Azure Cloud Migration - 6 Week Assessment

The Advania Azure Cloud Migration Assessment is collaboratively delivered by our accredited Cloud Solution Architects using advanced toolsets to analyse your existing IT infrastructure and map this into an Azure architecture blueprint.

For clients looking to migrate from on-premises data centre environments to Azure, we will deliver concise guidance and actionable insights along with a high-level migration plan to support your cloud adoption journey. Our expertise, your cloud, right first time.

APEX represents Advania’s approach in supporting clients with their digital transformation journey through Azure adoption. From the initial application assessment and cloud economics, through to migration, modernisation and innovation our team can offer expertise to guide and plan your next steps. Once operating workloads in Azure, we provide ongoing assurance that your service is operating effectively through our accredited cloud experts and comprehensive Azure Managed Service

Accelerate your cloud journey

• Business stakeholder call
• Discuss objective, scope, format, and value of the assessment to your organisation
• Gather high level customer context and identify key areas of concern
• Ensure scope, objectives, format and deliverables are understood
• Confirm logistics and attendees
• Conduct an initial discovery workshop

Secure and compliant foundation

Using Azure Migrate over an agreed period, the assessment will create a report for the migrating workloads including

• Windows/Linux and SQL on physical instances, VMware, and Hyper-V on premises to Azure IaaS and for migrating applications to Azure App Service
• Analysis includes coverage of SQL Server Services, Backup & Disaster Recovery services
• Azure Migrate enables accelerated decision-making with a business case that factors Azure Windows Hybrid Benefits, Reserved Instances, Azure Savings Plan, etc. The report also includes financial analysis comparing TCO for on-premises costs vs moving to Azure, payback period, etc

Easy to manage and develop

• Our team will produce an assessment report based on the data captured during the discovery workshop and tools-based assessment phase inclusive of:
  • Financial projections
  • Workload scan and analysis
• Our engagement completes with a collaborative presentation showing migration and modernisation options, licensing benefits and our Azure Landing Zone design which ensures a well-architected, secure foundation for your migration aligned to the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework including
  • Report detailing lift and shift costs for Azure
  • High-level migration plan