Azure Migration Solutions in Amsterdam

We architect for data governance while maintaining future workload portability.

• Data tiering & sovereignty mapping. Map workloads to public Azure regions or isolated sovereign environments based on compliance boundaries.
• EU data residency controls. Enforce strict geofencing policies across West Europe (Netherlands) and North Europe regions to lock down resource deployment.
• Customer-managed keys & confidential computing. Deploy HSM-backed encryption and confidential compute instances for mission-critical, high-sensitivity payloads.
• Hybrid & multi-cloud topologies. Integrate Azure with legacy on-prem or sovereign European clouds where single-cloud models fail.
• Exit strategy & cloud portability. Standardize on IaC and open technologies to avoid lock-in and enable seamless migration paths.

Under the Cyberbeveiligingswet, cybersecurity isn’t a policy document—it’s an operational imperative. We bake security into your Azure core from day one, embedding IAM, SIEM, incident response, and third-party risk controls directly into the migration pipeline for immediate regulatory compliance.

• Security baseline alignment. We review your current environment against a structured security framework and set priorities for the migration.
• Zero Trust identity architecture. Implement Entra ID, Conditional Access policies, PIM, and RBAC to enforce least-privilege access.
• Unified SecOps & SIEM. Integrate Microsoft Sentinel and Defender for Cloud for single-pane-of-glass threat visibility.
• Automated incident response. Establish automated playbooks to ensure rapid containment and mandatory incident reporting compliance.
• Third-party risk management. Enforce stringent supply-chain oversight and continuous session monitoring for vendor access.

Amsterdam’s financial sector operates under intense regulatory scrutiny. We engineer Azure migrations focused on operational resilience, third-party risk mitigation, and end-to-end auditability.

• Critical asset dependency mapping. Map critical business functions against underlying infrastructure to build robust ICT third-party risk registers.
• High-availability & DR architecture. Design active-active configurations, multi-region failover, and automated recovery targeting aggressive RTO/RPO metrics.
• Cloud exit and data mobility. Via technical exit planning, we ensure switching providers remains a practical option.
• Failover validation testing. We plan and run tests with documented outcomes your teams and auditors can review.
• Audit-ready documentation. We produce technical documentation your compliance functions can build on.

Escalating Broadcom/VMware licensing costs and legacy EOS software force immediate infrastructure modernization decisions across Dutch IT organizations.

• TCO modeling. Conduct deep-dive discovery to evaluate stay-on-prem vs. rehost vs. refactor cost projections.
• Azure VMware Solution (AVS) lift-and-shift. Execute rapid, zero-refactoring migrations to AVS when schedule compression is paramount.
• Native IaaS rehosting. Migrate workloads directly to right-sized Azure Virtual Machines to optimize compute spend.
• Database modernization. Migrate legacy databases to PaaS offerings like Azure SQL Managed Instance to eliminate technical debt and patch overhead.
• Phased wave migration. Orchestrate wave-based cutovers with fully validated rollback scripts to minimize business exposure.

We refactor monolithic applications into cloud-native architectures, ensuring workload portability while embedding FinOps discipline.

• Application portfolio rationalization. Categorize systems across the 5 Rs (Rehost, Refactor, Rearchitect, Replace, Retire) based on business value and tech stack viability.
• Containerization & AKS deployment. Standardize application delivery on Azure Kubernetes Service using cloud-agnostic, containerized patterns.
• Iterative code refactoring. Modernize core monolithic codebases incrementally without sacrificing system stability or downtime SLAs.
• AI-ready data pipelines. Unify and structure enterprise data architecture to support downstream advanced analytics and AI/ML capabilities.
• FinOps & cloud cost governance. Establish continuous cost management controls, right-sizing frameworks, and unit-economics tracking.