Microsoft 365, cloud and VMware migration

Migrations fail on planning and governance far more often than on technology. This is run as a programme, with clear stages, owners and risks.

What we migrate

• Servers and applications to Azure, from on-premises hardware or a hosting provider, including the landing zone they run in
• VMware workloads, whether that means moving to Azure, right-sizing and renewing, or a mix of both, depending on what the assessment found
• Microsoft 365 migrations: mailboxes, files and Teams from on-premises Exchange and file servers, from Google Workspace, or from one Microsoft 365 tenant to another after a merger, acquisition or separation

How a migration runs

1. Business case and plan. The cost model from your assessment becomes a plan with waves, dates, owners and a rollback route for each step.
2. Design. The target environment is designed before anything moves: identity, security, networking, backup and cost controls.
3. Pilot. A small, low-risk group moves first, so problems appear while they are cheap to fix.
4. Migration waves. The rest moves in planned waves around your business calendar, with users told what changes and when.
5. Cutover and handover. Old systems are retired only when the new ones are proven, and day-to-day running is handed to your team or supplier with documentation.

Microsoft 365 migrations in more detail

Email and file moves look simple and are often where users feel disruption most. The planning covers mailbox and file sizes, shared mailboxes and calendars, permissions, domain and DNS changes, and devices that need re-enrolling. For tenant-to-tenant moves after an acquisition or separation, the work also covers identity, licensing and the order in which domains change hands, so mail keeps flowing throughout.

Working with your suppliers

Most migrations involve an existing IT supplier, a Microsoft partner and sometimes an application vendor. We coordinate them against one plan, so everyone knows who does what and nothing falls between contracts.