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Cloud Migration

Move the environment. Bring your people with you.

Turn a cloud transition into a sequenced project with discovery, pilot testing, cutover decisions and a practical handover—not a weekend of unanswered questions.

01 / Modernize

The move is only one part of a successful transition.

Email, files and business applications carry years of working habits as well as data. We help identify what needs to move, what should be retired and what people must do differently afterward. A clear migration plan makes those choices visible before a cutover date becomes a commitment.

02 / What we do for your organization

The work, explained.

Your proposal selects the activities and deliverables that fit your environment. These are the areas we can scope with you.

01 / Cloud Migration

Discover and decide

Establish an honest view of the starting environment and the desired destination.

  • Inventory data, identities and application dependencies
  • Review permissions, retention and data ownership
  • Identify unsupported features and remediation decisions

02 / Cloud Migration

Pilot the experience

Use a representative group to learn before moving the wider organization.

  • Test sign-in, sharing and business-critical workflows
  • Validate data handling and migration tooling
  • Record user feedback and readiness criteria

03 / Cloud Migration

Coordinate the cutover

Make the transition a shared business decision with named owners.

  • Agree sequencing, change freezes and communications
  • Define validation, rollback limits and go/no-go approvals
  • Coordinate DNS, vendor and administrator dependencies

04 / Cloud Migration

Stabilize and hand over

Give users and administrators a clear route after the move.

  • Provide agreed adoption guidance and support channels
  • Review migration exceptions and acceptance evidence
  • Document remaining tasks, access and legacy-system retirement

03 / Deliverables & scope

Know what you are agreeing to.

Before work begins, the proposal identifies what will be delivered, who is responsible and how completion will be reviewed.

  • A discovery summary and agreed migration scope
  • A pilot, cutover and communications plan
  • A validation record with outstanding exceptions
  • A stabilization and handover schedule with named owners

Important scope details

Benchmark CloudShift provides a defined migration engagement. Licensing, storage, consumption, application redevelopment, legacy-system retention and ongoing support are separately priced unless included. Source-platform limits, inaccessible data and third-party cooperation can affect timing and completeness.

A clear commercial starting point

Recurring services use an agreed service schedule. Assessments and projects use a defined statement of work. Your proposal states the actual charges, dependencies, exclusions and approval process—before you commit.

Plan your cloud transition

A useful first conversation

Bring the challenge. We’ll help define the next step.

Tell us which systems or sites are involved, who depends on them, what is not working and any deadlines. Existing diagrams, service agreements or equipment lists help, but you do not need a finished technical brief to begin.

Plan your cloud transition

04 / Common questions

A little clarity before we talk.

Can you promise no downtime?

A responsible plan identifies the likely interruption, affected workflows and alternatives. The cutover approach is agreed after discovery; zero interruption is not assumed.

Do you migrate every historical file?

The scope defines sources, volumes, retention choices and exclusions. Duplicate, inaccessible or unsupported data may require separate review.

What happens to our old platform?

Retention, access, billing and decommissioning are explicit decisions. We agree who approves shutdown and how required records remain available.

Is support after the move included?

The statement of work defines any stabilization period and its coverage. Recurring administration and support need a separate service schedule or an existing agreement.

Connected expertise / Benchmark Network

When the next step needs a specialist.

Keep the service plan connected to the other technology decisions around it.

Explore the full network

Services are scoped separately unless included in your agreement. Provider, pricing and support ownership are confirmed before work begins.

Let’s talk about your next step

Let’s plan cloud migration around your organization.

Tell us about applications, data, dependencies and the transition your users need. We’ll help define the work, responsibilities and scope before you commit.

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