Migration and Modernization
Our data center and VMware costs keep going up.
For CIO, CFO, VP of infrastructure
Hardware refreshes, lease ends and VMware licensing changes force a decision about where workloads should run. We start with a fixed-fee Migration Assessment: we discover what you have, decide what happens to each application using AWS's 7Rs, and build a business case. Not every workload should move; some stay or retire. Then we migrate in planned waves with tested rollback, covering VMware and Microsoft estates, and modernize applications and databases where it pays off.
How we work
What we do
Open a step to see what happens and what you receive.
Assess
Fixed fee.
- Discover servers, applications and dependencies
- Assign a 7Rs disposition to each application: retire, retain, rehost, relocate, replatform, repurchase or refactor
- Build a total cost of ownership model and business case
- Check eligibility for AWS migration programs
You receive: a migration business case, an application disposition and wave plan, and a fixed-price mobilize proposal.
Confirmed at scoping.
Build
Fixed scope with milestones, following the AWS Migration Acceleration Program sequence: assess, mobilize, then migrate and modernize.
- Mobilize: migration runbooks, a pilot wave, cutover and rollback plans, and team enablement
- Wave-based rehost and replatform moves with AWS Application Migration Service
- VMware exit to Amazon EC2 or managed services, in stages
- Windows Server, SQL Server and Active Directory migration with license optimization
- Application and database modernization: containers (Amazon ECS or EKS), serverless, Amazon Aurora or RDS
You receive: migrated workloads per wave, cutover and rollback records, and a decommission plan.
Scoped per wave.
Run
Optional. If you want us to, we can keep this going monthly for as long as you need it.
- Hypercare after each wave
- Handover into Managed AWS Operations, if you choose it
- Post-migration optimization review
You receive: a post-migration cost and performance report.
Services included: Migration Assessment and Business Case, Migration Readiness and Planning, Workload Migration, VMware Exit to AWS, Microsoft Workloads on AWS, Application and Database Modernization.
Want to know what this would look like for you?About 30 minutes with a practitioner from the practice that does the work. You’ll leave with a clear view of your next step.
Book a 30-minute conversationOutcomes
What you can expect
- A decision backed by a real business caseAssessment
- Workloads moved in planned waves with tested rollbackImplementation
- A data center or VMware exit on a known dateImplementation
Each outcome is labelled with the stage that delivers it. An assessment or advisory engagement on its own does not include the implementation work.
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DeliverablesDeliverables by phase (8)
Assess
- Migration business case
- Application disposition (7Rs) and wave plan
- Fixed-price mobilize proposal
Build
- Migration runbooks and pilot wave
- Migrated workloads per wave
- Cutover and rollback records
- Decommission plan
Run (optional)
- Post-migration cost and performance report (optional Run)
Good to know
Questions leaders ask
What are the 7Rs?
Retire, retain, rehost, relocate, replatform, repurchase and refactor: the seven choices for each application.
How long does a migration take?
It depends on the number of applications and dependencies. The assessment produces a wave plan, and we confirm the schedule in the proposal.
Do we have to move everything?
No. Some workloads should stay where they are or be retired. The business case shows which.
Can AWS fund this?
AWS runs funding programs for some migrations. We check eligibility during scoping and never assume funding in a quote.
We tried migrating before and it stalled.
Stalls usually come from hidden dependencies or no tested cutover plan. The mobilize step addresses that with dependency mapping, runbooks and a pilot wave.
Why it matters nowThe numbers behind this
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- A short conversationWhat needs to happen, and by when.
- A written proposalWhat you would receive, how long it takes and the fee, before you commit.
No cost, no obligation.
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About 30 minutes with a practitioner from the practice that does the work, not a salesperson. It’s about your situation, and you’ll leave with a clear view of your next step. No cost, no obligation.
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