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Sign up for part 2 here. How to Build the Financial & Business Case for Migrating to AWS [5th November 2020, 2pm]
Sign up for part 3 here. Optimise Your AWS Environment: Reduce Costs & Elevate Performance [12th November 2020, 2pm]
Take a look at the full series here.
Watch our on demand webinar presented by AWS’s EMEA Partner Development Specialist, John Noakes, and Mark Jackson from Cybit. Learn how to strategically plan your migration of Microsoft workloads onto AWS cloud.
During this session John and Mark explore:
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Do any of the following sound familiar to you?
Then AWS could be just what you need.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a leading cloud provider and has been relentlessly innovating since 2006. AWS has been running Windows workloads for 11 years and runs nearly 2x as many Windows Server instances than any other cloud provider. And with 7x fewer downtime hours than the next largest cloud provider, AWS is the right choice for Microsoft workloads and almost any other IT workload.
To set itself apart from competitors, AWS has massively expanded from just cloud compute and storage with new services including AI, database, machine learning, serverless deployments and edge computing. What’s more, AWS has seen a 4x increase in partner-led customer migrations globally – so you’re in safe hands.
John Noakes, EMEA Microsoft Partner Development Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS) started us off with common questions customers ask, such as:
We then explored the statistics about hosting Microsoft workloads on an AWS cloud environment, such as:
John then took us through the typical priorities for an organisation that is interested in adopting cloud computing. This included:
And typically the highest priority: cost reduction.
John explained this is because organisations want to do more with less, and make their money go further – particularly in the economic climate we’re currently in.
AWS has offerings, services and capabilities to meet all of the priorities listed above, and by working with a solution provider such as Cybit, you can get started very quickly with a cost-efficient, powerful, tailored cloud solution.
AWS’s core DNA is driving down cost and increasing productivity for their customers.
This is achieved in the following ways:
Trade CapEx for variable expense – pay for what you use.
AWS’s economy of scale provides customers with lower costs – 85 AWS price reductions since 2006.
Pricing model choices to support variable AND stable workloads – with on-demand, spot and reserved instances.
Save more money as your organisation grows – with tiered pricing, volume discounts, and custom pricing.
It is best to use the right model for the right workload. As your organisation gets bigger, there are further opportunities to save money.
Some of your options include the following:
On-Demand
Pay for compute capacity by the second with no long-term commitments. This is ideal for spiky workloads.
Reserved Instances
Make a 1 or 3 year commitment and receive a significant discount off on-demand prices. This is perfect for committed and steady-state usage.
Savings Plan
Same great discounts as Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances, but with more flexibility. This enables committed, flexible access to compute resources.
Spot Instances
Spare Amazon EC2 capacity at savings of up to 90% off On-Demand prices. This is great for fault-tolerant, flexible, stateless workloads.
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John explained that there are a number of ways that AWS outstrips its competitors.
Security: Fine-grained control.
Service Breadth & Depth and Pace of Innovation: 210+ services to support any cloud workload with rapid customer-driven releases.
Experience – 1 Million+ Customers: Building and managing cloud since 2006.
Global Footprint: 77 Availability Zones within 24 geographic Regions, 216 Points of Presence in 84 cities across 42 countries.
Machine Learning: More Machine Learning happens on AWS than anywhere else – ML in the hands of every developer and data scientist.
Ecosystem: Tens of thousands of APN partners (like Cybit – we’re an Advanced AWS Consulting Partner with specialisms in Microsoft Workloads and Public Sector).
Enterprise Leader: AWS positioned as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service, Worldwide.
There are four typical customer use cases for adopting AWS.
Migrate
1. Migrate Windows Server VMs to AWS
Aim: To retire technical debt and increase reliability.
2. Optimise SQL Server on AWS EC2 or RDS
Aim: Increase performance and resilience.
Optimise
3. Modernise .NET applications
Aim: Deploy faster and save money.
4. Innovate and drive business agility
Aim: Drive digital transformation.
To learn more about how our customers have benefitted from hosting Microsoft workloads on an AWS cloud environment, take a look at our customer success stories.
We helped Bellway Homes to build upon their existing AWS cloud infrastructure to securely and cost-efficiently host their bespoke financial systems.
We helped Miro Forestry to migrate their on-premises Microsoft Dynamics GP solution to an AWS cloud environment.
Migration of web servers and SQL database to AWS running Microsoft services for more robust and accessible platform for their web content and hosting.
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