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E-Commerce Cloud-to-Cloud Migration from AWS to Azure

A Middle East retail brand moved from AWS to Azure with SQL Managed Instance, App Service, CDN and Redis: 18% savings, 35% faster checkout, zero downtime.

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  • Migration
  • E-Commerce & Retail
  • Middle East
  • AWS → Microsoft Azure
Shoppersstorefront and checkoutAWS (legacy)being retiredAzure App ServiceCDN, Redis, SQL Managed InstanceAWS shareAzure shareZero migration downtime35% faster checkout18% cost savings
Checkout traffic shifts from AWS to Azure step by step, so shoppers never see downtime.
cost savings
18%
faster checkout
35%
migration downtime
Zero

At a glance

Engagement
Migration
Industry
E-Commerce & Retail
Platform
AWS → Microsoft Azure
Region
Middle East
Client
Global retail brand, name withheld
Technologies
5 in the delivered stack

Services delivered

Before and after

The retailer’s legacy AWS infrastructure was costly and did not integrate with its Microsoft ERP. High checkout latency was contributing to 15% cart abandonment.

Before

  • Migrate production databases between clouds without downtime.
  • Integrate the storefront with a Microsoft ERP.
  • Reduce checkout latency for shoppers.

After

  • 18% cost savings
  • 35% faster checkout
  • Zero migration downtime

The solution

Solution path

  1. AWS (legacy)
  2. Azure CDN + Redis
  3. Azure App Service
  4. SQL Managed Instance

How it was delivered

  1. Phase 1

    Database migration to Azure SQL Managed Instance.

  2. Phase 2

    Application modernization onto Azure App Service.

  3. Phase 3

    Azure CDN and Azure Cache for Redis to cut checkout latency.

Technology stack

  • Azure SQL Managed Instance
  • Azure App Service
  • Azure CDN
  • Azure Cache for Redis
  • Microsoft ERP integration

Questions about this project

Why did the retailer move from AWS to Azure?

Its AWS environment was costly and did not integrate with the company’s Microsoft ERP. Moving to Azure addressed the integration and, with modernization, lowered cost by 18%.

Was there downtime during the AWS to Azure migration?

No. The published outcome of the engagement is zero migration downtime.

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