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A practical AWS migration path for regulated SMB teams, landing in secure, recoverable, observable, managed operations.

Built for FinTech and HealthTech teams where migration, security, recovery, and operational ownership need to move together.

Migration is not the finish line. Operating well on AWS is.

The goal is not only to move workloads. The goal is to move them into an AWS foundation your team can secure, monitor, recover, explain, and improve.

Move with a clear plan

Assess workloads, dependencies, risks, priorities, and migration waves before production movement begins.

Land in the right foundation

Prepare account structure, access, networking, monitoring, security, and recovery patterns before workloads depend on them.

Reduce cutover uncertainty

Create controlled migration, validation, rollback, and handover steps so teams know what happens before, during, and after cutover.

Operate after migration

Stabilise workloads after movement and connect them to the managed operating model the business needs next.

Migration routes we support.

Different SMB teams arrive at AWS from different starting points. The migration path should match the source environment, workload risk, and operating model the business needs after cutover.

On-premises to AWS

Move workloads from physical servers, virtual machines, private hosting, or legacy infrastructure into AWS.

Cloud to AWS

Move workloads from another cloud provider into AWS where the business needs stronger AWS alignment, governance, or operating control.

AWS account consolidation

Bring fragmented AWS accounts, workloads, or environments into a clearer account structure and operating model.

Application and workload modernisation

Move selected applications into more suitable AWS runtime patterns, including containers, managed databases, or event-driven components where appropriate.

Database migration

Move or modernise data layers into AWS-managed database patterns with recovery, monitoring, and operational visibility considered from the start.

Hosting provider to AWS

Move workloads from third-party hosting, VPS, managed hosting, or colocation environments into AWS.

When migration is treated as a move, operational risk follows.

SMB teams often plan cloud migration around workload movement, but the real pressure appears after cutover: ownership, monitoring, access, recovery, cost, evidence, and support.

Workloads move faster than operations

Applications can land in AWS before the operating model is ready to support them.

Foundations are unclear

Accounts, access, networking, monitoring, backup, and security baselines may not be consistent before migration starts.

Cutover carries business pressure

Teams need migration steps, validation, fallback thinking, and communication that reduce uncertainty during the move.

Handover is often too thin

After migration, teams still need clear ownership, reporting, optimisation, and support so AWS does not become unmanaged complexity.

An AWS migration model built to land in managed operations.

We shape migration around the operating model from the start: readiness, foundations, workload movement, validation, stabilisation, and ongoing platform ownership.

Assess readiness

Review workloads, dependencies, environments, risks, operational gaps, recovery needs, and migration constraints.

Prepare foundations

Set up the AWS baseline needed for access, accounts, networking, monitoring, backup, security, and cost visibility.

Plan migration waves

Group workloads into practical migration steps based on risk, dependency, business priority, and operational readiness.

Move workloads

Use AWS migration patterns and controlled execution to move applications, databases, and supporting services into the target environment.

Validate and stabilise

Confirm workloads behave as expected, monitoring is active, recovery posture is understood, and operational issues are addressed.

Hand over into operations

Connect migrated workloads to managed support, reporting, optimisation, recovery routines, and ongoing platform improvement.

From implementation through delivery

Expand each block to review implementation scope, fit signals, migration outcomes, standalone or managed platform paths, and the staged delivery approach.

What we put in place.

Implementation

The implementation is scoped around the migration outcome your business needs next, not around unnecessary transformation complexity.

MIGRATION READINESS ASSESSMENT

Review workloads, dependencies, risks, constraints, current infrastructure, target AWS posture, and operating gaps.

AWS LANDING ZONE FOUNDATIONS

Establish the account, access, networking, logging, monitoring, security, backup, and cost foundations needed for migration.

WORKLOAD MIGRATION PLAN

Define migration waves, application priorities, dependency groups, cutover steps, validation checks, and rollback considerations.

APPLICATION AND SERVER MIGRATION

Move selected workloads into AWS using migration patterns suited to the application, risk profile, and operating needs.

DATABASE MIGRATION SUPPORT

Support database movement, validation, and stabilisation where application data needs to move with confidence.

POST-MIGRATION STABILISATION

Review workload behaviour, monitoring, backup, access, cost, and operational readiness after migration.

This is for you if...

Fit

If several of the signals below reflect your operating reality, an AWS migration conversation may be a practical next step.

YOU NEED TO MOVE WORKLOADS TO AWS

The business wants a practical migration path without creating unmanaged AWS complexity.

YOUR CURRENT ENVIRONMENT IS LIMITING GROWTH

Legacy infrastructure, fragmented hosting, or operational overhead is starting to slow delivery.

YOU NEED SECURITY AND RECOVERY BUILT IN EARLY

Migration needs to land with access control, backup posture, monitoring, and evidence from the start.

YOU WANT MIGRATION TO LAND IN MANAGED OPERATIONS

The goal is not only to cut over workloads. The goal is to run them with ownership, rhythm, and control.

What you get.

Outcomes

These outcomes are what the programme is designed to deliver: a practical migration path, landing zone foundations, validated workload movement, and a clear route into managed operations.

PRACTICAL AWS MIGRATION PATH

A practical AWS migration path shaped around business pressure, dependencies, and cutover risk.

SECURE AND RECOVERABLE FOUNDATIONS

Landing zone foundations that support secure and recoverable operations from the first wave.

WORKLOAD MOVEMENT WITH VALIDATION

Workload movement with validation, cutover awareness, and stabilisation before you declare done.

PATH INTO MANAGED AWS OPERATIONS

A clear path from migration into managed AWS operations when ongoing rhythm and ownership matter.

Standalone migration path or ...

Paths

AWS SMB Migration and Modernisation can solve a specific migration trigger on its own, or become the entry path into the AWS Managed Platform when workloads need to land directly in a managed operating model.

StandaloneStandalone solution
Solve migration as the main priority before you broaden into a full platform programme.

Use this when the immediate trigger is workload migration, infrastructure exit, cloud consolidation, or modernisation planning.

Explore AWS Managed PlatformManaged platform entry path
Land cutover workloads in monitoring, support, recovery, and governance without a handover gap.

Use this when migrated workloads need to move directly into monitoring, support, recovery routines, access governance, and reporting.

Explore AWS Managed Platform
Explore Data Protection and RecoveryWorks with Data Protection and Recovery
Keep backup coverage and restore evidence visible when continuity belongs in the migration outcome.

Migration should land with backup coverage, restore awareness, and recovery evidence where business continuity matters.

Explore Data Protection and Recovery
Explore Zero Trust SecurityWorks with Zero Trust Security
Keep access control and security evidence visible from the first landing week.

Migration should land with clearer access control, identity governance, segmentation, and security evidence from the start.

Explore Zero Trust Security

How we move from migration pressure ...

Delivery

The work is practical, staged, and focused on moving workloads into a foundation your team can operate, explain, and trust.

  1. 1

    Understand the migration pressure

    We start with the business moment: infrastructure exit, workload movement, cloud consolidation, modernisation planning, or operational risk.

  2. 2

    Assess workloads and readiness

    We review workloads, dependencies, risks, constraints, environments, recovery needs, and the AWS foundation required.

  3. 3

    Design the target foundation

    We define the landing zone, access, networking, monitoring, security, backup, and cost visibility patterns needed before movement.

  4. 4

    Plan and execute migration waves

    We group workloads, define cutover steps, move systems, validate behaviour, and manage migration issues as they appear.

  5. 5

    Stabilise and operate

    Migrated workloads move into monitoring, support, reporting, optimisation, recovery routines, and ongoing AWS platform operations.

AWS services used as migration building blocks.

The value is not just enabling AWS migration tools. The value is shaping them into a migration path your team can execute, validate, and operate after cutover.

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AWS Application Migration Service

Support server and application migration patterns where workloads need to move into AWS with controlled execution.

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AWS Database Migration Service

Support database movement, replication, and migration validation where application data needs to move with confidence.

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AWS Migration Hub

Support migration tracking and visibility where multiple workloads, steps, or migration waves are in scope.

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AWS Application Discovery Service

Support discovery of servers, dependencies, and current-state information for migration planning.

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AWS Control Tower

Support standardised landing zone foundations where account governance needs to be established early.

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AWS Organizations

Support account structure, governance, separation, and policy boundaries across AWS environments.

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IAM Identity Center

Support workforce access patterns and clearer identity governance for the target AWS environment.

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Amazon VPC

Support networking foundations, segmentation, routing, and connectivity patterns for migrated workloads.

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AWS Direct Connect or VPN

Support connectivity patterns where migration depends on private or hybrid network paths.

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Amazon CloudWatch

Support monitoring, logs, metrics, and operational visibility for migrated workloads.

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AWS Backup

Support backup and recovery posture for workloads that need protection after migration.

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AWS Security Hub and Amazon GuardDuty

Support security visibility and threat detection signals across the migrated AWS environment.

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AWS Config and AWS CloudTrail

Support configuration visibility and activity records that help teams review change, access, and governance.

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AWS Cost Explorer

Support cost visibility so migrated workloads can be reviewed and optimised after movement.

Move to AWS with the operating model already in mind.

Tell us where migration pressure is showing up: infrastructure exit, workload movement, cloud consolidation, security baseline, recovery posture, or operational ownership. We will help you shape the AWS migration path around what matters next.