Case study 01

Head office and 98 live branches migrated to Microsoft Azure.

A 45-day cloud migration delivered through structured discovery, migration waves, cutover governance, validation, and operational handover.

98Live branches migrated

45 daysDelivery period

AzureTarget cloud platform

The delivery challenge

Move a head office and 98 live branches to Microsoft Azure within a compressed programme while supporting business continuity, technical readiness, and a controlled transition to operations.

My role

I led infrastructure discovery and dependency assessment, landing-zone readiness, migration-wave planning, stakeholder coordination, cutover governance, rollback planning, validation, and operational handover.

Delivery approach

1. Discover and prepareAssessed dependencies, technical readiness, identity, connectivity, operational requirements, and migration risk.

2. Plan migration wavesSequenced head-office and branch activity into manageable waves with stakeholder coordination and rollback planning.

3. Govern cutoverCoordinated migration execution, validation, issue management, and continuity checks for live business services.

4. Validate and hand overCompleted post-migration verification, operational documentation, and service handover for ongoing support.

Delivery flow

ScopeHead Office + 98 Branches

PrepareDiscovery and Migration Waves

TargetAzure Landing Zone

AssureValidate and Hand Over

Technology scope

Microsoft AzureAzure IaaSVNets and NSGsEntra ID and RBACAzure MigrateHybrid connectivityMicrosoft 365Azure Backup and Site RecoveryPowerShellAzure Monitor

Outcome

The head office and 98 live branches were migrated to Microsoft Azure within 45 days, with validation and handover completed to support ongoing operations.

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