2 months
time to migrate infrastructure from on-prem to the cloud
15,000
students served
71%
of students responded favorably to survey about the school's IT services and infrastructure
Client Intro
Richmond, American University London is a private not-for-profit university based in United Kingdom, but welcoming students from across the world. Located in the vibrant hub of London, Richmond offers the ideal setting for anyone looking to study within a diverse and international community while preparing for a career in the global workplace.
Challenge
The university, which had maintained its own servers and networks since inception, was feeling increasingly limited by its infrastructure finding it difficult to scale and expensive to maintain.
To solve for this, they sought a solution that could provide more flexibility, speed and reliability to support their vast range of services and courses while also including disaster recovery planning and a high level of security.
Additionally, they wanted to shift from a CapEx model to a “pay as you go” OpEx model leveraging the cloud.
Solution
This project coincided with a physical campus move. In order to minimize IT service disruption, the on-premises cloud migration was conducted as efficiently as possible.
DMI’s dedicated migration team began by recommending the best suited cloud migration strategies and use cases for the business to maximize the full benefits of the cloud.
They carefully mapped all dependencies and created a migration plan to ensure service disruption would be minimized.
The team built a strawman server migration plan based on strategic decisions, tested its viability, and rapidly iterated. They then settled on a cloud migration plan that used a phased cutover approach, enabling them to test parts of the migration by replicating servers in the Azure cloud before committing the final server migration.
Technologies and Capabilities
Cloud Migration
Microsoft Azure
Active Directory
Impact
This project coincided with a physical campus move. In order to minimize IT service disruption, the on-premises cloud migration was conducted as efficiently as possible.
DMI’s dedicated migration team began by recommending the best suited cloud migration strategies and use cases for the business to maximize the full benefits of the cloud.
They carefully mapped all dependencies and created a migration plan to ensure service disruption would be minimized.
The team built a strawman server migration plan based on strategic decisions, tested its viability, and rapidly iterated. They then settled on a cloud migration plan that used a phased cutover approach, enabling them to test parts of the migration by replicating servers in the Azure cloud before committing the final server migration.
About DMI
DMI is a leading global provider of digital services working at the intersection of public and private sectors. With broad capabilities across IT managed services, cybersecurity, cloud migration and application development, DMI provides onsite and remote support to clients within governments, healthcare, financial services, transportation, manufacturing, and other critical infrastructure sectors. DMI’s commitment to excellence in service delivery has resulted in dramatic growth, with clients among all fifteen U.S. Federal Departments and hundreds of Fortune 1000 companies.
