Objectives

• Migrate SAP and non-SAP applications to Microsoft Azure before the hosting provider’s decommissioning deadline
• Establish a secure cloud environment with ongoing managed security services
• Minimize business disruption during the migration process

Solution

• Unisys migrated ~200 non-SAP (Linux and Windows) servers to Azure in 2023 using a proven rehosting approach
  • Implemented an Azure landing zone, Azure ExpressRoute connectivity models and security services
  • Deployed managed detection/response and security information and event management (SIEM) services for centralized security
• Unisys’ partner migrated the remaining ~100 SAP servers to RISE with SAP managed cloud service running on Azure

Results and benefits

• Met the critical decommissioning deadline
• Achieved a seamless migration of disparate applications to the cloud
• Achieved operational resiliency in a high-performance Azure cloud
• Gained modern security capabilities and 24/7 threat monitoring across the environment with a standard, holistic security policy across the entire infrastructure