A well-defined cloud adoption strategy is crucial. However, migrating data and applications to the cloud involves much more than a simple "lift-and-shift." Safely and securely transferring business-critical applications and databases from traditional on-premises or co-located infrastructure to the cloud, without disrupting ongoing operations, requires meticulous planning, robust processes, and deep technical expertise.

Our Cloud Deployment and Migration service starts by establishing your cloud strategy and desired business outcomes as the core measures of success. With these goals in mind, and in alignment with the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF), we conduct a thorough technical assessment of your data, users, application environment, security estate, vendor/licensing environment, and other operational considerations. Our toolkit for this phase may include Azure Migrate and/or Dr Migrate, both of which support automated asset discovery and assessment.

Armed with these insights, we collaborate with you to develop a modernized hybrid cloud architecture and a migration strategy to achieve it with minimal disruption. Often, this migration strategy is executed in phases to ensure continuity of operations and performance. Throughout the process, BDO utilizes resources from Veeam, Commvault, and others to support data protection, backup, and secure movement.