Preparing for a Migration to Microsoft Azure

OVERVIEW

Migrating workloads to Azure presents unique challenges, especially when facing cost uncertainties. Identifying required resources and accurate cost analysis requires experience and expertise. Clear financial insights are essential in preparing to move forward with your cloud migration. Daymark Solutions offers an expert-led assessment focused on identifying the Azure resources necessary to support the workloads to be migrated and providing a comprehensive cost analysis. This assessment will result in Azure resource recommendations to support the migration as well as corresponding cost estimates.

Gain a thorough evaluation of your organization’s planned Azure Lift and Shift migration, covering both scope and projected costs. Through an in-depth review of the workloads identified for migration, combined with insights from Azure Migrate, you’ll receive a detailed analysis of the financial impact of migrating to Azure. Expert-led sessions will provide a deep dive into cost management, monitoring, and forecasting, helping you understand key concepts such as Reservations and Savings Plans for effective cost control.

To anticipate expenses accurately, we recommend a budgeting strategy that includes comprehensive cost estimates for the specific workloads in scope. As part of the assessment, we’ll provide a detailed cost analysis, which can inform the development of a robust budget. Through this assessment, you’ll learn strategies to estimate and manage Azure implementation costs effectively, equipping you with tools for accurate budgeting and strategic planning.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Provides an in-depth presentation on Azure basics and migration strategy, interactively aligning with your business goals and drivers.
• Emphasizes cost modeling, with the assistance of Azure Migrate to deliver financial projections.
• Conducted over one day, this session involves a thorough review of your applications to identify potential challenges and opportunities in the migration process.
• Following the analysis, we provide up to three detailed cost profiles, offering clear insights into the financial implications of migration.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the completion of the engagement, participants will:

• Gain a deep understanding of Azure costs regarding Lift and Shift Migrations.
• Understand the differences between metered, monthly, and hourly costs.
• Learn strategies for dividing resources in a landing zone for effective cost monitoring.
• Leverage Azure cost management strategies to track and control costs.

AGENDA

• Objective: Provide an overview of Azure costs and cost management, followed by a discovery session to define workload requirements.
• Activities:
• Introduction to Azure cost structures and variability
• Overview of Azure Reservations, Savings Plans, and advanced cost strategies
• Corporate Cloud Strategy Discussion
• Interactive Review of Azure Lift and Shift applications
• Azure Migrate installation for on-premise analysis
• Creation of multiple hardware sizing profiles for Azure Migrate analysis
• Research on application, network, and security requirements, including base cost calculations.

• Objective: Deliver and finalize cost estimates, assumptions, and recommendations for the Azure migration.
• Activities:
• Present comprehensive cost estimates for the migration
• Provide final recommendations for budget optimization and alignment with objectives
• Address any cost-related queries
• Recommend next steps based on assessment results.

ABOUT DAYMARK SOLUTIONS

Daymark Solutions excels in creating sophisticated technology solutions, specializing in addressing complex business challenges through expertly designed systems. Their highly skilled architects are adept at crafting well-architected solutions that seamlessly integrate cloud and data center technologies. By combining these technologies, they create robust, scalable and secure systems tailored to meet their clients’ unique needs.