Cloud Adoption
Move to cloud with the controls, ownership model, and day-two readiness already defined.
Readiness Assessment
Before anything moves, we map the current estate: workloads, dependencies, identity boundaries, networking, and the operational gaps that will surface during migration. This is not a checkbox exercise. It produces the dependency graph and risk register that shapes every decision downstream.
Stakeholder alignment on scope, timeline, and which workloads are in play. No migration planning begins until the current-state picture is confirmed.
- Workload inventory with dependency mapping
- Risk and readiness assessment report
- Migration scope and priority ranking
Landing Zone Design
Cloud foundations get designed before any workloads land: subscription topology, identity architecture, networking layout, guardrail policies, and cost baselines. Every design decision is documented against the governance requirement it serves, so controls do not drift when the environment scales.
Readiness assessment complete. Identity and networking architecture approved by stakeholders before build begins.
- Subscription and tenant structure blueprint
- Identity and access architecture
- Network topology and connectivity design
- Policy and guardrail framework
Migration Execution
Workloads move in prioritised waves with rollback logic, change-window coordination, and cutover validation built into each cycle. We treat migration as an operational event, not just a technical copy. Every wave includes communication plans, approval gates, and post-move verification.
Landing zones built, tested, and governance-ready. Rollback procedures documented. Change windows agreed with operations teams.
- Wave-based migration plan with rollback logic
- Change-window coordination and communications
- Post-migration validation and smoke testing
Governance Activation
Governance does not get applied after migration. It goes live alongside it. Security policies, compliance baselines, cost controls, and reporting surfaces activate as workloads land. This prevents the governance debt that piles up when controls are deferred.
First migration wave complete. Security and compliance requirements confirmed against the live environment, not just the design document.
- Security policy and compliance baseline enforcement
- Cost management and FinOps reporting
- Audit-ready governance documentation
Operational Handoff
The environment is transferred to production operations with runbooks, monitoring, reporting packs, and escalation paths in place. No deployment is complete until the day-two team can run it without chasing documentation debt or discovering unowned services.
All migration waves complete. Monitoring, alerting, and runbooks validated against live traffic. Operations team has confirmed readiness to accept.
- Operational runbooks and escalation procedures
- Monitoring and alerting configuration
- Executive reporting pack and SLA baselines
Plan the move before the move runs away from you
Bring the estate, the constraints, and the internal dependencies. We will help map the landing plan and the control layers that need to be in place first.