Migrating to Microsoft Azure starts with the right strategy. An Azure Assessment helps organizations understand readiness, cost, and risk before moving workloads. With expert guidance and available incentive programs, teams can build a cloud roadmap that fits their business goals.
Everyone’s path to the cloud is unique and needs to be tailored to their specific business, technical, and personnel needs. While the patterns are similar, each business is operating uniquely today, so you need to plan for your Azure migration and that strategy should be fit for purpose.
The good news is there are a lot of opportunities to get the information you need with guidance from “been there, done that” experts to get your cloud migration right the first time, along with incentive programs that support the effort.
An Azure Assessment provides clarity on your current environment, identifies opportunities for optimization, and builds a roadmap for success. But not every organization needs the same level of depth. That’s why I propose three tiers. Each of which is designed to meet you where you are in your cloud journey and accelerate you to your outcome.
- Exploring Options – Are you just kicking the tires? Let’s dig into what an Azure migration might look like for you and shine a light on any risks.
- Developing a Plan and Design – Are you looking for a plan? Let’s refine those details and develop a plan that fits your need and timeline.
- Cloud First – Are you committed to a migration? Let’s get started and get it right from the start.
The eGroup approach to Azure Migrations is:
- Flexible to fit your business and tailored to your goals and timelines.
- Aligned and audited by Microsoft for best practices to ensure success from day one.
- Developed to accelerate your cloud migration with speed and certainty while reducing risk and costly delays.
- Eligible and aligned with Microsoft incentive programs to help you get more done.
Let’s dig in!
Why Start with an Azure Assessment?
Before investing in cloud migration, IT leaders need answers to critical questions:
- Is Azure the right fit for my workloads?
- What will it cost and how do I budget for it?
- How do I manage it once I am migrated?
- How do I plan for governance and growth from the start?
- How do I ensure security, compliance, and resilience in the cloud?
- What’s the best migration strategy for my business?
An Azure Assessment addresses these questions with data-driven insights from your data, expert consultation with your teams, and actionable roadmaps that fit your timelines.
It’s not just about moving servers to someone else’s data center, it’s about meeting the goals of the business today and in the future, efficiently.
Three Options to Fit Your Needs
Exploring My Options: Quick Feasibility Check and Cost Analysis
If you need a fast, high-level view of cloud readiness, this option is ideal. We use Dr. Migrate and the Microsoft Azure Accelerate program to analyze your environment. Once configured and data is collected, we generate detailed reports on workload compatibility and migration feasibility.
Best for: Organizations exploring what Microsoft Azure might look like for them at the budgetary level and want to see results within 30 days.
Deliverables:
- Azure readiness report.
- High-level migration recommendations.
- Detailed cost data for workloads assessed.
- Review of additional areas of consideration and risk like Backups, Disaster Recovery, Networks, etc. that could refine your budgets.
Outcome: A vision for the future, budgetary guidance, and risk identification
Developing a Plan & Design: Comprehensive Planning
For businesses that want more than feasibility, this option combines with the Dr. Migrate assessment while adding depth and strategy.
In addition to the assessment, we conduct a Cloud Adoption Framework Workshop, perform a 5R workload analysis, and design an Azure Landing Zone.
Best for: Organizations seeking a realistic migration plan with networking, backup, disaster recovery, and governance considerations included on top of the workload data.
Deliverables:
- 3-5 Year Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
- Cloud Adoption Framework education
- Advanced workload planning based on 5R analysis
- Migration plan, timeline, and budgets for Azure and third-party costs
- Upskilling or managed services roadmap
- Azure Landing Zone design
Outcome: A budget you can count on and a detailed plan that is ready to execute.
Cloud First: Ready for Migration
If you’re committed to moving to Azure, this is the option that gets you migrating. It’s not about skipping steps; it’s about accelerating time to value.
We deploy the Landing Zone, configure governance and security, and prepare your environment for workload migration.
Best for: Businesses ready to start their cloud journey immediately.
Deliverables:
- All the benefits of the prior levels
- Fully deployed Azure Landing Zone
- Move-in-ready Azure Environment
Outcome: A best practices Microsoft Azure tenant ready for workload migration, modernization, or new creation.
What You Gain from an Azure Assessment
Regardless of the tier you choose, every engagement delivers tangible value:
- Education: Understand Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework and best practices.
- Financial Clarity: Receive a budget and total cost of ownership estimate for Azure that balances effort vs. accuracy to meet your needs.
- Architecture: Get a Landing Zone design aligned with security and compliance standards that you can have confidence in.
- Migration Strategy: A clear plan for workloads, timelines, and modernization.
- Operational Readiness: Options for upskilling your team or leveraging managed services.
Microsoft Incentives Available
Through our Microsoft Azure Advanced Specializations and the Azure Accelerate program, Microsoft offers funding programs to eligible customers to offset assessment, tools, and migration costs.
These incentives can significantly reduce your upfront investment, and aligning with the Microsoft Azure Migration program can help not only set you up for success, but it can also help maximize those incentives.
What’s Next?
Schedule some time with us to talk through your Azure needs and we can walk you through the best approach that meets your timeline and goals.
Start Your Azure Strategy with Confidence
Get clarity on cost, risk, and readiness with an Azure Assessment tailored to your business goals.
