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Azure Cloud Migration

Professional migration services to move your workloads, databases, and infrastructure to Microsoft Azure with minimal downtime, risk, and business disruption.

Cloud migration is a strategic business decision that can unlock agility, reduce costs, and strengthen security posture. DesertLink IT's Azure migration practice helps organizations in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia, and Somalia plan and execute cloud migrations using Microsoft's proven Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Azure Migrate tools.

We handle the full migration lifecycle: discovery and assessment of your current environment, right-sizing and architecture design, phased migration execution with rollback capabilities, post-migration validation, and ongoing optimization. Our team holds Azure certifications and has delivered migrations for enterprises across finance, healthcare, education, government, and non-profit sectors.

Whether you are migrating a handful of virtual machines, re-platforming legacy SQL databases, or executing a full data center exit strategy, DesertLink IT provides the expertise, project management, and hands-on engineering to ensure a smooth transition. We minimize downtime through proven wave planning and always maintain a clear path back to your source environment until cutover is complete.

Workload Migration

Lift-and-shift and re-platform migrations of Windows and Linux VMs, on-premises data centers, and enterprise applications to Azure using Azure Migrate, Azure Site Recovery, and Azure VMware Solution.

Database Migration

Migrate SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB to Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure Cosmos DB, and Azure Database services using Azure DMS with minimal downtime.

Hybrid Cloud

Connect on-premises and cloud environments with Azure Arc, ExpressRoute dedicated circuits, VPN Gateway, Azure Stack HCI, and hybrid identity via Entra ID synchronization and seamless single sign-on.

Azure DevOps & CI/CD

Set up Azure DevOps pipelines, GitHub Actions, infrastructure as code with ARM templates and Bicep, automated testing, containerization with AKS and ACR, and release management for cloud-native deployments.

Cost Management & Optimization

Azure Cost Management, budgeting and anomaly alerts, reserved instances and savings plans, right-sizing recommendations, and FinOps best practices to maximize your cloud investment return.

Cloud Security

Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Azure Firewall, DDoS protection, Key Vault, network security groups, JIT VM access, regulatory compliance monitoring, and security posture assessments for your Azure environment.

Reduced TCO

Eliminate capital expenditure on hardware, cooling, and facilities. Pay-as-you-go pricing and reserved instances can reduce total cost of ownership by 30-50% compared to on-premises infrastructure.

Elastic Scalability

Scale compute, storage, and database resources on demand. Auto-scaling rules and Azure Functions allow your applications to handle traffic spikes without manual intervention or over-provisioning.

Built-in Compliance

Azure holds more than 90 compliance certifications including ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, and HIPAA. Compliance Manager helps you meet Kenya Data Protection Act and regional regulatory requirements.

Disaster Recovery

Azure Site Recovery, geo-redundant storage, and availability zones provide enterprise-grade business continuity. Achieve single-digit RPOs and RTOs measured in minutes, not days.

Assess

Discover and inventory your entire on-premises environment using Azure Migrate. Assess workload dependencies, performance baselines, and total cost of ownership to build a prioritized migration wave plan.

Design

Architect target Azure landing zone with proper networking, identity, governance, and security controls. Design the migration approach for each workload class: rehost, replatform, refactor, or retire.

Migrate

Execute migration waves using Azure Site Recovery and Azure Database Migration Service. Run test migrations, validate data integrity, and perform cutover during planned windows with rollback readiness.

Validate

Comprehensive post-migration testing: application functionality, performance benchmarking, security compliance scanning, backup verification, and disaster recovery failover testing before production sign-off.

Optimize

Right-size resources based on actual usage, implement Azure cost management guardrails, enable Azure Advisor recommendations, and establish ongoing FinOps practices for continuous optimization.

Start Your Azure Migration Journey

Contact DesertLink IT for a no-obligation cloud readiness assessment and migration estimate. Our Azure experts will help you build a business case and roadmap.

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