Cloud migration is the process of moving applications, data and workloads from on-premises environments (or other clouds) into a target cloud platform.

For many Kenyan organisations the drivers are similar: ageing hardware, difficulty hiring specialised operators, pressure to improve security posture, and the desire to use modern analytics or AI services.

A safe migration usually follows a sequence:

- Discover and document the current estate.
- Classify workloads by criticality and dependency.
- Choose a migration strategy per workload (rehost, refactor, rearchitect, replace, or retire).
- Build a landing zone that enforces identity, networking and logging standards.
- Migrate in waves with clear rollback points.
- Optimise after the move.

Zero-downtime is achievable for many systems, but it is not free. It requires planning, testing and often a period of dual running.

Fox Height specialises in migrations that respect Kenya Data Protection Act 2019 requirements and keep commercial terms transparent in KES.