
Cloud Migration
Plan, migrate and optimise: a structured move to the cloud with minimal disruption.
Overview
Successful migrations are planned long before the first server moves. We assess what you have, decide how each workload should move, and run the cutover with a rollback path.
Our migration approach
1. Plan
Inventory servers and applications, map dependencies, estimate cost and choose a migration approach for each workload: rehost, replatform or retire.
- Application and dependency discovery
- Target architecture and cost estimate
- Migration waves and cutover windows
2. Migrate
Move workloads in planned waves, validating each one before it goes live.
- Lift-and-shift of virtual machines
- Database and file-data migration
- Testing and rollback plan for every wave
3. Optimise
After the move, tune performance and cost and put monitoring and backup in place.
- Right-sizing and cost review
- Monitoring, alerts and backup
- Decommissioning of old hardware
Ideal for
- Organisations retiring ageing servers
- Companies moving email and file services to Microsoft 365 or cloud storage
- Data centre consolidation projects
How we work
- 1
Discover
A short working session to understand your environment, pain points and business goals.
- 2
Plan
A written scope with deliverables, timeline and responsibilities, agreed before work begins.
- 3
Execute
Hands-on delivery by our engineers with minimal disruption to your daily operations.
- 4
Handover & support
Documentation, knowledge transfer and a clear support path once the work is complete.
Frequently asked questions
Will there be downtime?
We plan cutovers for low-usage windows and test beforehand. For critical systems we use replication so downtime can be limited to a short switchover.
Talk to our team about your requirement
Tell us what you need and we will come back with a clear, no-obligation recommendation and quote.
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