changes to Virtual terms and conditions.

Our assessment provides a clear roadmap for migration, allowing you to leverage Azure’s advanced capabilities for improved performance, security, and cost efficiency. Sonata ensures a seamless transition, bringing stability and significant cost savings as you move from VMware to Azure.

Workshop Objectives

• Understand why this is the right time to move from VMware to Microsoft Azure.
• Learn how to transition your infrastructure to Azure effectively.
• Analyze your current status—licensing, cost implications, and resource requirements.
• Identify and address security requirements.
• Determine the best migration path (e.g., migrate VMware workloads "as is" or modernize with native Azure IaaS/PaaS).
• Provide a detailed migration roadmap with timelines and milestones.

Key phases of our approach

• Discover: Identify key stakeholders, migration objectives, and gather current infrastructure information and credentials.
• Assess: Use Sonata’s proprietary IP to evaluate technical feasibility, risks, costs, and resource needs.
• Analyze: Compare migration and modernization options, and prioritize based on business impact and ROI.
• Readout: Develop a detailed implementation plan including a step-by-step migration roadmap, schedule, service fees, and Microsoft funding options.

Key Deliverables of our Assessments

• Complete assessment report covering application, data, and infrastructure related to VMware workloads.
• Detailed inventory report for applications and infrastructure.
• Migration tools and technology methods with finalized migration approach.
• Gap analysis and action plan, including cost-benefit and risk analysis reports.
• Recommendations for optimization and modernization, including identifying opportunities for cost optimization on VMware workloads.
• Workload prioritization report and a detailed modernization roadmap.

Highlights

• Clear Migration Strategy: A tailored plan to transition workloads efficiently to Azure, minimizing disruption.
• Accelerated Migration: Benefit from Sonata's proprietary tools and accelerators that can make migrations 20-40% quicker.
• Cost Insights: Understanding potential savings and pricing models, including Azure Hybrid Benefit options.
• Enhanced Performance: Leveraging Azure's capabilities to improve operational efficiency and scalability.
• Risk Mitigation: Access to Sonata's proven methodologies and tools to reduce migration risks and ensure a successful transition.
• Expert Guidance: Benefit from the expertise of Sonata’s specialists, ensuring best practices throughout the assessment process.

Who Should Attend

• IT & business leaders
• CTOs, CIOs, and IT managers
• Product owners
• CISO/legal

Depending on the size of the infrastructure estate, the assessment fee varies accordingly.