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Cloud Migration with Azure OpenAI
Cloud Migration built on Azure OpenAI, chosen where it genuinely fits, and swapped where it does not.
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- Microsoft
- Alternatives we also use
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Why Azure OpenAI for this
Lift-and-shift is fast and leaves the savings on the table; re-architecting is slower and unlocks them. Most estates warrant a mix, decided workload by workload.
Azure OpenAI is strongest at enterprise compliance posture and integration with existing Microsoft estates. For cloud migration that matters because the failure modes of this kind of system tend to cluster exactly there.
The honest trade-off: quota management and regional capacity can constrain scaling at short notice. We say that up front because a stack chosen for fashion rather than fit becomes someone's migration project two years later. We build the smallest thing that proves the case, put it in front of real users, and expand only what earns its keep.
You own the code, the models where they are open-weight, and the documentation to run it without us.
The honest assessment
- What it is
- OpenAI models under Azure's compliance envelope and enterprise agreements.
- Strongest at
- enterprise compliance posture and integration with existing Microsoft estates
- Trade-off
- quota management and regional capacity can constrain scaling at short notice
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- platform
We are not a reseller for Microsoft and hold no commission on this choice. Where a different option fits your workload better, the recommendation will say so. That is the entire value of asking us.
What is included
- Inventory of every workload, dependency and integration before planning
- Cost model comparing current spend against realistic cloud spend
- Migration approach per workload rather than one strategy for all
- Staged cutover with rollback at each step
- Security posture, network design and access control
- Post-migration cost optimisation, because the first bill is never the last word
Questions
Will cloud reduce our costs?
Sometimes, and not automatically. Variable and spiky workloads usually save; steady heavy compute often does not. The cost model in week one gives you the real answer for your estate.
Can we migrate without downtime?
For most workloads, yes, with staged cutover and parallel running. Some database migrations need a short planned window, which we rehearse rather than improvise.
Should we go multi-cloud?
Rarely, unless you have a specific reason. Multi-cloud doubles operational complexity and most organisations do not recover that cost in resilience or leverage.
Alternatives for cloud migration
Same capability, different stack. Each page states its own trade-off.
Building with Azure OpenAI?
Bring us the workload and we will tell you whether this is the right stack for it.
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