Cloud Migration & Modernisation

Move to Azure and modernise without disruption.

A planned path from ageing servers and applications to secure, scalable cloud services, with costs and risks understood before anything moves.

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  • Azure migration
  • App modernisation
  • Cost control
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Across sectors

Modernisation paths by sector.

Choose a sector to see what this looks like day to day.

Public sector

Off ageing servers, safely

Move legacy line-of-business systems to Azure with security, resilience and cost control designed in.

  • Legacy application migration
  • Secure Azure landing zone
  • Backup and disaster recovery

Higher education

Research and teaching platforms that scale

Elastic computing for research, modernised student-facing apps and cost controls by department.

  • Elastic research computing
  • Modernised student-facing apps
  • Cost controls by department

Real estate

Retire the office server, keep the business running

Move property management and document systems to Azure, with secure remote access for agents and staff.

  • Property system migration
  • Secure remote access
  • Document and backup management

Growing businesses

From one server to a modern platform

Move off on-premises servers to managed cloud services with backup, patching and predictable monthly costs.

  • Move off on-premises servers
  • Managed backup and patching
  • Predictable monthly costs

What we deliver

What we deliver

Choose what you need. A short discovery confirms the scope, the plan and the cost.

  • Assessment

    Inventory, dependencies, costs and a migration plan.

  • Secure landing zone

    Identity, networking, policies and monitoring set up properly.

  • Migration

    Applications and data moved in planned, tested waves.

  • Modernisation

    Refactor where it pays: containers, PaaS and serverless.

  • Cost optimisation

    Right-sizing, reservations and budgets with alerts.

  • Operations

    Monitoring, backup and runbooks for day two.

In practice

An ageing application server

A typical example of the change we make. Every engagement is shaped around your process.

Before

  • Single server near end of support
  • Manual backups and patching
  • Downtime for every change
  • No idea of the true running cost

After

  • Running on managed Azure services
  • Automated backup and patching
  • Deployments without downtime
  • Costs tracked with budgets and alerts

A safer, cheaper-to-run platform that is ready for what comes next.

Example engagement

Self-service portal and workflow automation

Representative engagement ยท Web, automation and integration

The challenge
Customer requests handled by email and paper, re-keyed between systems, with no easy way for customers or staff to see status.
What we delivered
A bespoke web portal for customers, automated back-office workflows and secure integrations into the existing systems of record.
The outcome
A single, auditable record for every request, far less re-keying, and customers who can see progress without chasing.

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Is this right for you?

Who it is for, and where our scope ends.

Plain answers before you get in touch, so you know what to expect and what to bring.

Who it is for

  • Organisations running ageing servers, hosting or data centres that are costly or risky to maintain
  • Teams planning a move to Azure who want costs and risks understood first
  • Application owners who want to modernise in controlled steps rather than a single big move

Where our scope normally ends

  • Moving everything. We recommend what should move, what should be retired and what should stay put
  • Azure consumption charges, which are estimated during assessment and billed by Microsoft or your reseller
  • Supporting applications that have no documentation or owner, unless we assess them first

What we plan for in every project

Integration
Dependencies between applications, data and identity are mapped before anything moves, so integrations are not broken by the migration.
Security and data
A secure landing zone, identity controls and monitoring are in place before workloads move, and security responsibilities are agreed in writing.
Accessibility
Where a migrated application serves the public or staff, accessibility is checked as part of testing rather than assumed.
Maintenance and support
Cost monitoring, patching responsibilities and operations are defined before go-live, with ongoing support available.

What we need to scope it

  1. An inventory of servers, applications and databases, or help to create one
  2. Business criticality and acceptable downtime for each
  3. Compliance, data-residency and security requirements
  4. Current hosting costs and contract end dates
  5. Your target timescale and the person accountable for the move

Not everything has to be ready. Send what you have and we will help with the rest. Start a conversation

Questions

What clients usually ask.

Something else on your mind? Ask us directly

Technologies we use

  • Azure
  • Azure Migrate
  • App Service
  • Azure SQL
  • Containers
  • Azure Monitor
  • Entra ID
Should everything move to the cloud?

No. We recommend what to move, modernise, keep or retire, based on value and risk.

How do you avoid downtime?

Planned waves, rehearsals, rollback plans and cut-overs scheduled around your business.

Will the cloud cost more?

It can if unplanned. We model costs upfront and put budgets and alerts in place.

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Which systems are you worried about?

Tell us what is ageing or expensive. We will outline a safe path forward.

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