Migration · Accelerator

Migration Hub Accelerator

Blueprint in hand. Migration / modernization plan out.

Complimentary 1 day

One complimentary day with your IT leaders and architects to turn an agreed direction into a specific, costed Azure plan: named workloads, build-ready landing zone and workload designs, and a dated roadmap. The “Day Two” step of the journey.

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1 day
On site or virtual
2nd
Step of the migration / modernization journey
6
Working blocks, audit to start date
6
Artifacts: designs, specs, and costs
The prerequisite

Arrive with a direction.

Microsoft hosted · Migration Innovation Hub. Microsoft-hosted event on migration / modernization scenarios.

ArchitectNow hosted · Migration Day. ArchitectNow “Day One” session: objectives, dispositions, blueprint.

Customer led · Your internal exercise. You already know why Azure and which workloads are candidates.

“Day Two” is the next step, not the next day; we schedule it once the estate audit is done and the right people can be in the room. Before the session, the estate audit grounds the day: optional Azure Migrate discovery, CMDB exports and owner interviews where tooling can’t reach, your existing Azure footprint captured, and first-wave candidates agreed with owners, so the room plans, not discovers.

What you get

Six artifacts, ready to execute.

Deliverable 01

Scoped Migration / Modernization Assessment

Every in-scope workload with a confirmed disposition, right-sized target, and readiness blockers named.

Deliverable 02

Landing Zone Design / Enhancement

Tenant, subscriptions, network, and shared services: designed new, or your existing landing zone extended for the new workloads.

Deliverable 03

New Azure Workload Design

The target design for each in-scope workload: compute, data, and network placement, connectivity, identity, and resilience.

Deliverable 04

Governance & Operations Specification

Identity and RBAC, Azure Policy, Defender, Backup and Site Recovery, monitoring, and cost guardrails, by role, against the Well-Architected pillars.

Deliverable 05

Wave Plan & Detailed Roadmap

Waves sequenced by dependency and value, method and owner per wave, cutover and rollback, and Wave 1 dated.

Deliverable 06

Run-Cost, TCO & Funding

Azure run-rate with Hybrid Benefit and reservations applied, a roadmap TCO, and Microsoft funding arranged for qualified accounts.

How it works

Six blocks. Roughly 9 to 4, with a working lunch.

01 · Morning

Audit Review & Scope

Walk the estate audit, confirm each disposition, lock the scope.

02 · Late Morning

Landing Zone Design / Enhancement

Management groups, subscriptions, network, shared services: new, or your existing zone extended.

03 · Midday

New Azure Workload Design

Double-click each workload: target services, sizing, placement, connectivity, and resilience.

04 · Early Afternoon

Governance & Operations

Identity, Policy, Defender, HA / BC / DR, monitoring, and cost controls, by role.

05 · Mid Afternoon

Waves & Methods

Group workloads into waves; pick the method per wave: Azure Migrate, AVS, database migration, AKS or PaaS.

06 · Late Afternoon

Roadmap, Sizing & Funding

Dated roadmap, effort sizing, run-cost and TCO, funding path, and the Wave 1 start date agreed.

Why ArchitectNow

A partner, not a vendor.

4 Solutions Partner Designations

Infrastructure Azure · Digital and App Innovation · Data and AI · Support Services.

Migration / Modernization Delivery, End to End

Windows, Linux, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, VMware, and containers moved to Azure.

Certified Azure Architects on Staff

Solutions Architect Expert and DevOps Engineer Expert practitioners lead every engagement.

Microsoft Migration Funding (qualified accounts)

Microsoft co-invests through Azure Accelerate. Subject to eligibility.

Turn your blueprint into a dated migration / modernization plan.

30-minute sponsor call to confirm your prerequisite and schedule the estate audit.

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