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Whether you're retiring an aging office server, moving shared drives to SharePoint, or hosting applications in the cloud, Albano Tech plans the migration, moves the data, and manages what comes after.

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Microsoft 365 & Cloud

Overview

Moving to the cloud can retire aging servers, make remote work simpler, and reduce the risk of a single hardware failure taking your business offline. It can also introduce new costs and complexity if it isn't planned.

We assess what you run today, recommend the right destination for each workload, and handle the migration and what comes after it, including monitoring, security, and cost reviews.

Who it's forBusinesses with an aging on-site server, teams that need reliable access to files from anywhere, and organizations with cloud bills nobody has reviewed recently.

Problems this solves

  • An aging server in a closet holds files the whole business depends on.
  • Working from home means a slow or unreliable VPN connection.
  • The server's warranty has expired, or will soon.
  • Cloud bills arrive every month and nobody is sure what they're paying for.

Capabilities and deliverables

  • Assessment of servers, file shares, and applications
  • Cloud readiness review and cost planning
  • File server migrations to SharePoint and OneDrive
  • Server and application migrations to cloud hosting
  • Identity planning, including moves from on-premises Active Directory to Microsoft Entra ID
  • Cutovers scheduled around your business hours
  • Ongoing management, monitoring, and cost reviews

How a cloud migration is planned

  • Workload inventory

    We catalog servers, file shares, applications, databases, and the people and processes that depend on each.

  • Choosing the destination

    Files usually move to SharePoint and OneDrive. Applications may be replaced with cloud software or hosted on cloud servers. A few systems may stay on-site.

  • Identity planning

    Accounts are consolidated in Microsoft Entra ID, with a plan for any remaining on-premises Active Directory dependencies.

  • Cost estimate

    Expected monthly costs are estimated before you commit, including licensing, storage, compute, and backup.

  • Migration and cutover

    Data is copied in advance, verified, and switched over at a scheduled time, with a rollback plan if something doesn't work as expected.

  • After the move

    Monitoring, backup, security settings, and periodic cost reviews keep cloud systems healthy and spending in check.

How implementation works

  1. Assess

    Map what you have, who uses it, and what depends on it.

  2. Plan

    Choose the right destination, estimate costs, and schedule the cutover.

  3. Migrate

    Move data and systems with testing before and after the switch.

  4. Optimize

    Monitor, tune, and review costs after the move.

Common scenarios

  • The office server is aging out

    Files move to SharePoint and the remaining application to a supported platform before the hardware fails.

  • Remote work depends on a slow VPN

    Moving files to the cloud removes the bottleneck.

  • Cloud bills that keep growing

    A review finds unused resources and right-sizes what's left.

What you can expect

  • Work from anywhere

    Secure access to files and applications from the office or home.

  • Retire aging hardware

    Fewer single points of failure sitting in the office.

  • Costs you understand

    Cloud spending reviewed and matched to what you actually use.

Frequently asked questions

Should we move everything to the cloud?

Not necessarily. Some applications run best in the cloud, some are better replaced with cloud software, and a few may still belong on-site. The assessment determines what makes sense for each system.

Can our shared drives move to SharePoint?

Usually, yes. We review folder structure, permissions, file counts, and how people work with the files before moving them, so the result is organized rather than a copy of the old problems.

How do you avoid downtime during a migration?

Data is copied in advance, the final switch is scheduled outside business hours where possible, and we test access before and after the cutover.

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