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Year after year , Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) continues to prove its mettle as an industry leading public cloud provider ; from foundational Infrastructure as a Service ( IaaS ) to Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) and Internet of Things ( IoT ) offerings , the breadth and depth of the platform services is increasingly being used to realise business value from organisations of all shapes and sizes , all over the world .

One of the key benefits of any cloud platform is the concept of cloud-native , whereby organisations and systems are optimised to leverage automation and to embrace a shift-left mindset to increase business agility , staff productivity and operational resilience while reducing costs and complexity of building and running systems .

A good example of this is through a typical Microsoft modernisation exercise on AWS , which serves as the topic of this whitepaper and is supported through an in-depth example use case .

Microsoft on AWS

AWS is often touted as the most popular , secure and reliable cloud for Windows workloads . In an IDC study , participants realised a 98 % reduction in unplanned downtime , as well as a 56 % lower cost of operations and 442 % return on investment over five years . Customers often iterate through a few permutations on their modernisation journey .

Phase 1 focuses on migrating Windows Server VMs to retire technical debt and increase reliability . Estate and licensing assessments , as well as rapid migration Proof of Concepts ( POCs ) are common in this phase , building customer confidence on the AWS platform and proving operational metrics . ◊

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