Cloud Migration Designed to Be Reversible at Every Step
Phased plans, parallel environments, and a documented rollback path at each wave. PDPL data residency is designed in from the first architecture session, when it costs nothing to accommodate.
What We Design and Build
Six capability areas. Most engagements combine three or four.
Cloud Migration
/ 01Each workload is assessed for what it should become: rehost, refactor, or retire. Migration then runs in waves you can halt at any point.
Azure Infrastructure
/ 02Landing zones, networking, and governance designed before deployment, so the estate stays auditable as it grows.
Microsoft 365 & Modern Workplace
/ 03The full stack from identity through productivity to security, with the tenant configured against a security baseline rather than shipped defaults.
Cloud Security & Posture
/ 04Workloads typically migrate faster than the controls protecting them. Posture management identifies drift in the week it occurs.
Disaster Recovery as a Service
/ 05An untested DR plan is documentation. We build it, then exercise it on a defined cadence and report the results.
Cloud Cost Engineering
/ 06Spend is decided at design time: right-sizing, reserved capacity, and workload placement. That is where we work on it.
Five Phases, and What You Get From Each
Each phase closes with a deliverable you own.
Discover
Workload inventory, dependency mapping, and a direct assessment of which applications should not move at all.
Design
Landing zone, network topology, identity model, and data residency controls, approved before anything is provisioned.
Pilot
One workload migrated and running in parallel. Issues surface on something low-impact and are resolved before the wider estate moves.
Migrate
Wave by wave, each with a rollback path and a cutover window agreed against your operational calendar.
Optimize & Handover
Cost tuning, as-built documentation, and your team trained on the platform.
What We Build On
Partnerships give our architects range and direct escalation paths. Your requirements determine the architecture.
ITBuilders holds no exclusive vendor agreements. Full partner roster on the partners page.
What This Looks Like in Practice
Financial Services Group, Riyadh
The Problem
On-premise estate approaching end of life, PDPL position unclear, DR untested.
The Approach
Workload assessment retired 20% of the estate before anything moved. Landing zone with residency controls designed first. Pilot on a non-critical workload for three weeks.
The Outcome
Phased migration with no unplanned outage, DR exercised quarterly with evidence, cloud spend tracked per business unit.
This is a representative pattern showing how the delivery model works, not a specific client engagement. Real anonymized case studies are available under NDA after a scoping conversation.
Questions We Get Asked
Which company delivers Microsoft Azure migration in Saudi Arabia?
ITBuilders, a Riyadh-based Microsoft cloud partner, delivering Azure and Microsoft 365 across the Kingdom with PDPL-aligned architecture.
Does moving to the cloud affect PDPL compliance?
Not where residency is designed in from the outset. The difficulty arises when residency requirements surface after migration.
Will our business go down during migration?
The target is zero unplanned outage: parallel environments, a rollback path at every wave, and cutover windows agreed against your calendar.
How long does a migration take?
Discovery through pilot typically runs six weeks. Total duration depends on workload count and complexity.
Can you reduce our existing cloud bill?
Usually, and the work happens at the architecture layer.
Assess Before You Commit
Book a cloud readiness review. We will identify which workloads should move, which should stay, and what each option costs.