Planning before the first workload moves
Cloud Migration Consulting
Structured assessment and planning support for moving systems into cloud environments.
Key facts
- Category
- Cloud consulting service
- Format
- agreed individually
- Start date
- on request
- Price
- agreed individually
Description
Moving systems into a cloud environment touches infrastructure, applications, data, security and daily operations at once. Without a structured assessment, decisions about what to move, when and how tend to be made under pressure and with incomplete information. This service gives that decision process a defined form before any workload is changed.
The work starts with an inventory of existing systems, their dependencies and the constraints that apply to each of them, such as data location rules, licensing terms and service-level expectations. The result is a view of which workloads are suitable for rehosting, refactoring, replacement or retirement, and why.
The output is a written migration plan that sets out sequencing, target architecture options, cost considerations, security controls and fallback paths. It is intended to be used by your internal teams or by any implementation partner you choose, and it can be revised as conditions change.
Scope and depth are agreed individually, depending on the size and complexity of the estate and on whether the cloud target is public, private or hybrid.
Who it is for
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IT leaders planning a first move Teams that need a defensible basis for deciding which systems to migrate first and what the sequence should be.
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Operations teams with mixed estates Groups managing legacy and newer systems together, where dependencies between applications are not fully documented.
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Organisations reviewing a stalled migration Businesses where an earlier attempt has slowed down and a clearer assessment is needed before work resumes.
Programme
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Discovery and inventory
Existing systems, interfaces, data stores and operational dependencies are recorded and checked with the people who run them.
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Readiness review
Each workload is assessed against technical, security, compliance and organisational criteria to establish its readiness for migration.
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Target architecture options
Candidate cloud models, including public, private and hybrid arrangements, are compared on their fit with the workload profile and constraints.
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Migration roadmap
Workloads are grouped into waves with sequencing logic, dependencies, rollback considerations and clear decision points.
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Handover of the plan
The documented plan, risk register and open questions are handed over in a form your teams can apply and maintain.
Frequently asked questions
- Does this service include the actual migration work?
- This service covers assessment and planning. Implementation can be carried out by your own teams or by a separate provider, and the plan is written so that either can use it.
- Which cloud models does the assessment consider?
- The assessment considers public, private and hybrid cloud options, and compares them against the workload requirements, data constraints and operating model that apply to your organisation.
- What does the final deliverable look like?
- The deliverable is a written migration plan with workload classification, sequencing, risk register and open questions. Its format is agreed individually.
- Can the plan be updated after it is delivered?
- Yes. The plan is intended to be revised as priorities, regulations or technology options change, and the handover includes guidance on how to do this.