Workloads
Map the applications, information and dependencies that matter.
CSP SERVICES · PLANNED TRANSITIONS
Cloud Migration
Move the right workloads with a considered plan—from discovery and a representative pilot to controlled cutover, validation, and operational handover.
Discuss your priorities
CLOUD & RESILIENCE
Connect the workload with the whole plan.
See the environment as a system: applications, access, ownership and the path back when something changes.
Access
Plan how people and systems connect to the environment.
Continuity
Define recovery responsibilities and a practical validation plan.
Your starting point · scope and responsibilities
START WITH THE BUSINESS NEED
Make the technology work for your people.
A migration changes more than a system’s location. Identity, integrations, network paths, data, licensing, and support ownership may all change with it. Discovering those dependencies early helps the business decide what should move and how to manage the transition.
A destination with a purpose
Evaluate which workloads should move, remain, change, or retire based on business requirements and the practical effort involved.
A controlled transition
Use pilots, migration waves, communications, and explicit decision points to make changes in an order the business can support.
Clear ownership after the move
Include operating costs, access, monitoring, protection, documentation, and support responsibilities in the destination plan.
WHAT WE CAN HELP WITH
Practical capabilities. Defined responsibilities.
Discovery and dependency mapping
Inventory workloads, data, users, identities, integrations, network requirements, and licenses. Work with application owners to identify business cycles and acceptance criteria.
Destination and cost planning
Compare suitable cloud or hybrid options, resource sizing, licensing, transfer needs, and ongoing costs. Name the business and technical owner for each workload.
Pilot and migration waves
Choose representative workloads or users, test the proposed approach, and refine the plan. Group later moves around dependencies, risk, and available support capacity.
Cutover and recovery planning
Document changes, communications, checkpoints, and go/no-go authority. Define rollback or recovery options, including how new data created after cutover would be handled.
Validation and handover
Check agreed workflows, access, data completeness, integration behavior, and operational readiness. Confirm support ownership and decommission old resources only after authorization.
FROM DISCOVERY TO DELIVERY
A considered path forward.
Assess readiness
Establish business objectives, workload dependencies, constraints, baseline costs, and the scope of the move.
Design and pilot
Prepare the destination, test representative workflows, and refine migration, communication, and recovery procedures.
Migrate in planned waves
Execute approved changes with named decision owners, progress checks, and support for affected users.
Validate and stabilize
Obtain workload-owner acceptance, resolve issues, confirm operating responsibilities, and plan authorized retirement of the source environment.
Know what success means.
Before work begins, agree on the scope, responsible owners, acceptance criteria, and handover requirements. We’ll discuss the evidence and documentation relevant to your project during discovery.
TECHNOLOGY IN CONTEXT
Fit the platform to the work.
Platform selection depends on your existing environment, licensing, device and application compatibility, and the agreed scope.
Explore our technology ecosystemA FEW USEFUL ANSWERS
Before we get started.
Can we move in stages while some systems stay on-premises?
Often, but the design must account for identity, network connectivity, application dependencies, and data flows between environments. Discovery establishes which workloads can move independently and where a coordinated cutover is needed.
Can a migration be completed without downtime?
Interruption depends on the source, destination, application, and migration method. The plan should state the expected impact, suitable change windows, user communications, and recovery options. Zero downtime should not be assumed.
How is rollback handled if new data is created after the move?
The plan must account for that data before cutover. Returning to an old system without reconciliation can lose new work. Depending on the workload, recovery may involve synchronization, restoration, or correcting the new environment instead of reverting.
How do you estimate the migration schedule and cost?
Discovery identifies data volumes, transfer constraints, application dependencies, licensing, user impact, and testing effort. A representative pilot helps validate assumptions before later waves are scheduled. Estimates should separate migration work from ongoing cloud costs.
When can the old environment be shut down?
After the agreed validation, acceptance, retention, and recovery requirements are met. An authorized owner should approve retirement. Keeping an old system indefinitely also has cost and security implications, so the plan should include a defined decision point.
CONNECTED SERVICES
See the wider picture.
LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS
Bring your next step into focus.
Tell us what needs to work better. We’ll start with your business priorities.