Modernize mainframe and midrange workloads
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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Minimize the risk associated with mainframe skill shortages and help your team thrive in the cloud:
- Deepen understanding of existing workloads and rebuild institutional knowledge with GitHub Copilot.
- Bring cloud development skills and best practices to your core workloads.
Application services
Eliminate CapEx-based renewal cycles for hardware and software:
- Shift to a scalable OpEx model and pay only for what you use.
- Scale resources up or down to meet seasonal demands.
- Avoid renewal increases and lock in savings with reserved instances, ideal for steady-state workloads.
- Adopt FinOps on Azure best practices to control spending and optimize resource use.
Data services
Respond fast to shifting needs with AI capabilities from Microsoft:
- Build first-mover advantage with agile cloud runtimes and DevSecOps delivery practices.
- Combine data assets from legacy silos for immediate AI-powered insight.
- Unlock more value from your core workloads in Azure with the latest AI services and agents.
Machine learning
Choose from proven solutions for mainframe customers:
- Customize your approach with a wide array of runtimes, databases, Ai models, and storage services.
- Accelerate sustainability progress and business growth with Microsoft capabilities and solutions.
- Select from a partner ecosystem built around your needs, and avoid reshaping processes to fit partner IP.
Learn more about Azure products for mainframe application and midrange migrations
Azure SQL
The family of SQL cloud databases providing mainframe and midrange class capabilities.
Azure confidential computing
Protect your data and code while they're in use in the cloud.
Azure DevOps
A modern developer environment for testing and rapidly deploying application updates.
Azure Site Recovery
Replicates systems in support of disaster recovery and availability.
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Deploy mainframe applications in modern container technologies.
Azure Service Fabric
Evolve legacy applications to run as a modern platform as a service.
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