Azure Migration

Microsoft Azure got complex and expensive. We move you to managed cloud — often for half.

Most Azure customers are running a handful of VMs or a straightforward application — not a reason to learn the entire "Azure world" just to administer it. Cloud365 helps you migrate your Windows and Linux workloads to a fully-managed Australian environment, with fixed AUD pricing and a team that runs it all for you.

We help you migrate your Windows and Linux VMs and applications — tested before cutover
Our team manages everything — administration, monitoring, alerts and backups
Fixed monthly AUD pricing — no cost creep, no surprise bills
On Azure After Cloud365
Learning the "Azure world" to run a few VMs
Bills that creep up every month
Consumption pricing nobody can predict
You administer it all yourself
Landing Zone projects just to control cost
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We
migrate
We run your VMs and apps for you
One fixed monthly fee in AUD
Predictable — the price you're quoted
Admin, monitoring & backups included
No project required — we just migrate you
Often 50%+ lower than Azure
Fixed pricing in AUD
Windows & Linux workloads
Fully managed by our team
Data stays in Australia
Why Azure customers leave

The real problems with staying on Azure.

Azure is a powerful platform — but for a business running a few VMs or a straightforward application, it often means paying premium prices for complexity you never needed. Here are the three issues we hear most, and how migrating to Cloud365 solves each one.

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Cost creep
The biggest challenge for Azure customers is that the price you signed up for is no longer the price you pay. Consumption-based billing means spend rises quietly as usage, data and services grow — and the bill is different every month.
Cloud365 replaces consumption billing with a single fixed monthly fee in AUD that covers hosting, administration, monitoring, backups and support.
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The "Azure world" tax
Business owners and IT staff would rather not waste time learning the entire Azure ecosystem just to administer their systems — which are usually just VMs or simple applications that don't need an over-complicated cloud environment.
Our technical team administers the whole environment for you. You don't touch an Azure portal — you get an Australian team to call.
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The Landing Zone trap
Azure Landing Zone promises a more controlled environment with the potential to reduce costs. The problem is getting there — it needs consultants with landing-zone expertise to design and build it, project managers to migrate workloads, and developers to re-code, re-package and re-deploy applications.
Migrate to Cloud365 instead — no landing-zone project, no re-coding. We design, build and run the destination, and help you move your workloads across.
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Small upgrades, big cost jumps

Need a little more RAM or disk? On Azure that often pushes a VM up to the next pricing tier — a step change, not a small increment. Across multiple or many VMs, those tier jumps add up to significant, ongoing platform cost increases. And they're hard to reverse: right-sizing back down usually means re-engineering or rebuilding workloads — consuming time, effort and cost that could go to productive outcomes instead.

On Cloud365 we size to what you actually need and adjust resources to suit — without forcing you up a rigid pricing ladder.

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Right-sizing isn't a free fix

Right-sizing workloads may possibly help reduce costs — but it isn't free. Properly diagnosing every workload to determine any potential savings takes real time and effort, and that effort can easily outweigh whatever savings it uncovers. And if you have to right-size a solution just to make it affordable, you're already facing a cost challenge — one that can be easily avoided.

On Cloud365 you start on a fixed AUD fee sized to what you actually need — so there's nothing to claw back later.

What we move off Azure

Your Azure workloads, running simpler.

We've helped Australian businesses move Windows and Linux workloads off Azure many times. Most of what runs on Azure is straightforward to migrate — virtual machines, applications and databases — and far cheaper to run on fully-managed Cloud365 infrastructure.

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Windows Server VMs
Azure IaaS virtual machines running Windows Server — domain controllers, application servers, Remote Desktop hosts and file servers. We build the equivalent on Cloud365 infrastructure and help you migrate the data and roles across.
Windows Server Active Directory RDS / terminal servers IaaS VMs
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Linux VMs
Ubuntu, Red Hat, Debian, CentOS and other Linux virtual machines running web apps, APIs, containers and services. We build managed Linux hosts with the same stack and configuration and help you migrate across.
Ubuntu / RHEL Web & API servers Containers LAMP / LEMP
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Line-of-business applications
Custom and off-the-shelf business applications you deployed to Azure — the systems your team uses every day. We help you move them to a managed environment, then take over running them for you.
Custom apps ERP / CRM Internal tools Public-facing apps
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Databases & file servers
SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL and file storage underpinning your applications. We help you migrate the data with integrity checks, and your Azure instance stays live in parallel until cutover is signed off.
SQL Server MySQL / PostgreSQL File shares Storage accounts
Our migration process

Exactly what happens, step by step.

We've refined this process over hundreds of migrations. Every step is designed to give you complete visibility and confidence — and to protect your business from disruption at every stage.

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Azure review & cost assessment
You tell us about your Azure environment — the VMs and applications you run, roughly what you're spending, and what's driving you to move. We review it, listen carefully, and give you an honest view of what migrating involves and what you'd save.
No jargon, no pressure — this is just a conversation
We review your Azure workloads and document what we find
We compare your Azure spend against fixed AUD managed pricing
You receive a clear scope and fixed-price proposal
Typically 1–2 business days
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Your CAPP environment designed & built
Before we touch your existing system, we design and build your destination on Cloud365 — across your preferred data centre location. Your workloads land in CAPP (our Customer APPlication Platform): a tailored, secure-by-default environment with VLANs, firewalls and role-based access, sized and configured for your application.
Secure-by-default CAPP environment — VLANs with firewalls and role-based permissions
Secure interconnectivity to your other applications and locations — your own office or your customers
Secure browser-based access to applications (including thick-client software) and/or secure remote VPN access
Backups, monitoring, DNS and domain configuration ready before migration begins
Typically 2–4 business days
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Data migration & parallel testing
We help you migrate your application data into the new environment — and run both systems in parallel. This is the critical phase: we don't switch you over until everything is tested and confirmed working correctly.
Application data transferred securely to the new environment
Comprehensive testing of application functionality and performance
Your team can verify the new environment before anything goes live
Any issues identified and resolved before cutover — not after
Typically 2–5 business days
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Your sign-off
Nothing goes live until you're satisfied. We walk you through the new environment, confirm everything works as expected, and get your explicit approval before we proceed to cutover. This step is non-negotiable.
We demonstrate the new environment to you or your team
You test any critical functions yourself if you wish
We address any concerns before proceeding
At your pace — no pressure
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Cutover — at a time that suits you
When you're ready, we switch your traffic and users to the new environment. We schedule this at the lowest-impact time for your business — typically an evening or weekend — and stay on hand throughout the process.
DNS and access changes coordinated by our team
Staff access and credentials updated with your users
Third-party systems and integrations updated as needed
Old environment kept available briefly as a safety net
Usually 2–4 hours, outside business hours
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Ongoing managed service begins
From the moment cutover is complete, your environment is actively managed by Cloud365. Backups are running, monitoring is live, and your team can reach our HelpDesk any time. The hard part is done — now we just manage it.
24/7 monitoring and alert notifications active from day one
Automated backups running on schedule
HelpDesk available for your team at any time
Full infrastructure documentation handed over
Ongoing — included in your monthly fee
Typical total timeline
7–14 days
From initial conversation to go-live. Complex migrations may take longer — we'll tell you upfront.
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Minimal business disruption
Your existing system stays live throughout the migration. We only cut over once everything is tested and you've given the green light. Most businesses report their team barely noticed the transition.
Ready to start?
Tell us about your app
Response within 1 business day
1800 888 365
Azure migration scenarios

What leaving Azure looks like in practice.

Every environment is different — but the outcomes are consistent: simpler administration, and a materially lower, predictable bill. Here's a typical example of what we see.

Featured Azure migration scenario
Professional services firm — line-of-business application on Azure
6 Azure VMs + SQL · IT staff spending hours in the Azure portal · bill rising every month
52%
Lower monthly cost
vs Azure
On Azure
⚠️Six Windows VMs and a SQL database running a core business application
⚠️Consumption bill different every month — impossible to budget
⚠️The price quoted at sign-up had crept well above what they now paid
⚠️IT staff spending hours administering the Azure environment
⚠️Quoted a consultant-led Landing Zone project to get costs under control
⚠️No budget left for a test or disaster-recovery environment
After Cloud365 migration
✅Same workloads running on Cloud365 in CAPP, across their preferred data centre location — fully managed
✅One fixed monthly fee in AUD — the same number every month
✅Administration, monitoring, alerts and backups handled by our team
✅No Landing Zone project — we migrated the workloads as they were
✅Monthly cost 52% lower than Azure — with management included
✅Freed budget funded a separate disaster-recovery environment
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Accounting firm — practice software on Azure
Moved Windows VMs off Azure after consumption bills became impossible to forecast. Fixed AUD pricing replaced variable monthly spend.
Predictable cost · Budget freed for a staging environment
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Software vendor — Linux workloads on Azure
Migrated containerised Linux services off Azure. Removed the portal complexity and handed day-to-day administration to the Cloud365 team.
45% cost reduction · Fully managed by us
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Manufacturer — business app on Azure
Facing a Landing Zone project to control Azure cost. We migrated the application as-is instead — no re-coding, no project — onto managed infrastructure.
No Landing Zone needed · Simpler and cheaper
Leaving Azure — your questions

Moving off Microsoft Azure — answered honestly.

The questions we hear most from businesses weighing up a move off Azure. If yours isn't here, call us on 1800 888 365 and we'll answer it directly.

Can Cloud365 migrate us off Microsoft Azure?
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Yes. We help you migrate Windows and Linux virtual machines, line-of-business applications, databases and file servers off Azure to Cloud365-owned infrastructure in Australian data centres. We design, build and run the destination (our CAPP platform) and migrate your data into it; because we don't have access to your Azure environment, the move out of Azure stays in your control, guided by us at every step. Your Azure environment keeps running in parallel until everything is tested and you've signed off on the cutover.
How does Cloud365 cut our Azure costs by 50% or more?
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We own and operate our own infrastructure in Australian data centres and bill a single fixed monthly fee in Australian dollars. You stop paying Azure's consumption rates, data egress and per-service premiums, and administration, monitoring, alerts and backups are included — rather than billed as your own staff time.
What is "cost creep" on Azure?
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Cost creep is when the price you signed up for is no longer the price you pay. Azure's consumption-based billing means spend rises quietly as usage, data and services grow. Cloud365 replaces that with a fixed monthly AUD fee, so your hosting cost is predictable from day one.
Isn't an Azure Landing Zone the proper way to control Azure cost?
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An Azure Landing Zone can help deploy workloads in a more controlled way, but getting there is a consultant-led project: it requires landing-zone design and build expertise, project managers to migrate workloads, and developer resources to re-code, re-package and re-deploy applications. For most businesses running VMs or straightforward applications, migrating to a fully-managed Cloud365 environment is faster, simpler and cheaper than building a landing zone.
Who administers our systems after we move off Azure?
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Cloud365 does. In most cases our technical team manages the whole solution — administration, monitoring and alerts, and backups — plus weekly vulnerability testing if your application is public-facing. You get an Australian team to call instead of an Azure portal to learn.
Can we keep Microsoft 365 and Azure AD if we move our workloads?
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Yes. Migrating your server workloads to Cloud365 does not force you off Microsoft 365 or Entra ID (Azure AD) — those can stay with Microsoft and we integrate with them. We move the infrastructure you're overpaying to run; you keep the Microsoft services you actually want.
Getting started

Start with the Basics.

Working out whether leaving Azure makes sense doesn't require a technical briefing document or an IT consultant. You just need to tell us a few basic things about your setup — we take it from there.

📝What your application does and how your team uses it
☁️Roughly what you run on Azure (how many VMs, Windows or Linux, any databases)
💳Your current Azure spend, if you know it (a recent invoice is ideal)
👥Roughly how many people use it and when
⚠️Any concerns or requirements that matter to your business

That's genuinely all we need to get started. We'll ask follow-up questions as we go — but we never expect you to hand over a technical specification document.

What we handle from here
Everything technical
Full assessment of your current environment
Migration planning and risk identification
Building and configuring your new environment
Data migration and parallel testing
Liaising with your software developer if needed
Coordinating cutover at the lowest-impact time
Updating staff access and third-party integrations
Full infrastructure documentation for your records
Ongoing 24/7 management from day one post-migration
Start the conversation

Find out what you'd save by leaving Azure.

No technical knowledge required. Tell us what you run on Azure — ideally with a recent invoice — and we'll come back within one business day with a fixed AUD managed-cloud price and an honest view of the saving.

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You fill in a short form or give us a call — takes 5 minutes
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We review your Azure workloads and come back within 1 business day
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We provide a fixed-price proposal and a clear cost comparison
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You decide — no obligation, no pressure
Get a Free Azure Cost Assessment 📞  1800 888 365
Response within 1 business day · No obligation
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