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Cloud Strategy and Roadmap

For a data center lease or aging servers with a date on them, and no plan yet for what moves.

We work out what moves to Azure, what stays, and in what order. Each application is assessed for its needs and dependencies, Azure is weighed against the alternatives, and the roadmap runs in phases.

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Microsoft AzureAzure MigrateAzure ArcAzure LocalAmazon Web ServicesVMware by BroadcomNutanixMicrosoft 365Azure ExpressRoute

How we help

Cloud readiness and roadmap settles what moves to Azure and in what order, and a Microsoft 365 strategy gives a stalled move its own recommendations and roadmap.

Cloud readiness and roadmap

Assess phase typically 4–5 weeks

Each application assessed for what it needs and depends on, Azure weighed against the alternatives, and a phased roadmap from as-built to future state.

What you get

  • Application inventory with owners, users, and dependencies
  • Cloud-eligible or stay, decided per workload
  • Cost model per option, with Azure sizing and hybrid options
  • Recommendations per service, with risks and improvements
  • A deployment roadmap of projects in phases
  • Presented to the people who decide, on site where that helps

Best for

Limited documentation on what runs where, a lease with an end date, and a board asking why Azure.

Microsoft 365 strategy

Discovery across email, Teams, SharePoint, files, device management, Microsoft 365 Apps, and adoption, with recommendations per area and a roadmap.

What you get

  • Questionnaires and on-site meetings across each technology area
  • Risks and improvements for productivity and security
  • Technology recommendations document and presentation
  • Adoption and change management plan

Best for

A Microsoft 365 move that has stalled, or a hybrid environment with no plan.

See Exchange and Microsoft 365 Migration

Case studies

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Questions we get

How long does the readiness and roadmap work take?

It depends on how many applications and servers are in scope and how much documentation exists. The readiness and roadmap offering above lists the typical length of its Assess phase, and the proposal sets yours. The roadmap is presented to the people who decide at the end.

What if we have almost no documentation?

That is the usual starting point. We inventory servers and applications with collection tooling and interviews, and the roadmap says where an estimate rests on measurement and where it rests on judgment.

What changes the size of the roadmap work?

Mostly the number of applications and servers in scope and how much documentation exists. The sites and stakeholders we interview, and whether on-premises core services are included, also shape it.

Why Azure rather than another cloud?

Usually because of security, compliance, and fit with the Microsoft systems you already run. We compare Azure with the alternatives for each workload, and if the comparison points elsewhere, the roadmap says so.

Talk to us about Cloud Strategy and Roadmap

It starts with a 60-minute call. If we need more to scope it, a short questionnaire follows. Then a written proposal and statement of work. Once you approve, we begin with the Assess phase.

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