Move your servers, applications, and data to the cloud - reducing capital costs, improving resilience, and enabling flexible working. Serving businesses in Norwich and surrounding areas.
Azure/AWSMulti-cloud migration expertise, right platform for you
No capexSubscription model - no server refresh cycles to fund
ManagedOngoing cloud management - not just a one-off migration
Cloud Migration in Norwich
Cloud migration is the process of moving your business's servers, applications, storage, and data from on-premise hardware to cloud infrastructure. Done well, it eliminates the capital cost of server refresh cycles, dramatically improves disaster recovery capability, enables genuinely flexible remote working, and makes IT easier to manage and scale. Crushed Ice plans and executes cloud migrations to Microsoft Azure, AWS, or private managed hosting - handling everything from the initial infrastructure audit and workload assessment through to cutover, post-migration monitoring, and ongoing cloud management. We don't migrate you and disappear; we manage the environment as part of your ongoing IT arrangement, so you always have someone accountable for how your cloud performs.
Crushed Ice provides cloud migration to businesses throughout Norwich. Whether you're based in the town centre or surrounding areas, our team delivers the same level of service — remotely or on-site as needed.
Also known as
Move to the Cloud · Cloud Adoption · Server Migration · Azure Migration · AWS Migration · Lift and Shift · Cloud Hosting Migration
How it works in practice
Common scenarios and what becomes possible
Replacing End-of-Life On-Premise Servers
Challenge
A 50-person accountancy firm had three ageing physical servers approaching end-of-life. Replacing them with new hardware would cost £25,000+ plus ongoing maintenance. Their disaster recovery consisted of tapes stored in a desk drawer.
Outcome
Crushed Ice migrated all three servers to Azure virtual machines, implemented automated backup with 30-day retention, and configured geo-redundant disaster recovery. The firm's annual IT infrastructure cost dropped by 35% and their recovery time objective improved from days to hours.
Remote Working Enablement
Challenge
A professional services firm had all their systems on-premise, accessible via a VPN that was unreliable and slow. After experiencing remote working for the first time, they wanted a cloud-first approach but didn't know where to start.
Outcome
File shares moved to SharePoint, on-premise applications migrated to cloud VMs with proper identity-based access (no VPN required), and Teams calling replaced their PBX. Staff said remote working was noticeably faster and more reliable.
Disaster Recovery Improvement
Challenge
A logistics company had suffered a server failure that took two days to recover from. They realised their business continuity was entirely dependent on a single physical machine in their server room.
Outcome
Crushed Ice implemented Azure Site Recovery for their critical workloads, providing sub-one-hour recovery time objectives. A simulated failover was run six weeks after implementation - the business confirmed full operation from cloud within 45 minutes.
Scaling Without Hardware
Challenge
A fast-growing SaaS business was adding 10 new staff every three months. Each new cohort required new workstations, licences, and increased server capacity - a procurement and provisioning exercise that was becoming a bottleneck.
Outcome
Cloud infrastructure with auto-scaling meant new capacity was available in minutes rather than weeks. New staff were provisioned via Microsoft 365 and Intune - a laptop posted to their home address was ready to use out of the box.
What migration covers
Cloud Readiness Assessment
Audit of your current infrastructure, applications, and licensing to determine what moves to the cloud, what needs to be re-architected, and what stays on-premise.
Migration Planning
A detailed migration plan with workload dependencies, phased timings, rollback procedures, and tested risk mitigation - reviewed and approved before any migration begins.
Server & Workload Migration
On-premise servers and workloads migrated to Azure, AWS, or managed cloud VMs - either lift-and-shift or re-platformed for better cloud economics.
Data & Email Migration
Databases, file shares, and email migrated with validated data integrity, minimal downtime, and parallel running periods before the old systems are switched off.
Security & Compliance
Cloud environment configured to the same or higher security standard as your on-premise infrastructure - with identity, network, and data protection controls applied.
Cost Management
Cloud costs actively managed post-migration: right-sizing, reserved instances, and usage alerts to prevent billing surprises.
Migration in phases
1
Infrastructure Audit
We inventory every server, application, database, and dependency in your current environment. We assess cloud compatibility, licencing implications (particularly for Microsoft products), and identify any applications that aren't cloud-ready.
2
Cloud Readiness & Architecture
We design your cloud architecture - which services to use, how to structure networking and security, what redundancy to build in, and how to handle disaster recovery. We model the cost before you commit.
3
Phased Migration
We migrate workloads in a defined sequence - starting with lower-risk systems and building towards production. Each migration is validated before the next begins. Critical systems have parallel running periods to validate correctness before on-premise hardware is decommissioned.
4
Post-Migration Management
After cutover we monitor performance, manage costs, apply security patches, and handle ongoing changes. Cloud isn't something you set up once and forget. It needs active management, which we provide as part of your ongoing IT arrangement.
Delivered as part of our Managed IT Support service
Cloud Migration is a core part of how Crushed Ice delivers Managed IT Support. All of our services run on a simple all-inclusive monthly fee — no large upfront costs, no hidden extras, and direct access to the people who actually look after your systems.
