AWS Cloud Migration India — Move Your Business to Amazon Web Services 2026

AWS Cloud Migration India — Move Your Business to Amazon Web Services 2026

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has two data centre regions in India: ap-south-1 (Mumbai) and ap-south-2 (Hyderabad). Indian businesses can host their applications, databases, and storage in India — satisfying data residency requirements for regulated industries while benefiting from AWS's global infrastructure reliability and the pay-as-you-go cost model.

For Indian companies currently running on physical servers in co-location data centres or in-house server rooms, migrating to AWS typically reduces infrastructure cost by 30-60% while improving reliability, security, and scalability.

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Why Indian Businesses Move to AWS

Cost Reduction
- Physical servers: upfront CapEx (Rs. 2-10 lakh per server), 3-5 year depreciation, plus power, cooling, maintenance
- AWS: OpEx model, pay per hour, scale up during peak and down during off-peak
- Right-sizing: AWS gives exact compute for what's needed — no over-provisioned idle hardware

Reliability
- AWS Mumbai region: 3 Availability Zones — hardware failure in one zone does not affect the application
- 99.99% uptime SLA for EC2 and RDS
- Physical server: single point of failure — one hardware failure = downtime

Security
- AWS has more security certifications than any other cloud provider: ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA
- Security tools: VPC, IAM, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, WAF — enterprise-grade at SME prices
- RBI cloud guidelines for NBFCs: AWS Mumbai/Hyderabad regions satisfy data localisation requirements

Scalability
- Application load increases during peak: add compute in minutes, not weeks (hardware procurement)
- Load balancer + auto-scaling: application handles traffic spikes automatically

Disaster Recovery
- Multi-region backup: primary in Mumbai, backup in Hyderabad — cross-region replication
- RTO/RPO: Recovery Time Objective and Recovery Point Objective of minutes, not days

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MICS AWS Migration Services

Phase 1: Assessment (1 week)
- Current state inventory: all servers, databases, applications, and their interdependencies
- Application classification: which can be migrated as-is (lift-and-shift), which need refactoring
- Cost estimate: AWS cost model vs. current infrastructure cost
- Data residency check: confirm Mumbai/Hyderabad region is compliant for regulated data
- Migration plan: sequence, dependencies, timeline, rollback strategy

Phase 2: Foundation Setup (1-2 weeks)
- AWS account structure: organisations, accounts per environment (dev, staging, production)
- VPC design: network architecture — subnets, security groups, NACLs
- IAM: roles and policies — principle of least privilege
- Logging and monitoring: CloudTrail, CloudWatch, AWS Config
- Cost management: AWS Cost Explorer, budget alerts

Phase 3: Migration Execution

Lift-and-Shift (Fastest)
- AWS Application Migration Service (MGN): replicates existing servers to AWS EC2
- Database migration: AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) for MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server
- Minimal application changes — move first, optimise later
- Suitable for: most business applications, HRMS, ERP, CRM, web apps

Re-Platform (Moderate)
- Move to managed services: replace self-managed MySQL with Amazon RDS, Redis with ElastiCache
- No code changes — just change the connection strings
- Benefits: automated patching, backup, multi-AZ, performance insights

Re-Architect (Maximum Benefit, More Effort)
- Move to containers: Docker + Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
- Serverless: Lambda functions for event-driven workloads
- Suitable for: applications being rebuilt or with clear containerisation opportunity

Phase 4: Cutover and Stabilisation
- DNS cutover: point domain to AWS
- Performance monitoring: CloudWatch dashboards for 2 weeks post-migration
- Cost review: actual vs. estimated — right-size if needed
- Team training: client's IT team trained on AWS console basics

Phase 5: Optimisation (Ongoing)
- Reserved Instances: commit to 1-3 year terms for 30-60% cost saving on stable workloads
- Compute Savings Plans: flexible commitment across EC2 and Lambda
- Auto-scaling: ensure applications scale efficiently
- Storage tiering: move infrequently accessed data to S3 Glacier for lower cost

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RBI and SEBI Cloud Guidelines for NBFCs

- Data localisation: personal financial data of Indian residents must be stored in India
- AWS Mumbai / Hyderabad: both are Indian data centre regions — compliant
- Business continuity: multi-AZ deployment on AWS satisfies RBI BC/DR requirements
- Audit right: AWS enterprise agreements include provision for audit rights as required by RBI
- Vendor risk assessment: MICS provides AWS vendor risk assessment template aligned to RBI circular

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Pricing

| Migration Scope | One-time Cost |
|---|---|
| Assessment and planning | Rs. 50,000 |
| Small migration (1-3 servers) | Rs. 1,00,000 |
| Medium migration (4-10 servers) | Rs. 2,50,000 |
| Large migration (10+ servers) | Custom quote |
| Monthly AWS infrastructure management | Rs. 20,000 - 50,000 |

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