The duration of an average migration to Azure can vary significantly based on several factors, including the complexity of the existing infrastructure, the volume of data to be migrated, the specific Azure services being adopted, and the company's readiness for cloud migration. Atmosera’s technical experts work shoulder-to-shoulder with our client team to expeditiously drive to timelines and successful outcomes.  Achieving our clients’ objectives are paramount, and if speed is a requirement, we can work with you to design a plan that likely achieves the timing objectives while adhering to high quality standards.

Post-migration, Atmosera's service can extend into management of the Azure environment(s) where we support and manage the Azure operations 24x7x52.  Atmosera has been managing business critical infrastructure since 1995 and Azure environments since 2014.  We follow ITIL practices and leverage expertise, automation, and a personal touch to provide continuous optimization and governance, utilizing Azure Cost Management and Azure Policy to ensure your environment remains performant, efficient, secure, compliant, and aligned with your business objectives. This ongoing management and optimization provide a crucial service for realizing consistent, long-term value from your Azure investment.

Atmosera's Azure migration strategy focuses on cost optimization through rightsizing, reserved instances, automation, and many other activities, including applying for and leveraging applicable Microsoft incentive funding – all during the Discovery, Planning, Architecting, and Deployment phases of the Migration. Our approach ensures that you're not only migrating to a cutting-edge platform but are also achieving the best possible ROI through intelligent cost management strategies. This directly impacts the bottom line, with savings that can be redirected towards innovation and growth.

Atmosera focuses on cost optimization and performance enhancement throughout the migration process. Here are just a few of the financial optimization items we evaluate relative to your goals:

Scaling Resources Dynamically.

Leveraging PaaS versus IaaS.

Optimizing Resource Size and Performance.

Using Azure Hybrid Benefit.

Implementing Azure Cost Management + Billing.

Selecting the Right Storage Options.

Deploying Azure Reserved Instances, an Azure Savings Plan, or Spot Instances.

Leveraging Azure Dev/Test Pricing.

Optimizing Network Costs.

Implementing Azure Policy and Governance.

Leveraging Azure Advisor Recommendations.

Leveraging Applicable Microsoft Incentives or Funding Programs.

By evaluating these and other strategies, Atmosera’ supports businesses in significantly reducing their Azure expenditure while ensuring their cloud infrastructure meets their goals.

Our Azure migrations are grounded in the principles of the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework and the Azure Well-Architected Framework.  This ensures your migrated solutions are secure, high-performing, resilient, and cost-optimized. By aligning with these frameworks, Atmosera ensures that your Azure environment is not only poised for current needs but is also scalable and adaptable for future demands. This alignment allows for an infrastructure that supports continuous improvement and innovation.

The Azure Well-Architected Framework (WAF) is a comprehensive guideline that Atmosera leverages, in combination with the vast knowledge gained from Atmosera’s years of Azure operating experience, to assess, design, and architect high-fidelity, really cost-effective Azure environments for our clients.

The WAF encompasses principles, best practices, and tools aimed at standardizing and continually improving high-quality Azure architectures.

Reliability: This principle focuses on ensuring applications meet the desired standards for uptime and recovery objectives. It emphasizes creating resilient and redundant systems capable of scaling and maintaining performance under various conditions.

Performance Efficiency: The WAF advises adapting to fluctuating demand with scalable solutions. It suggests testing and fine-tuning performance enhancements in a controlled environment before wider implementation to ensure the workload can efficiently handle increased loads.

Security: The WAF prioritizes safeguarding applications from threats, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data. It provides strategies for building secure infrastructures that defend against vulnerabilities and breaches.

Cost Optimization: The framework encourages a proactive approach to managing costs at all levels of the organization. By adopting cost-effective strategies and efficient resource utilization, businesses can align their cloud expenditures with their budgetary goals.

Operational Excellence: This aspect aims at minimizing production issues through comprehensive monitoring and automation. By implementing best practices for system management, organizations can achieve smoother operations and quicker issue resolution.

In summary, the Azure Well-Architected Framework serves as a vital resource for Atmosera’s architects when designing on Azure, offering a roadmap to develop secure, reliable, efficient, and cost-effective Azure solutions.

Atmosera's approach to Azure migration integrates closely with Microsoft's best practices, offering a nuanced strategy that aligns with the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure. This framework guides through an iterative process, focusing on assessing, migrating, optimizing, and promoting workloads to ensure they meet production demands efficiently. The methodology is designed to be cloud-agnostic, making it suitable for migration to Azure or any other cloud provider or on-premises environment.

Many businesses who are already in Azure come to Atmosera seeking our expertise and experience to optimize, manage, and secure their Azure tenant and subscriptions.  We can manage your Azure environment via our Microsoft CSP environment, a Microsoft Cloud Agreement, a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement, or via a PayGo Azure licensing model.  We’re flexible and our focused desire is to optimize your Azure experience so we can build a long-term operating partnership.  If you’re in Azure already, let’s talk about what outcome we can deliver with you.

Atmosera is a highly accredited Microsoft partner holding the Azure Expert MSP designation and Microsoft Advanced Specializations in (1) Migrating Enterprise Apps to Microsoft Azure, (2) Threat Protection, (3) Cloud Security, (4) Infra and Database Migration to Azure, (5) Kubernetes on Microsoft Azure, (6) DevOps with GitHub on Microsoft Azure, (7) Analytics on Microsoft Azure, and (8) Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop.

Atmosera has been a Tier I Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) with Microsoft since 2014.  Additionally, Atmosera is a nationally managed Microsoft Partner holding four Partner Competencies in (i) Data & AI, (ii) Digital & App Innovation, (iii) Security, and (iv) Azure Infrastructure.  We are also on the GitHub Partner Advisory Board and members of several technical organizations throughout the United States.  Our employees hold over 100 Microsoft Certifications and well over 100 other certifications in other technologies.