EduLaunch

Migration, Architecture · Education

Twenty-five learning apps on aging VMs. A lift-and-optimize to Azure with autoscaling and reserved capacity cut the hosting bill in half within a single quarter.

-50%Hosting spend

25Apps migrated

1 qtrPayback period

The challenge

Twenty-five apps on oversized, always-on VMs with term-time traffic spikes handled by overprovisioning everything, all year.

How I approached it

Lift-and-optimize to Azure with right-sized SKUs from day one
Autoscaling tuned to term-time traffic patterns
Reserved capacity for the steady baseline, pay-as-you-go for peaks
Single observability view across all 25 apps

The outcome

Hosting spend down 50% in one quarter — and enrollment week passed without a single incident.

Stack: Azure · Autoscale · Reserved capacity · App Insights

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