W.H.A.L.E. Assessment:
Migrate your Microsoft
workloads to AWS with ease
 

The Windows Holistic Assessment and Licensing Evaluation (W.H.A.L.E.) Migration Assessment is a comprehensive service from EPI-USE Labs to help prepare your business to make an informed decision about migrating your Windows workloads to AWS.

Here’s what your free W.H.A.L.E. Assessment* includes:

  • Map of your existing Microsoft and SQL Server environment and licensing requirements.
  • Identification of any risks or gaps.
  • Comprehensive migration roadmap with recommendations for a successful transition.

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Benefits of a W.H.A.L.E. Assessment

Holistic assessment

Gain a panoramic view of your existing Microsoft environment. Our approach identifies potential risks, dependencies, and areas for optimization, laying the groundwork for a smooth AWS Microsoft Migration.

Leverage our expertise and best practices

Our team is well-versed in the AWS Well-Architected Framework and AWS best practices, ensuring your transition to AWS is structured, efficient, and tailored to your unique needs.

Licensing evaluation and optimization

Get a map of your current Microsoft licenses, as well as expert licensing guidance to deliver maximum value while maintaining compliance and optimizing costs.

Unlock the power of Microsoft on AWS: A winning combination

Benefits organizations can realize by migrating their Microsoft workloads to AWS include: 

  • Robust security: The AWS cloud runs some of the strictest physical and digital security standards in the world, for both its data centers and networks. This frees you from managing the security of on-premises data centers to focus on better security of your systems.

  • Scalability: Stop worrying about managing servers. AWS compute services like EC2 and Lambda feature out-of-the-box autoscaling. Additional services like Elastic Load Balancing automatically distribute traffic across instances, containers, and IP addresses, reducing the risk of outages.

  • Cost savings: With AWS, you only pay for what you use. Explore other pricing options like savings plans, reserved instances, and dedicated hosts to lower the TCO.

  • Access to advanced AWS services: AWS offers fully managed services for native-Windows file systems and for Kubernetes on Windows. Gain access to additional services like SQL Server on EC2, RDS for SQL Server, Amazon FSx for Windows File Server, and AWS License Manager.
*Terms and conditions apply.