Azure Infrastructure — migrate, run and optimize
Move off aging or costly infrastructure to Azure — securely, resiliently and cost-effectively. GDS Africa plans and runs your migration and cloud operations.
The challenge
The data center is getting harder to justify
Aging hardware, rising virtualization costs and capacity limits push organizations to the cloud — but migration carries risk.
Aging infrastructure
Hardware refreshes and data-center costs are hard to sustain.
Migration risk
Moving workloads without disruption needs planning and skill.
Cloud cost control
Without governance, cloud spend can drift.
What we deliver
Your cloud foundation, done right
From migration to day-2 operations — a secure, governed and cost-optimized Azure estate.
Azure migration
Assess, plan and migrate servers, VMs and workloads to Azure.
Core IaaS
Virtual machines, storage and networking sized for your workloads.
Hybrid & multicloud (Azure Arc)
Manage on-prem, edge and multicloud resources consistently.
Landing zones & governance
Secure, well-architected foundations with policy and identity built in.
Resilience & DR
Backup, high availability and disaster recovery for business continuity.
FinOps & cost optimization
Visibility and controls that keep cloud spend efficient.
How GDS delivers it
From roadmap to managed service
Delivered by GDS Africa across the Microsoft Cloud
GDS Africa’s certified specialists design, deploy and manage Microsoft solutions end to end — so you realize value faster, with less risk.
Assess
We map your environment, goals and Microsoft licensing, and build a clear, costed roadmap.
Design
We architect the right solution and adoption plan for your people and processes.
Deploy
We implement, migrate and integrate — with change management and minimal disruption.
Optimize
We support, tune and continuously improve, with GDS managed services if you want them.
FAQ
Common questions
Is Azure cheaper than on-prem? +
Often — especially when you right-size and optimize, and trade capex for flexible opex. We model your specific case.
How do you de-risk migration? +
With assessment, a landing zone, phased waves and testing — workloads move in controlled steps, not big-bang.
Can we run hybrid? +
Yes — Azure Arc manages on-prem and cloud together, so you can move at your own pace.
Can we move VMware to Azure? +
Yes — via Azure VMware Solution or migration to native Azure, depending on the goal.
Put the Microsoft Cloud to work with GDS Africa
Talk to our team about cloud, security, networking or managed services for your business.