ANS Cloud Navigator

Migrating to the Microsoft Azure Cloud is a transformational step — but knowing where to begin can feel overwhelming when you’re dealing with legacy infrastructure, complex applications, or limited internal capacity.

ANS’ Cloud Navigator is a structured assessment engagement that gives organisations absolute clarity on how to move from their current environment to a modern, secure, cloud first operating model. ANS will work with your teams to assess readiness, define transition options, understand funding eligibility, and produce a business ready plan to move forward with confidence.

Who Is It For? The ANS Cloud Navigator is ideal for organisations that: • Operate primarily on premises or in traditional data centres • Want to explore Azure Cloud but need clarity on costs, risks, and benefits • Are considering moving to a different cloud platform • Lack internal cloud capability or experience • Have ageing infrastructure approaching renewal • Face upcoming data centre or equipment renewals • Need to modernise applications or build an AI or data strategy • Want to reduce operational overheads or shift from CapEx to OpEx

What the Engagement Covers

The Cloud Navigator delivers a comprehensive, business ready assessment across four key areas:

1. Cloud Readiness & Business Case – we’ll assess your existing infrastructure, licensing, operational costs, and strategic goals.
2. Application & Workload Placement - through structured workshops, we’ll evaluate which workloads are suitable for Microsoft Azure, where re hosting, re platforming, refactoring, or retiring is most appropriate, workloads that may be more cost effective to retain on premises and a phased migration roadmap for every application.
3. Target Cloud Architecture – we’ll design a high level target cloud landing zone aligned to Microsoft best practice.
4. Transition Plan & Operating Model - a clear, actionable transition plan is produced, including a high-level migration timeline, key phases, critical dependencies, required team skills and a recommended future operating model.

Key Benefits • Clear, structured understanding of your current cloud readiness • Board ready business case and executive level outputs • Prioritised, actionable recommendations you can move forward with immediately • Reduced uncertainty around cost, risk, and technical feasibility • A defined operating model to support what comes after migration

How It’s Delivered • Engagement length: Delivered in just 4–6 weeks
• Customer effort: No more than 10 hours of your time across the engagement • Delivery model: Fixed scope assessment and advisory engagement

Outputs You Receive • A full cloud strategy and assessment document • A clear migration roadmap and operating model • A quantified business case with TCO and ROI modelling • An executive ready presentation to support stakeholder and board discussions

Why ANS ANS brings deep Microsoft Cloud expertise and proven frameworks to ensure your cloud decisions are commercially sound, technically robust, and aligned to long term business outcomes. The Cloud Navigator is designed to remove uncertainty and enable confident, informed decision making.

Next Steps Speak to ANS to find out how ANS can support you on your journey into the Microsoft Azure Cloud.