The Problem: The “Lift and Shift” Trap
A migration without a blueprint is simply moving legacy technical debt to someone else’s hardware. Without a hardened foundation, organizations face skyrocketing cloud consumption costs, fragmented security, and operational instability.
The Cloud Readiness & Roadmap package is a strategic assessment designed to ensure your move to Azure is intentional, not accidental. IronByte provides the technical feasibility analysis and phased roadmap required to transform your infrastructure into a high-performance cloud asset.
The Assessment Scope
The assessment evaluates the entire ecosystem to ensure it is structured for a scalable cloud environment. IronByte identifies the dependencies and architectural requirements needed to transition from legacy constraints to a modern foundation.
- Identity & Access Management: Evaluation of the bridge between existing identity providers and Entra ID to ensure a secure, unified access model.
- Connectivity & Integration Patterns: Defining the architectural requirements for secure data flow and hybrid connectivity, tailored to your specific performance and latency needs.
- Workload Rationalization: Categorizing applications for Rehost, Refactor, or Rearchitect paths based on technical debt and operational requirements.
- Governance Foundation: Establishing the resource hierarchy, tagging standards, and organizational policies required before the first workload is migrated.
Execution Phases
- Estate Discovery & Analysis: A deep-tier evaluation of the current environment to identify hardware dependencies, resource utilization, and licensing constraints. I identify the high-risk legacy bottlenecks that could impact the speed or success of the migration.
- Architectural Foundation Design: I define the technical destination for your workloads. This includes the subscription hierarchy, security guardrails, and connectivity models required to support your specific business requirements while maintaining total operational control.
- The Migration Roadmap: IronByte delivers a prioritized sequence for the transition. This phase establishes the Minimum Viable Cloud (MVC) foundation and provides a phased transition plan designed to ensure a zero-friction move with minimal production downtime.
The Work Product: What You Receive
- Cloud Readiness Report: A technical evaluation of your infrastructure’s maturity and potential migration hurdles.
- Target Architecture Design: A high-level design (HLD) of your future Azure Landing Zone and connectivity model.
- Phased Migration Roadmap: A chronological execution plan that maps workloads to specific transition waves.
- Cost Estimation & Licensing Strategy: A transparent projection of Azure consumption costs and licensing optimization opportunities.
Engagement Parameters
To ensure total predictability, IronByte operates on a Fixed-Fee Engagement model. No hourly billing, no hidden administrative costs, just a defined investment for a defined technical outcome.
- Timeline: Typically 10–15 business days from discovery to final delivery.
- Execution: 100% senior-level intervention (No junior shadow-staffing).
- Investment: Fixed-fee quote provided following a Technical Briefing.
- Prerequisites: Access to existing environment inventory and infrastructure stakeholders.
The Outcome: A Controlled Transition
By the end of this engagement, you are no longer “guessing” at your cloud future. You gain a validated deployment path that converts legacy complexity into a modern, scalable operation.
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