For this independent, owner-managed fiduciary group offering trust, funds and pensions services, it was a major exercise, which meant designing a new operating platform, whilst migrating the critical business applications, designing and implementing a new network topology, a new domain, new desktops and new user configuration as well as migration of all corporate applications and data, whilst, most importantly, bringing all colleagues along on the journey as well.
This significant project involved migrating all critical systems from Fairway’s previous environment into Microsoft Azure and Office 365, completed over a period of 12 months with two key milestones set to ensure the detailed transition process was handled smoothly. The first milestone of transitioning all users to Office 365 was a large volume piece involving migrating all mailboxes and users and required extensive training, testing and validation to ensure the integrity of the data was maintained. This was effected smoothly, by working closely and intensively training, Fairway Group’s Change Champions, who brought a renewed energy to using this capability.
The second key milestone within this project involved building an entirely new Cloud based infrastructure. New connectivity was commissioned and configured, core business applications were built and tested working alongside suppliers and internal users. Desktops were built to follow the new design. Extensive UAT was undertaken to ensure that all business requirements to work effectively were put in place. It was at this stage that our involvement with Fairway’s Change Champions really accelerated and it was a proud moment to see the Fairway Group fully engaged with the transition and the seamless migration to a new operating platform.
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