Overview
Run your Windows applications on a proven, reliable and secure platform.
As a trusted AWS Partner, we understand the unique requirements for running Windows workloads and applications. Together, our expertise and the AWS platform provide a robust, scalable and secure environment for deploying, managing and optimising Windows workloads tailored to your Windows-based applications, such as .NET applications or Microsoft SQL Server.
HOW WE WORK: ASSESS, MIGRATE, OPTIMISE
Assess. ORBIT helps you assess your workload and its readiness for migration to the cloud, using tools and frameworks including the AWS Cloud Readiness Assessment (CRA) and the AWS Optimization and Licensing Assessment (OLA). AWS OLA provides recommendations for instances that are optimally sized and licence-optimised for your on-premises Windows workloads, including Reserved Instances, optimised processors, Dedicated Hosts and Microsoft BYOL options. Licensing is usually where the business case is won or lost, so it is examined before migration rather than after.
Migrate. Customers migrating Windows Server and SQL Server workloads can take advantage of AWS Windows migration programs. The AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) for Windows provides services, best practices and tools that reduce cost and accelerate your migration to AWS. We run the migration alongside your engineers and validate each workload against agreed acceptance criteria before cutover.
Optimise. AWS built-in expense management tools let you visualise, understand and manage your costs and usage over time. Pricing models such as Savings Plans can reduce your bill by up to 72% compared with On-Demand pricing in exchange for a commitment to consistent usage. We establish the cost visibility and commitment strategy so savings are realised and sustained after go-live.
WHY WINDOWS ON AWS
Cost-effectiveness. Flexible pricing across On-Demand, Reserved and Spot Instances, with License Mobility through Software Assurance letting you bring existing Microsoft licences with you.
Scalability and flexibility. Elastic compute with Auto Scaling and a wide variety of instance types optimised for different workload profiles.
Performance. Infrastructure optimised for Windows Server and SQL Server, with high-performance storage through Amazon EBS and Amazon FSx.
Security and compliance. Encryption, identity and access management and network firewalls, supporting standards including HIPAA, GDPR and PCI DSS.
Integration and management. Native integration with AWS Managed Microsoft AD, and operational tooling including AWS Systems Manager, CloudFormation and OpsWorks.
WHY ORBIT
A highly specialised team of architects and engineers focused on cloud modernisation and security projects, with extensive experience from large companies and cloud projects in the financial sector. Our specialisations are financial institutions, cloud architecture, security solutions, cloud compliance and cost optimisation. The AWS practice is led by Martin Gavanda, AWS Cloud Architect Lead at ORBIT.
Migrating Windows estates for regulated customers means treating licensing, security and evidence as part of the same problem. Banks and insurers make up much of our client base, which shapes how we approach assessment, documentation and handover.
Customers include Accace, Czech Savings Bank, Creditas, DR. Max, E-on, Erste Group, Generali, J&T Bank, KB, MONETA Money Bank, NLB, O2, Raiffeisenbank, SKB Bank, Skoda, Societe Generale, Tatra banka, Volkswagen and Zentiva.
HOW WE ENGAGE
This is a professional services offering, so the scope is always tailored to your estate, licensing position and target architecture. Scope, deliverables, timelines and commercials are captured in a Statement of Work agreed with you and transacted through AWS Marketplace as a private offer. Contact us to arrange a no-obligation scoping call.
Highlights
- Licensing examined before you migrate, not after. Using the AWS Cloud Readiness Assessment and the AWS Optimization and Licensing Assessment, we establish which of your Windows Server and SQL Server workloads are ready to move and what they should cost — right-sized instances, optimised processors, Dedicated Hosts, Reserved Instances and Microsoft BYOL options, with License Mobility through Software Assurance where your existing licences can come with you.
- Migration and optimisation by a team that works in regulated environments. We migrate Windows workloads using AWS programs including the Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) for Windows, then establish the cost visibility and commitment strategy — Savings Plans can cut up to 72% against On-Demand — so savings are sustained after go-live. ORBIT's engineers have extensive experience from large cloud projects in the financial sector, including Tatra banka, Raiffeisenbank and Erste Group.
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