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Migration

We've done this before. We'll do it right.

We've done this before. We'll do it right.

86% of CIOs plan to move workloads from public cloud back to private infrastructure. Cloud repatriation is the infrastructure trend of 2026 — driven by cost, compliance, and the growing realization that "cloud-first" was never meant to mean "cloud-only."

Migration is not a service we list to look complete. It is a core capability — because every PILOT client has infrastructure somewhere before they come to us.

What drives migration

Cost — Predictable workloads on AWS or Azure are expensive. Organizations report 30–60% cost reductions after moving stable workloads to private infrastructure. The math changes when you measure TCO instead of monthly bills.

Compliance — GDPR enforcement has reached €7.1 billion in cumulative fines. The EU Data Act requires cloud providers to support switching and block unlawful third-country data access. US-owned infrastructure creates legal exposure that EU-owned infrastructure doesn't.

Control — When something breaks in public cloud, you wait. When something breaks on infrastructure we manage, we fix it. That difference matters when uptime affects your business.

Sovereignty — The CLOUD Act means US-owned infrastructure is accessible to US government requests regardless of where the datacenter is. For sensitive workloads, that is not an acceptable risk.

What PILOT manages

Assessment

We start with an inventory of what you're running — workloads, dependencies, data volumes, performance requirements, compliance constraints. We tell you what makes sense to migrate and what doesn't.

Not everything should move. Elastic workloads with unpredictable demand often make more sense in public cloud. We give you an honest assessment, not a pitch to migrate everything.

Migration Planning

A phased migration plan that minimizes disruption. Cutover timing, rollback procedures, validation criteria for each workload. Your team stays informed at every step.

Execution

We migrate the workloads. Infrastructure provisioned, data transferred, configurations replicated, integrations tested. Parallel running periods where your risk tolerance requires it.

Microsoft 365 Exit

The most common migration we handle. Mapping M365 to sovereign alternatives:

  • Exchange / Outlook → Managed Mail (iRedMail + Proofpoint + CrossBox)
  • SharePoint / OneDrive → Nextcloud
  • Teams → Mattermost or Matrix/Element
  • Azure AD / Entra → Managed Identity (Keycloak/Authentik)
  • OneDrive → Nextcloud + S3 storage

Full stack replacement, migrated user by user or team by team. Mail history preserved. Files transferred with permissions intact.

AWS / Azure Exit

Workload assessment, right-sizing for private infrastructure, Terraform or Ansible configurations for reproducible deployments, data transfer, DNS cutover, and validation.

We do not migrate workloads that should stay in public cloud. We migrate the ones where the economics and compliance case is clear.

Validation

Post-migration verification that everything works as expected. Performance benchmarks against pre-migration baselines. Monitoring in place before we hand over.

Who this is for

→ Organizations with rising cloud bills where stable workloads are consuming budget that should go elsewhere

→ Companies with compliance requirements that have realized their current cloud setup creates legal exposure

→ Teams leaving Microsoft 365 who want a complete, sovereign alternative that actually works

→ Any organization that has decided to move and needs someone who has done it before

What we don't do

We don't migrate everything. We assess each workload and recommend the right home for it. Some workloads belong in public cloud. We'll tell you which ones.

We don't hand you a migration guide and leave. We execute, validate, and ensure the destination works before the source is decommissioned.

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  • Mail migration — imapsync or OfflineIMAP for mailbox transfer. DNS MX cutover with parallel delivery period. SPF/DKIM/DMARC reconfiguration on new infrastructure.
  • File migration — rclone for cloud storage transfer (S3, Google Drive, OneDrive, SharePoint). Nextcloud migration tool for large deployments. Permission mapping from source ACLs.
  • Infrastructure — Terraform for infrastructure-as-code on target environment. Ansible for configuration management. Ensures reproducible, documented target state.
  • Database migration — pg_dump/restore for PostgreSQL, mysqldump for MariaDB/MySQL. Schema validation post-migration. Replication-based zero-downtime options for large databases.
  • DNS — TTL reduction before cutover. Staged rollout with traffic splitting where possible. Rollback plan for each DNS change.
  • Monitoring — TOWER deployed and validated before production cutover. Alerts configured before traffic moves.

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Migration is complex. It doesn't have to be painful. Let's assess your situation.