Ace Cloud GuruWe help you cloud better!

Azure Migration · Modernization · FinOps · Training

We help you cloud better!

Ace Cloud Guru migrates companies to Azure and modernizes legacy applications with AI-assisted delivery — assessments in weeks, not months, a senior architect on every engagement, and cloud costs engineered down from day one, not audited after the bill lands.

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  • Former Microsoft Azure CSA
  • Azure-only focus
  • Fixed scope, fixed timeline
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From on-prem to AzureAssessed in weeks, not months
20+

Years of infrastructure & cloud leadership

62

Azure delivery accreditations behind the work

100%

Senior-led engagements — no junior bench, ever

2–3 wks

Migration assessment turnaround — weeks, not months

Services

From assessment to production — one connected journey

Not four disconnected offerings. Each step feeds the next: the assessment scopes the modernization, the PoC de-risks the build, and the workshops hand your team the keys. Fixed scope at every step, and AI acceleration under architect governance — AI proposes, architect disposes.

1Assessment 2Modernization 3AI Proof of Concept 4Workshops Enter at any step — most clients start at 1.
Step 1

AI-Accelerated Migration Assessment

Azure Migrate's agentic AI and modern discovery tooling inventory your environment, map dependencies, and size the move — in 2–3 weeks, not the months a manual assessment takes. Every workload is classified against the 6 Rs, and every estimate carries a FinOps cost baseline, so you see the run-rate before you commit to it.

You getA prioritized migration roadmap with per-workload 6 R decisions, costs, risks, and a wave plan.
Step 2

AI-Assisted Modernization & FinOps

Each workload takes the right path — rehost what should move as-is, replatform or refactor what needs light surgery, rearchitect or rebuild what's worth it, replace what isn't. AI-assisted code analysis and automated testing compress the work; a senior architect reviews and approves every change. FinOps is built in: right-sizing, reserved capacity, and cost guardrails from day one.

  • Rehost
  • Replatform
  • Refactor
  • Rearchitect
  • Rebuild
  • Replace
You getModernized apps on Azure PaaS with test-gated changes — and a cost baseline your CFO can hold us to.
Step 3

Azure AI Proof of Concept

A 2–4 week pilot that proves out an Azure OpenAI, Copilot, or AI workflow idea in your own tenant, on your own data — scoped tight, priced fixed, and judged against success criteria agreed up front. No slideware: a working system your stakeholders can touch.

You getA working pilot plus a clear go / no-go recommendation with production costs.
Step 4

Workshops & Training

Hands-on "AI-Accelerated Migration" workshops run inside your own Azure tenant, on your real workloads — including the FinOps habits that keep the bill down after we leave. Your team learns by doing the actual work. Knowledge transfer is the product, not an afterthought.

You getA team that can run, extend, optimize, and teach what was built.
Consultants working through code and migration notes together at a shared desk
Working sessions in your environment, on your real workloads.
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Plans presented in the room — roadmaps, costs, and trade-offs, not slideware.

Senior architect on every engagement

100% senior-led. The person who scopes your work does your work.

AI proposes, architect disposes

AI-assisted delivery under human governance — every AI change is reviewed, tested, and approved.

FinOps from day one

Cost baselines, right-sizing, and guardrails built into the migration — not an audit after the bill lands.

Fixed scope, fixed timeline

Weeks, not months — priced and scheduled up front, in writing.

Why Ace

The architect you'd hire, without the big-firm bench

Ace Cloud Guru is led by Ace McClinton — 20+ years in infrastructure and cloud leadership, including three years as an Azure Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft, helping enterprises plan and land Azure migrations.

When you engage Ace Cloud Guru, the person who scopes the work is the person who does the work. No hand-offs, no junior bench, no account-management layer — and no surprise cloud bill at the end, because FinOps is part of the delivery, not a separate upsell.

Azure Solutions Architect Expert Azure Administrator Associate Microsoft Certified Trainer
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  • 20+

    Years of infrastructure & cloud leadership

    From on-premises data centers to enterprise Azure estates — the full journey your team is on now, led from both the vendor and the enterprise side.

  • MS

    Azure Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft, 2019–2022

    Three years inside Microsoft's field organization, shaping Azure adoption for enterprise customers — the same landing zones, governance, and migration patterns your project will use.

  • SAP

    Enterprise migrations, delivered

    Led enterprise-scale Azure migrations, including SAP HANA to Azure — the workloads where downtime windows are measured in hours and the plan has to be right the first time.

  • $

    Costs engineered down, not just tracked

    FinOps discipline on every engagement: right-sized resources, reserved capacity where it pays, and waste cut before it bills. Cloud cost is the #1 concern we hear — so it's the first number in every plan.

About Ace Cloud Guru

We help you cloud better!

Industry
Technical and Vocational Training
Type
Self-employed consultancy
Focus
Microsoft Azure, exclusively
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Ace Cloud Guru is an Azure-only consultancy that helps companies migrate to Microsoft Azure, modernize legacy applications, and build the in-house skills to thrive there. Engagements are 100% senior-led and accelerated with AI tooling — Azure Migrate's agentic AI, AI-assisted code analysis, and automated testing — so assessments that once took months land in weeks. AI proposes; the architect disposes.

Every workload follows the 6 Rs framework — rehost, replatform, refactor, rearchitect, rebuild, or replace — and every plan carries a FinOps cost baseline, because controlling cloud spend is the first concern clients bring through the door. Services run as one journey from assessment to production: migration assessments, application modernization, Azure AI proofs of concept, and hands-on workshops in the client's own tenant.

Founded and led by Ace McClinton, a former Microsoft Azure Cloud Solution Architect (2019–2022) and Microsoft Certified Trainer with 20+ years in infrastructure and cloud leadership, including enterprise migrations such as SAP HANA to Azure.

Contact

Start with a free 30-minute consultation

Bring your hardest Azure question — a migration you're planning, a legacy app you can't move, a cloud bill you can't explain, a team that needs leveling up. You'll leave with a clear point of view on next steps, whether we work together or not.

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