Microsoft Workloads on AWS

Kyaw Soe Hlaing

Author: Kyaw Soe Hlaing

Kyaw Soe Hlaing is a Senior Solution Architect specializing in infrastructure, platform, and identity management. He is passionate about designing, architecting, and providing solutions for complex business requirements for customers. With more than 15 years of experience, Kyaw works with our partners to help AWS customers navigate their cloud transformation journey.

Caylent: Helping customers modernize Microsoft SQL Server with purpose-built databases on AWS

“We couldn’t afford to stay on our database platform. But we couldn’t afford the expense of modernizing our data tier either.” This is what Handerson Dutra, Senior Data Architect at Caylent, an AWS Partner, shared with us in a recent conversation about database modernization. “This is a common conundrum with our customers” he added. We […]

JetSweep: Helping customers build a business continuity strategy for Microsoft workloads with Disaster Recovery as a Service

“With the current geopolitical climate, it’s tough out there, and risks that impact continuity of operations are widespread. Ransomware, supply chain issues, cyberhacking, natural disasters, and human mistakes are just a few of the challenges organizations are facing.” This is what Brian MacDonald, a vice president at JetSweep, shared with me in a recent conversation […]

Datavail: Migrating and modernizing commercial databases to open-source database engines on AWS

Modernizing commercial databases on AWS helps lowers costs by eliminating punitive licensing contracts and helps improve quality, efficiency, and performance. Datavail, an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner with AWS Microsoft Workloads Competency, has successfully migrated over 200 database workloads from on premises to AWS. They also help customers modernize their migrated workloads to further reduce costs […]

Using AWS Migration Hub Orchestrator to simplify and accelerate Microsoft SQL Server migrations to AWS

This year, Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduced AWS Migration Hub Orchestrator, a feature which provides customized migration templates with a predefined set of migration tasks, migration tools, and automation features. Moreover, it allows customers to track their migration progress in one place. From a SQL Server migration perspective, customers often run into challenges, like not […]