Data Driven Everything
Migrate From Gov.uk PAAS and Redeploy to a Secure Cloud Platform
A tested approach to securely replatform your cloud workloads with minimum data loss or interruption.
With the decommissioning of GOV.UK Paas in Dec 2023 there is an urgent need for government agencies relying on it for access to cloud services to replatform their workloads to continue providing digital services.
As a minimum all agencies will need to lift and shift their workloads from Gov PaaS. In doing so an opportunity to modernise the workloads architecture and mature how the organisation deploys into the cloud is presented.
With BJSS’ GOV.UK PaaS and cloud migration experience we have created a consistent approach to replatform from GOV PaaS with minimum loss of data or potential zero service interruption.
Leveraging native cloud services, and where appropriate accelerator blue prints like our BJSS Landing Zone we, use open-source technologies, meaning there is are no hidden licence cost or vendor lock in.
It enables the secure and well-governed access to cloud services, and other government services and integrations such as GovPay – but in a way that doesn’t hinder innovation and agility.
GOV.UK PAAS MIGRATION APPROACH
Understand how you are using and connected to GOV.UK PaaS
Deploy and host your workloads and data on a secure cloud landing zone
Manage the cutover to the new platform e.g., phased or Big Bang approach
Train and empower your organisation on the new services
Shape, define, and where required, operate your ongoing cloud services
What BJSS Will Do:
During our GOV.UK PaaS Migration Factory engagement, we’ll listen and work with your organisation to not only re-platform your cloud services, but look for opportunities to modernise its architecture and improve ways of working and operational efficiencies.
- Lightweight Discovery to understand your data and how you’re using GOV.UK PaaS
- Build a secure and well governed landing zone, utilising BJSS and industry blue prints where applicable, and integrate your essential services like GovPay
- Assess your data landscape through lenses such as downtime, cost, time to migrate, complexity, security, and GOV.UK Paas’ ability to support and develop a migration strategy to cater for any situation from a proven blueprint
- Where simplicity is required, as-is migration can be delivered utilising cloud-native migration tools and services
- Deployed using infrastructure as code that enables benefits like productivity gains, increase in availability, and hardening of business continuity plans
- Deploy cloud-native observability tools to enable mature operational support process, including logging, monitoring, reporting, and alerting