Azure and cloud migration, with costs you can explain
Azure management, cost reviews and planned cloud migrations, with one point of contact.
What it covers
Everything Azure touches, with a clear owner
Six parts of running Azure and moving to it. Start with the bill you cannot explain, or the move you are planning.
Cost control
We review Azure costs every month, explain each charge, and find and switch off what is being wasted.
Operations
The servers, storage and backups you run on Azure kept updated, checked and working.
Migration assessment
What you run today, what should move, what should stay, and in what order.
Sequencing
The move planned step by step, with a check that must pass before the next step starts.
Supplier responsibilities
Who does what, written down, including the suppliers of the software you run.
Cutover
The switch made in a planned window, with a way back until you say go.
How the work runs
From first call to a running system, in five steps
You know what happens next, and nothing moves before you have agreed to it.
Each step finishes before the next one starts
- 01
A conversation
Tell us what you run, what it costs you, or what you want to move. No technical brief needed.
- 02
An assessment
We look at what you run today and write down what should move, what should stay, and why.
- 03
A written scope
The sequence, who does what, the access we need, and the cost. You approve it first.
- 04
The move
Rehearsed on a copy, then made in a planned window, with a way back until you say go.
- 05
Running it
Azure kept updated and within budget, with a monthly report on what it costs and why.
What you own afterwards
Your cloud stays yours
Nothing is locked behind our name. If you ever move on, the next provider starts from the same record we use.
What you hold when the move is done
Written down, checked with you, and yours to keep.
No charge you cannot explain
The monthly report names the main charges, what changed and what we recommend.
Cloud migration
Move to Azure on a plan agreed in writing
An assessment, a rehearsed sequence, suppliers who know their part, and a cutover you can roll back.
A sample cutover, step by step
This sample uses a fictional business and timings, not a named client. It shows the sequence we write before any move.
- Assess
- What you run, what moves and what stays, written down before anything moves.
- Rehearse
- The move practised on a copy, and signed off, before the real one.
- Suppliers
- Your software supplier confirms their part and signs off the test.
- Rollback
- The old server is set to read-only and kept until the written go decision, so it is ready to go back to.
In this example, real work starts on Azure only after the go decision
Questions answered
Before you get in touch
The questions people ask us most about Azure and moving to the cloud.
Ask us something elseIs Azure cheaper than running your own server?
Sometimes, not always. The assessment compares what you run today with what it would cost on Azure, and sometimes the honest answer is to stay.
Can the business keep working during the move?
Mostly. The move is rehearsed first and made in a planned window, usually outside working hours, so work pauses only for that window.
What if the move goes wrong?
The old system is set to read-only and kept until the written go decision, and only test work is saved on Azure before it. If a check fails, work goes back to the old system, following the recovery steps agreed before the move.
Do you work with a business's software supplier?
Yes. Who does what is written down before the move, and the supplier signs off their part.
What does it cost?
The cost depends on the scope of the work. You get the scope and cost in writing before any work starts, and nothing is owed until you approve it.
Where do you work?
From George, Western Cape. Azure work is done remotely for businesses across South Africa, and we meet you in person in George.
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