Microsoft Workloads on AWS
Category: Migration
How to use the new AWS Modernization Calculator for Microsoft Workloads to estimate modernized architectures
On November 18, 2022, we announced the general availability of the AWS Modernization Calculator for Microsoft Workloads. Using this tool, you can estimate the cost of modernizing your Microsoft workloads to a new architecture that uses open-source software and cloud-based services in the AWS cloud. It enables you to assess the benefits of using technologies […]
Datavail: Migrating and modernizing commercial databases to open-source database engines on AWS
Modernizing commercial databases on AWS helps lowers costs by eliminating punitive licensing contracts and helps improve quality, efficiency, and performance. Datavail, an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner with AWS Microsoft Workloads Competency, has successfully migrated over 200 database workloads from on premises to AWS. They also help customers modernize their migrated workloads to further reduce costs […]
Using AWS Migration Hub Orchestrator to simplify and accelerate Microsoft SQL Server migrations to AWS
This year, Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduced AWS Migration Hub Orchestrator, a feature which provides customized migration templates with a predefined set of migration tasks, migration tools, and automation features. Moreover, it allows customers to track their migration progress in one place. From a SQL Server migration perspective, customers often run into challenges, like not […]
Running your modern CoreWCF application on AWS
In this blog post, we will show you how to deploy a CoreWCF application on an Amazon Linux Graviton2 instance. Also, we will provide a sample application that integrates with Amazon CloudWatch. This approach of running CoreWCF applications on Linux and integration with other AWS services gives customers the ability to improve performance, increase security, […]
Data Reply: Modernizing Legacy SQL Server Data Warehouses with AWS
For many organizations, data warehouses have traditionally resided in on-premises data centers. These organizations are now looking to free themselves from the limitations of on-premises data warehouses. Data Reply is a Reply group company, a Premier Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner that offers a broad range of advanced analytics, AI/ML, and data processing services. Data […]
How to save 45% on licensing costs by migrating and optimizing SQL Server on AWS
Software licensing costs matter. Evolve Cloud Services, an AWS Partner who specializes in cloud and software licensing optimization, knows this full well. Recently, Evolve teamed up with Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG)—an IT analyst, research, validation, and strategy firm—to analyze the results of 300 extensive Optimization and License Assessments conducted for organizations wanting to migrate their […]
SoftwareONE: Modernizing on-premises, end-of-support Microsoft workloads on AWS
Headquartered in Switzerland, SoftwareONE helps customers migrate to the cloud and modernize their applications. Its many offerings include Simple for AWS managed services to accelerate migration to the AWS Cloud and the PyraCloud platform for cloud software and spending management. SoftwareONE is an AWS Solution Provider, AWS Public Sector Partner, with AWS Migration Consulting Competency […]
Migration and modernization strategies for your SQL Server workloads on AWS
In this post, we explore various options to consider when optimizing your workloads to run on AWS. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to your migration and modernization journey. Use this post as a guide to help you strategically decide and plan migrations for your SQL Server workloads. Migrating your workloads to AWS offers several advantages, […]
How Dow Jones migrated and modernized its business-critical databases in one motion to gain effectiveness and cost benefits
As one of the largest business and financial news companies in the world, millions of people around the world rely on Dow Jones properties for their daily market data needs. The Market Data platform, one of Dow Jones’ most critical business systems, serves the real-time markets data to all of its news sites, including WSJ.com, […]
Modernizing ASP.NET Web Forms applications to Blazor using Porting Assistant for .NET
ASP.NET Web Forms has been a part of the .NET Framework since its initial release in 2002 and continues to power many web applications today. Customers want to modernize these applications to ASP.NET Core to realize cost savings, enhance performance, and increased agility. However, the .NET team confirmed that Web Forms will not be ported to ASP.NET Core. This means […]