Building the future on Azure: how Phoenix delivers seamless, strategic cloud migrations

Why Phoenix Software for Azure migrations?

Migrating to Microsoft Azure isn’t just about moving workloads – it’s about transforming operations, modernising infrastructure, and unlocking long-term value. At Phoenix, we’ve supported hundreds of UK organisations through Azure migrations and cloud-first transformations, helping them:

• Rehost and refactor legacy workloads for performance and cost efficiency
• Modernise SQL and file services to platform-native offerings like Azure SQL Managed Instance and Azure NetApp Files
• Re-architect hybrid infrastructures with ExpressRoute, Virtual WAN, and Azure VPN Gateway
• Implement robust governance, cost control, and security frameworks from day one

As a Microsoft Azure Expert MSP, Advanced Specialisation partner in multiple categories, and holder of Solutions Partner status across Modern Work, Infrastructure, Security, and Data & AI, we’re trusted by public and private sector organisations alike. Our UK-wide consultancy and managed services teams work shoulder-to-shoulder with customers, often embedded within their digital transformation programmes. 

We bring a balance of consultative insight, deep technical architecture skills, and sector-specific knowledge – underpinned by accreditations like ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials Plus, and our participation in key frameworks such as G-Cloud, Digital Outcomes, and RM6100. 

Real Azure transformation in action

Below are two recent Azure migration projects where Phoenix delivered complex cloud transformation at scale for UK educational institutions.

As a member of the Russell Group and a research-intensive university with global reach, this institution to modernise its IT estate while ensuring resilience, scalability, and continuity across teaching, research, and operational services.

Phoenix was selected to lead a significant Azure migration project, enabling them to transition from legacy hosting to a scalable cloud-first infrastructure.

This project not only improved platform performance and reliability but also laid the groundwork for greater innovation and operational agility across research and administrative services.

Serving the educational needs of Ayr, Kilmarnock, and Kilwinning, Ayrshire College sought a secure, resilient Azure platform to replace aging on-prem infrastructure and support future digital initiatives across learning and operations. 

Phoenix worked closely with internal IT teams to deliver a fast, cost-effective rehost migration and platform deployment.

The result is a clean, scalable Azure foundation from which the College can continue to evolve its services, adopt PaaS where appropriate, and embrace data-driven decision making. 

Proven, repeatable frameworks. Tailored outcomes.

Whether we’re delivering Azure Migrate assessments, landing zone deployments, SQL modernisation, or end-to-end application transformation, Phoenix follows a structured approach rooted in Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework and enhanced by our own sector experience. 

Our Azure migration methodology includes: 

1. Discovery and assessment: baseline current estate, assess cloud readiness, and build the case 
2. Design and landing zone deployment: create a secure, scalable foundation for migration 
3. Migration and modernisation: execute workload rehosting, refactoring, and replatforming 
4. Optimisation and governance: Implement FinOps, security baselines, and cost controls 
5. Ongoing support: With optional managed service wrap and innovation roadmap planning 

Your Azure migration partner of choice 

From higher education to health, local government to charities and housing providers, Phoenix is the trusted partner for organisations looking to do cloud right.  

With proven delivery across Microsoft Azure and the wider Microsoft ecosystem – including Copilot, Power Platform, and Defender – we help organisations go beyond migration and drive meaningful, long-term outcomes.