Migration from On-Premises to Amazon EC2 Windows Server for a Leading Market Research Company
About the Client
The client is a global market research company focused on B2B growth consulting. They specialize in helping businesses capture new revenue streams worth trillions of dollars. Their services include:
TAM Expansion
Go-to-Market Strategy
Market Share Gain
Account Enablement
Thought Leadership Marketing
Their proprietary Market Intelligence Cloud, The Knowledge Store™, helps businesses track industry shifts and revenue opportunities.
The Challenge: On-Prem Windows Server
The client ran critical workloads on on-premises Windows servers. These included web applications and databases that supported global users.
Key challenges were:
Slowness: The on-prem database and server were not optimized, causing frequent performance issues.
Scalability: The infrastructure could not handle sudden spikes in usage.
High Costs: Maintaining hardware, licenses, and IT staff was expensive.
Maintenance Burden: Regular patching, monitoring, and upgrades consumed valuable time.
The client needed a secure, cost-effective cloud solution that could scale and reduce downtime.
Why AWS Windows Server
Amazon Web Services (AWS) was chosen to replace on-prem Windows servers with Amazon EC2 Windows Server instances. AWS offered:
Scalability – Easily scale Windows Server workloads up or down.
High Availability – Use EC2 Auto Scaling and Elastic Load Balancing to reduce downtime.
Security – Protect workloads with AWS VPCs, IAM roles, and security groups.
Cost Savings – Pay only for the resources consumed.
Flexibility – Choose the right EC2 instance type and Windows Server version.
Integration – Seamless connection with RDS, S3, CloudWatch, and other AWS services.
Simplified Management – Manage workloads using Systems Manager, CloudFormation, and AWS Console.
Why Amazon RDS for SQL Server
The client also migrated their SQL Server database to Amazon RDS for SQL Server. This provided:
Scalable Database – Scale vertically or horizontally with ease.
High Availability – Multi-AZ deployments and read replicas for failover.
Improved Security – Encryption at rest, VPC isolation, and IAM integration.
Lower Costs – No hardware maintenance or license overhead.
Automatic Backups – Point-in-time recovery with snapshots.
Easy Integration – Connect with S3, Lambda, and analytics services.
Managed Operations – AWS handles patching, monitoring, and updates.
The Migration Process
Teleglobal used AWS Application Migration Service to move the client’s workloads from on-prem to AWS EC2.
Key Steps
Assessment: Evaluated on-prem applications, dependencies, and performance needs.
Planning: Designed AWS architecture for high availability and cost optimization.
Replication: Used Application Migration Service to replicate workloads on AWS.
Testing: Validated performance, security, and integrations before production cutover.
Cutover: Switched workloads to AWS with minimal downtime.
Optimization: Implemented monitoring, autoscaling, and backup strategies.
AWS Services Used
Amazon EC2 Windows Server – Hosted application workloads.
Amazon RDS for SQL Server – Managed database with scalability and backups.
Amazon S3 – Storage for logs, reports, and backups.
AWS CloudWatch – Monitoring system performance and setting alerts.
AWS Systems Manager – Patch management and automation.
AWS CloudFormation – Infrastructure as code for repeatable deployments.
AWS IAM – Role-based access control for security.
AWS KMS – Encryption key management for sensitive data.
Benefits of Migration
After migrating to AWS EC2 and RDS, the client gained significant advantages:
Performance and Availability
Faster response times with optimized EC2 and RDS instances.
Improved database performance with low latency on Amazon RDS.
High uptime with load balancing and multi-AZ failover.
Cost Savings
Reduced capital expenditure on servers and storage.
40% faster application performance compared to on-prem infrastructure
30% cost reduction from hardware and maintenance savings
99.9% uptime with multi-AZ architecture and load balancing
Improved security posture with AWS native security tools
Faster releases with automated pipelines and version control
Conclusion
By migrating from on-premises Windows Servers to Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS for SQL Server, the client achieved higher performance, stronger security, and lower costs. The new AWS environment supports scaling, monitoring, and automation, freeing the client’s IT team to focus on growth initiatives instead of infrastructure management.
Teleglobal’s expertise in AWS migration ensured a smooth transition with minimal downtime and maximum efficiency.
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