SECTOR
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Central Government

CHALLENGE
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With 124 servers split across two UK-based data centre locations, the customer required a feasibility report to establish which of its VMWare and physical servers could be modernised and migrated to Microsoft Azure.

SOLUTION
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SurPaas, from partner Corent Technology was used to conduct a cloud assessment on each location. A TCO analysis detailed the cost of migration to the customer.

BENEFITS
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End-of-Life advisories.
Cloud modernisation advisories.
Cost modelling for migration planning.

Sol-Tec uses Corent SurPaas to Assess Microsoft Azure Migration Opportunities for a Leading Marine Science and Technology Body


The Project

A world leader in marine science and technology asked Sol-Tec to conduct an analysis of the servers in its two data centres and help it create a suitable Microsoft Azure migration strategy.

Using Corent Technology’s SurPaaS®, Sol-Tec ran an analysis of it’s customer’s server infrastructure. Following this indepth examination, Sol-Tec was able to supply the customer with cloud feasibility reports for each site and provide  expert guidance to create a migration strategy based on both the results of the cloud assessment and the customer’s business needs.

The Challenges

  • Infrastructure had a large number of End-of-Life (EOL) Windows servers (2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2)

  • DMZ’s environment spanned 2 UK locations.

  • Customer required a modernisation feasibility analysis of moving the scanned resources to Microsoft Azure.

  • Comprehensive total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis for the migration of its server infrastructure to Microsoft Azure.

The Solution

  • For 2008/2008 R2 servers: Migration to Microsoft Azure with extended OS support was suggested.

  • For 2003/2003 R2 servers: As legacy OS, these are unavailable on any cloud. As such, Sol-Tec recommended a smart migration to move to the latest OS available on Microsoft Azure.

  • Migration of 49 database servers and 70 web servers to PaaS, available on Microsoft Azure, was recommended as part of the modernisation plan.

The Result

A server assessment was completed using two Vanguard Scanners. Cloud feasibility reports were completed for each data centre, including a detailed cost breakdown for every resource residing on the customer’s infrastructure.

 


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