VMs migrated
The enterprise moved its workload estate to Azure VMware Solution.
Pharmaceuticals
~4,000 VMs migrated to Azure VMware Solution.
A pharmaceutical enterprise reduced its data-center footprint by 95% while moving Windows, Linux, SAP and production workloads to Azure VMware Solution.
~4,000VMs migrated
95%Data-center footprint reduction
~9 monthsProgram delivery
Windows & LinuxEnterprise workloads
The challenge
What the organization needed
Aging infrastructure and an approaching hardware renewal created a deadline for cloud adoption. The enterprise needed to simplify its technology estate while limiting application changes and protecting factory and production systems.
The approach
How the program delivered
RiverMeadow worked with Microsoft Consulting Services and the customer team to establish Azure VMware Solution landing zones and coordinate the migration. Repeatable plans and runbooks, VMware HCX and a Layer 2 stretched network supported workload movement and maintenance-window cutovers.
The results
Outcomes delivered
Data-center footprint reduction
The program substantially reduced the customer’s data-center footprint.
Program delivery
Coordinated cutovers advanced the estate while limiting production disruption.
- Windows, Linux, SAP, factory and production-control workloads included in the migration.
- Minimal application refactoring and controlled cutovers supported business continuity.
- A cloud foundation established for the enterprise’s next stage of adoption.
Platform scope
Technology and delivery scope
- Source
- Aging hosted data-center infrastructure
- Target
- Azure VMware Solution
- Workloads
- Windows, Linux, SAP, factory and production-control systems
- Delivery
- Landing-zone implementation, VMware HCX and coordinated cutover
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