Context approved
The customer confirms scope, access, acceptance criteria, change windows, and named approvers before build activity begins.
Simplicity IT Professional Service | Eight-week implementation
Azure VMware Solution Migration: 8-Week Implementation
A data-center exit or VMware migration needs a controlled workload wave, tested connectivity, rollback ownership, operational evidence, and customer approval at every production checkpoint.
What this implementation gives you
- An Azure VMware Solution private cloud and foundation in one agreed Azure region.
- A validated pilot followed by one controlled production wave of up to 25 eligible virtual machines.
- Migration, cutover, rollback, technical-validation, and application-acceptance evidence.
- As-built documentation, an operations runbook, knowledge transfer, and the backlog for later waves.
How the engagement runs
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Weeks 1 and 2: Confirm and design
Confirm scope, dependencies, change control, acceptance criteria, and the low-level design for the landing zone, private cloud, connectivity, security, backup, and operations.
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Weeks 3 and 4: Build the foundation
Deploy and validate the approved Azure and Azure VMware Solution foundation, connectivity, migration tooling, and pilot runbook.
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Weeks 5 to 7: Pilot and migrate
Migrate the approved pilot, resolve in-scope defects, then execute one approved production wave with checkpoint evidence and rollback readiness.
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Week 8: Validate and hand off
Complete operational validation, cost and capacity review, knowledge transfer, as-built evidence, and the remaining-wave plan.
Sample implementation artifacts
These illustrative examples show the deliverables you can expect. They use synthetic data and do not depict customer environments.
Evidence to decision flow
Controlled delivery
Simplicity IT builds and tests only the accepted work packages in the customer-owned environment, with evidence recorded at each checkpoint.
Your decision
A named customer owner reviews the exact change, test result, rollback path, operating owner, and cost impact before any production effect or cutover.
Evidence retained
The as-built record, acceptance evidence, rollback status, decision log, and operational handoff are retained according to the customer agreement.
Your approval before production changes
A named customer owner approves each production change or cutover against the agreed scope, test evidence, rollback path, operating owner, and expected cost before it proceeds.
Scope and boundaries
- The public scope covers one Azure region, one private cloud, one source VMware environment, one pilot group, and one production wave of up to 25 eligible virtual machines.
- Application refactoring, database modernization, mass data migration, and remediation outside the agreed migration path are excluded.
- Additional regions, private clouds, workload waves, carrier services, and third-party licensing require separate scope or remain customer costs.
- Every production migration and cutover requires a named customer approver and tested rollback steps.
Microsoft technologies in scope
- Azure VMware Solution
- Azure Migrate
- Azure Lighthouse
- Azure Monitor
Request a scoping call
Tell us about your environment and priorities. We will confirm the scope, schedule, and purchasing options with you before work begins.
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