Shifting your applications to Microsoft Azure

Why it makes Sense

In this day and age, where the cloud is becoming more prevalent, many businesses are moving their workloads from on-premises environments to the cloud. Microsoft's Azure cloud platform is a popular choice for businesses because of its scalability, reliability, and security. In this blog, we'll explore why migrating your application workloads to Azure can be a smart move.

Benefits of Azure for Windows and SQL Server Workloads

It will always be a challenge to propose such a shift to the cloud for customers but there is value.

These are the benefits that should be explained when faced with this opportunity:

- Scalability: Azure allows you to scale your infrastructure up or down as your business needs change.

- Reliability: Azure provides high availability and disaster recovery options to ensure your applications are always available.

- Security: Azure has built-in security features and compliance certifications that ensure your data is protected.

- Cost Savings: By migrating to Azure, you can reduce your infrastructure costs by only paying for what you use.

How to get started

- Planning: Before migrating, it's important to assess your current environment and plan the migration process. We can help you with these assessments and arrange a proper report for your customer to evaluate the costs involved and the resource requirement.

- Migration Tools: Azure provides tools to help you migrate your Windows and SQL Server workloads to Azure. We can also assist you with this process with the help of our expert advice and guidance.

- Optimization: Once your workloads are in Azure, you can optimize them by using SQL Server on Azure, which provides improved performance and cost savings.

Case Studies to consider

- A manufacturing company was able to reduce their infrastructure costs by 30% by migrating their Windows and SQL Server workloads to Azure.

- An ERP software provider was able to improve their application performance by 50% by using SQL Server on Azure.

Migrating your customer’s application workloads to Azure can be a smart move for their business. With Azure's scalability, reliability, security, and cost savings, they can focus on growing their business instead of managing infrastructure.

If you have identified a customer that would suit this offering, please contact your Surestep Ambassador now to assist you in costing this solution and to help you succeed with the Sale and migration process.