Zero-Downtime Azure SQL Migration

Zero-Downtime Azure SQL Migration

A manufacturing company with 8 on-premises SQL Server databases (2.5TB total) needed to migrate to Azure SQL Database to reduce infrastructure costs and improve scalability. Their legacy systems were critical to daily operations.

A manufacturing company with 8 on-premises SQL Server databases (2.5TB total) needed to migrate to Azure SQL Database to reduce infrastructure costs and improve scalability. Their legacy systems were critical to daily operations.

Name Corp

Manufacturing Company

Name Corp

Manufacturing Company

Name Corp

Manufacturing Company

Manager

IT Director

Manager

IT Director

Manager

IT Director

Time

November 25, 2025

Time

November 25, 2025

Time

November 25, 2025

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Project overview and insights

Project overview and insights

Challenge: 8 legacy on-premises databases (2.5TB total), minimal downtime tolerance, complex dependencies, limited cloud experience Solution: Comprehensive Azure SQL Migration project with assessment, architecture design, migration execution, and post-migration optimization Service: Azure SQL Migration (Project-based - $35,000)

Challenge: 8 legacy on-premises databases (2.5TB total), minimal downtime tolerance, complex dependencies, limited cloud experience Solution: Comprehensive Azure SQL Migration project with assessment, architecture design, migration execution, and post-migration optimization Service: Azure SQL Migration (Project-based - $35,000)

Unlocking growth with strategies that drive real results

Unlocking growth with strategies that drive real results

Migrated 8 databases with only 12 minutes of downtime Reduced database operating costs by 35% Improved query performance by 45% through Azure optimizations Comprehensive pre-migration assessment and planning 30 days post-migration support and tuning included Knowledge transfer and training for internal IT team

Migrated 8 databases with only 12 minutes of downtime Reduced database operating costs by 35% Improved query performance by 45% through Azure optimizations Comprehensive pre-migration assessment and planning 30 days post-migration support and tuning included Knowledge transfer and training for internal IT team

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Achieving breakthroughs in project execution

Achieving breakthroughs in project execution

Achieving breakthroughs in project execution

12 minutes total downtime | 35% cost reduction | 45% performance improvement | Complete knowledge transfer | Seamless cloud transition

12 minutes total downtime | 35% cost reduction | 45% performance improvement | Complete knowledge transfer | Seamless cloud transition

12 minutes total downtime | 35% cost reduction | 45% performance improvement | Complete knowledge transfer | Seamless cloud transition

Key Achievement

Key Achievement

Migrated 8 databases (2.5TB) with less than 15 minutes of downtime

Migrated 8 databases (2.5TB) with less than 15 minutes of downtime

Client Impact

Client Impact

"Clouds4Tech made our Azure migration seamless. We were nervous about moving our critical systems, but their expertise and careful planning resulted in virtually no disruption to our operations."

"Clouds4Tech made our Azure migration seamless. We were nervous about moving our critical systems, but their expertise and careful planning resulted in virtually no disruption to our operations."

"Having Clouds4Tech monitoring our databases 24/7 gives us complete peace of mind. We went from 8+ hours of downtime per month to zero. Our development team can finally focus on building features instead of firefighting database issues. Best investment we've made."

Sarah Mitchell

Director of Engineering, SaaS Platform

"Having Clouds4Tech monitoring our databases 24/7 gives us complete peace of mind. We went from 8+ hours of downtime per month to zero. Our development team can finally focus on building features instead of firefighting database issues. Best investment we've made."

Sarah Mitchell

Director of Engineering, SaaS Platform

"Having Clouds4Tech monitoring our databases 24/7 gives us complete peace of mind. We went from 8+ hours of downtime per month to zero. Our development team can finally focus on building features instead of firefighting database issues. Best investment we've made."

Sarah Mitchell

Director of Engineering, SaaS Platform

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