Microsoft announced an update on April 1st, 2026, that extended License Mobility to SQL Server subscription licenses purchased through the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program, which makes these licenses eligible for Bring Your Own Licensing (BYOL) in the cloud environments of Authorized Mobility Partners. Prior to this change, SQL Server licenses purchased through CSP did […]
Background When a large consulting customer decided to modernize the database tier of their flagship platform, the scope was ambitious: migrate more than 20 production databases from RDS SQL Server to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL with Babelfish. The goal was to dramatically reduce costs and support the customer’s ongoing effort to achieve FedRAMP compliance. Evolve Cloud Services led
📰From Portfolio to Plan in Weeks: Evolve Launches AWS-Funded Application Modernization Assessment (AMA) MESA, AZ — April 2026 — Evolve Cloud Services, an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner with deep expertise in Microsoft workload optimization and modernization, today announced the availability of its Application Modernization Assessment (AMA) offering—an AWS-funded, no-cost engagement designed to help organizations
Migrating on-premises development workloads to the cloud offers many benefits including increased provisioning speed and scalability, improved security, and a potential to reduce cost by only paying for resources when they are being used. While the licensing terms for non-production are rather straightforward on-premises, there are significant differences between the licensing options on Azure versus
Deciding whether to renew Software Assurance (SA) is an important aspect of every Microsoft agreement renewal. As businesses shift on-premises workloads to the cloud, it is important to consider the cloud benefits that SA provides versus the cost of maintaining SA on perpetual licenses. This is especially true for SQL Server, which is eligible for
Based on data from Evolve Cloud Services optimization and licensing assessments, SQL Server 2016 continues to make up over 20% of an organization’s total SQL Server deployment on average. As SQL Server 2016 End of Support (EOS) approaches, it is critical for businesses to explore their EOS options as soon as possible. Early planning will
Did you know that Microsoft restricts Windows Server bring-your-own-licensing (BYOL) on AWS and Google Cloud to Windows Server 2019 and prior versions? Are you planning to upgrade to Windows Server 2022/2025 as Windows Server 2016/2019 near the end of support? Should you modernize these workloads and leave the cost and licensing complexity of running Windows
Has managing desktops in your organizations become more challenging over the last five years with the growing number of remote workers? Have you explored Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) to learn how it could help you reduce cost and simplify IT management? Are you familiar with the offerings available on Amazon WorkSpaces and the option to bring your
Evolve Cloud Services helps organizations optimize and modernize their server-based workloads as they migrate to the cloud. Organizations that partner with Evolve gain insight into the technical and licensing aspects of cloud migration, which improve efficiency and reduce cost. A valuable component of this engagement is identifying the best virtualization solution for high performance and low cost.
A Brief History of Porting .NET Framework to modern .NET Pre-generative-AI tools and librariesModernizing legacy .NET Framework applications to modern, cross-platform versions of .NET (aka .NET Core) has been a laborious process that has gotten easier as tools and libraries have launched over the past half-decade. AWS launched their Porting Assistant for .NET  in 2020,
