About the Client:
The client is a legacy enterprise software provider undergoing a strategic modernization initiative to reduce operational overhead, improve deployment reliability, and enable faster development cycles. The organization supports mission-critical applications and required a solution that would ensure minimal business disruption during transformation.
Challenges:
The client faced significant limitations due to outdated infrastructure and manual processes, these limitations include:
- Legacy virtual machines with high maintenance and operational overhead
- Lack of environment parity between development and production environments
- Manual deployments that increased the risk of errors and service downtime
Solutions:
To address these challenges, our team executed a targeted modernization plan focused on automation, scalability, and environment standardization. We did the following:
- Migrated application to Azure Web Apps (serverless model)
- Provisioned infrastructure using Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
- Built automated CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps
- Enabled safe staging with identical dev and prod environments
Impact:
The modernization initiative delivered measurable improvements across operations and development:
- 60% reduction in deployment effort
- Improved system reliability and developer velocity
- Full-stack modernization with minimal business disruption