How We Migrated a B2B SaaS from Azure to AWS (and Automated CI/CD Along the Way)
Moving clouds isnโt always sunny skies ๐ฉ๏ธโก๏ธโ๏ธ.
Recently, our team at Perfsys worked with a fast-growing B2B software company that decided to shift their infrastructure from Microsoft Azure to Amazon Web Services (AWS).
The goal? Build something scalable, SOC2-ready, and developer-friendly โ without slowing down releases.
Hereโs how we tackled it ๐
The Situation
The company had built their platform entirely on Azure (AKS, Cosmos DB, Azure Pipelines, etc.).
It worked fine during early development, but cracks started to show:
- Environment isolation was unreliable.
- CI/CD pipelines were fragmented.
- Secrets management wasnโt great.
- Monitoring and compliance checks required a lot of manual effort.
As they prepared for a public launch (and SOC2 audit), it became clear: they needed a more structured, automated, and secure setup.
The Game Plan
We broke the migration into five phases, each focused on clear deliverables:
๐ AWS Organization Schema
A multi-account AWS layout with IAM Identity Center (SSO), centralized logging, and SOC2 guardrails.
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Discovery & Planning
- Mapped dependencies, reviewed CI/CD, and built a migration roadmap.
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AWS Foundation Setup
- Created separate accounts (prod/stage/dev).
- Set up SSO, centralized logging, and compliance controls.
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Infrastructure as Code
- Deployed VPC, subnets, RDS (PostgreSQL), S3, ALBs โ all through Terraform.
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CI/CD Automation
- Connected existing Azure pipelines to AWS ECR + ECS.
- Built a hybrid pipeline with secure secrets handling.
๐ CI/CD Pipeline Overview
From Git commit โ Docker build โ ECR โ ECS deploy.
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Production Deployment
- Rolled out services behind VPN-only access.
- Added image promotion and safe deployment policies.
The Outcome
By the end of the project, the company had:
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A SOC2-ready AWS setup with centralized logging and access control.
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Fully automated CI/CD pipelines across dev, staging, and production.
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Secure, private infrastructure with VPN-only access.
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Reproducible environments (Terraform-powered).
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Reduced ops overhead via container orchestration and autoscaling.
Most importantly, developers could spin up and tear down environments at will, test faster, and ship with confidence ๐.
Key Takeaway
Cloud migrations donโt have to be painful. With the right structure, automation, and security guardrails, you can move fast without breaking things โ or compliance.
๐ Curious how this might work for your own team?
Check out perfsys.com to see how we help companies scale smarter in the cloud.
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