Discovery
Map workloads, data, integrations, performance and recovery requirements.
Cloud Migration
Cloud migration moves applications, servers and data from your own equipment to a cloud platform such as Microsoft Azure or Microsoft 365. Umbrella Tech provides cloud migration services for Australian organisations: we map each workload's dependencies, prepare a secure cloud foundation, then migrate in tested stages so the business keeps working and your team inherits an environment it can run.
The problem
The challenge we help you address
A workload that looks simple to move can depend on network paths, identity services, licensing or application components that are easy to overlook. Those dependencies can turn an apparently simple server to cloud migration into a business disruption, or a cloud bill nobody expected.
The outcome
What the engagement should deliver
A controlled transition to a supportable environment, configuration records and operating guidance for your team, and a clear account of anything that was not migrated and why. Costs, ownership and recovery arrangements are understood before the first workload moves.
How we can help
Target preparation
Establish identity, networking, security, governance and cost controls in the cloud environment.
Migration planning
Decide the approach for each workload and the order in which they move.
Migration and acceptance
Pilot the method, carry out cutover and validate agreed business scenarios.
Migration approaches
- Rehost: move a server largely as it is, often called lift and shift. Quickest, but carries existing limitations across.
- Replatform: make modest changes, such as moving a database to a managed service, to reduce maintenance.
- Replace: retire the application in favour of a software-as-a-service product.
- Retain: leave a workload where it is when moving it adds cost or risk without benefit. See Server Infrastructure & Modernisation.
How we deliver
How a cloud migration runs
01
Assess
Inventory workloads, dependencies and costs, and agree what success looks like.
02
Build the foundation
Set up identity, networking, security and backup in the target platform.
03
Pilot
Move a lower-risk workload first to prove the method.
04
Migrate and stabilise
Move remaining workloads in waves, test with users and hand over.
Frequently asked questions
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What are cloud migration services?
Planning and delivery work that moves workloads and data into a cloud environment: discovery, target design, the migration itself, testing and handover. The aim is a working, supportable result, not only a copied server.
When should a business migrate to the cloud?
When servers are due for replacement, when staff need reliable access from several locations, when a data centre or comms room is closing, or when managing hardware no longer makes sense. Not every workload benefits, so placement is assessed case by case.
What does implementation include?
Building the cloud foundation, migrating workloads in planned windows, updating network and identity integration, user testing and documentation. We choose what to migrate first by business priority, dependencies, risk and readiness.
How long does a cloud migration take?
It depends on the number and complexity of workloads, data volumes, network capacity and how much change each application needs. Scope and timing are confirmed in discovery.
What are the main security or governance considerations?
Identity and access control, network exposure, encryption, backup and recovery in the cloud, data location requirements and cost governance. Our Cybersecurity services can review the configuration before and after migration.
Plan the next improvement
Tell us what you run today and why you are considering the cloud. We will help define a practical starting point.