Azure Workload Migration: 8-Wk Proof of Concept

This is a server assessment to analyze workload utilization, provide migration recommendations and cost projections, and migrate an IaaS workload or containerized application to Azure as a Proof of Concept.

A successful cloud migration plan starts with a clear, understanding of your current server infrastructure. This assessment delivers a detailed review of server workloads across your enterprise. It also provides an in-depth analysis of the resource utilization of those workloads. From this data, we will provide a thorough Azure readiness analysis, platform, and size recommendations, along with Azure cost models to enable detailed migration planning. This will help our team identify an application candidate for an Azure Migration Proof of Concept and support the execution of the PoC migration.

Agenda

Weeks 1-2 – Data Collection

• Inventory of server infrastructure
• Collection of workload utilization metrics

Weeks 3-4 – Infrastructure Analysis

• Categorize workloads, such as identifying non-production
• Produce Azure VM sizing, preliminary modernization opportunities, and cost modelling

Weeks 5-6 – Application-level Analysis

• Target an application candidate for migration
• Group workloads by application dependencies
• Assess application-level readiness
• Estimate Application Modernization level of effort

Weeks 7-8 - Azure Migration Proof of Concept

• Azure subscription and infrastructure setup
• Proof of Concept migration of an IaaS workload or containerized application

Deliverables

• Server Inventory Report, including hardware, OS, and software attributes
• Azure VM Migration Report, including workload utilization metrics, Azure readiness, optimized VM and Storage profiling, and cost projections
• Application Readiness Report, including PaaS compatibility and remediation considerations
• Foundational Azure infrastructure setup
• Proof of Concept workload running in Azure