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Get a free migration assessmentMost businesses put off moving to the cloud because they picture a single weekend where everything is switched over and either works on Monday or does not. That picture is accurate for a badly run migration and wrong for a well run one.
A migration done properly is a series of small, reversible steps. You assess what you have. You move something unimportant first, on purpose, so the surprises surface where they cost nothing. You replicate your production systems in the background while everyone keeps working. Then you cut over in a short, planned window with a rollback path already tested. At no point is the business betting itself on a single switch.
This page describes how we run that sequence, what it costs, and where it gets harder. If you would rather just talk it through, our contact page is the fastest route.
We map your applications, data and dependencies, then recommend the right cloud and the right approach: rehost, replatform or refactor.
A detailed runbook covering sequencing, data strategy, security, rollback and a clear timeline, agreed before any change.
Phased cutovers with parallel running and tested rollback, engineered for zero or near-zero downtime.
Identity, encryption and controls configured correctly during the move, not bolted on after.
Right-sizing and cost controls from day one, so the new environment is cheaper to run, not just newer.
Documentation, team training and optional 24x7 managed services so you are never left stranded.
The industry shorthand for this is the five Rs. It matters commercially, because the approach you pick for each workload is the single biggest driver of what the migration costs and how long it takes. A good assessment assigns one of these to every system you own.
Move the server as it stands. Fastest, cheapest, lowest risk. You keep your existing inefficiencies, so the running-cost saving is modest until you optimise afterwards. The right call for most MSME workloads.
Move it, but swap a component for a managed equivalent, for example a self-managed database onto a managed database service. More work up front, meaningfully less to run and patch afterwards.
Rebuild the application for the cloud. Expensive and slow, and genuinely worth it for a small number of systems where the current design is the actual constraint on the business.
Retire the system and buy a SaaS product that does the job. Often the cheapest total answer for commodity functions like email, file storage or CRM, and the one providers are least likely to suggest.
Switch it off. Most environments contain systems nobody has used in years. Finding them during the assessment is free money, and it is common to find several.
Leave it where it is, for now. Hardware still under warranty, a machine tied to a physical device, or an application its vendor will not support in the cloud. Hybrid is a valid destination.
Discovery tooling maps which servers talk to which, on what ports, and how much CPU, memory and storage they actually use against what you provisioned. The output is a dependency map and a workload-by-workload plan.
A file share, a test environment, an archive. Not because it matters, but because it proves your networking, your identity setup and your backups work before anything customer-facing depends on them.
Production systems replicate continuously in the background while your team works. The cutover itself is a short planned window: quiesce, final sync, start, redirect, verify. The old system stays available until you are satisfied.
The month after cutover is where the running cost gets decided. Right-sizing against real usage, committed-use discounts for steady workloads, storage tiering, and monitoring with alerts that reach a human.
Every phase has a defined rollback. Phase 3 in particular is designed so that if the new environment misbehaves in the first hours, you point back at the original system and nobody has lost anything. That property is what makes the timeline safe to commit to.
The three major platforms are more alike than the marketing suggests. For a typical Indian MSME, the decision is rarely about raw capability and almost always about fit with what you already have.
We will not put a number on this page, because any number quoted before seeing an environment is a guess dressed up as a quote. What we can be specific about is what moves the figure, so you can sanity-check anyone's proposal including ours.
We quote the migration itself at a fixed price once the assessment is done, so the scope is agreed and the risk of overrun sits with us rather than with you. Ongoing cloud spend is paid to the provider directly, and we would rather you see that bill in full than have it marked up inside ours. If cloud spend is already the problem, our note on where Indian businesses overspend covers the seven usual leaks.
Zero-downtime is achievable for most virtualised workloads. It is not a universal promise, and a provider who tells you otherwise has not looked at your environment. These are the cases that need a maintenance window or extra work, and it is better to know now.
None of these are reasons not to migrate. They are reasons to plan properly, and they are exactly the things an assessment exists to find before you have committed to a date.
We are based at BHIVE, Mahalakshmi Chambers on MG Road in Bengaluru, and we work with businesses throughout India. Migration work is mostly remote by its nature, since the tooling runs over your network rather than requiring someone in your server room.
For Bengaluru clients we are happy to do the assessment conversation in person, and for the cutover itself we will be on a call with your team regardless of where you are. Data stays in India regions where that matters to you, which for most businesses handling personal data it does.
It depends on the number of workloads and how tangled their dependencies are. A small environment of a handful of servers can be done in a few weeks. A mid-sized environment with an ERP, a database and a set of line-of-business applications more commonly runs one to three months of elapsed time, though much of that is replication running quietly in the background while your team works normally. We give you a dated plan after the assessment, before any change is made.
For most virtualised workloads, the cutover window is short enough that staff notice little or nothing. We use continuous replication, phased cutovers and a tested rollback path. Being straight about it: a small number of workloads do need a maintenance window, usually databases with heavy write volume or physical servers that must be virtualised first. We tell you which ones during the assessment rather than on the night.
That depends on what you already run, what your team already knows and where your licensing sits, not on which platform is best in the abstract. Businesses already on Microsoft 365 with Windows Server and SQL Server usually land most naturally on Azure. Teams building modern applications often prefer Google Cloud or AWS. We hold partnerships across all three, so the assessment answers this for your case rather than for ours.
There is no honest single number, and any provider quoting one before seeing your environment is guessing. Cost is driven by how many workloads move, how much data has to be transferred, whether applications need changing, and how long the parallel running period lasts. We scope from the assessment and quote a fixed price for the migration itself, so you are not exposed to open-ended time and materials.
Often yes. Rehosting moves a server to the cloud largely as it is, which is the fastest and lowest-risk path and is the right answer for a lot of MSME workloads. The trade-off is that you carry your existing inefficiencies with you, so the running cost saving is smaller than it could be. We usually recommend rehosting first and optimising afterwards, once the environment is stable.
Every major provider operates India regions, and a migration plan can pin your data to them. Access control, encryption, logging and retention all get configured during the move rather than bolted on later. This is engineering guidance rather than legal advice, and we work alongside your legal advisor rather than in place of one.
Sometimes, and there is no shame in it. Hardware still under warranty, a machine tied to a physical device, or an application whose vendor does not support cloud hosting are all reasonable grounds to stay put. Hybrid is a legitimate destination, not a failed migration. We will tell you when moving something is not worth the cost.
You get documentation, a handover session with your team, and the option of managed services if you would rather we ran it. The first month after cutover matters most: that is when right-sizing, reserved capacity and storage tiering turn a working environment into an affordable one.
Yes. We are based on MG Road in Bengaluru and work with businesses across India. Migration work is largely remote by nature, since the tooling operates over your network, and we travel for the parts that genuinely benefit from being in the room.
The four-phase sequence in detail, including what the cutover window actually looks like.
CostWhat drives a cloud bill upward after migration, and how to stop it.
ResilienceThe two numbers that decide what protection you actually need.
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