Data Engineering & Legacy Retirement

Retire the Access databases. Keep the data governed and alive.

Critical processes sit in on-prem databases that cannot scale or integrate with modern tooling. Within 6-10 weeks we move data into Fabric/Synapse, decommission legacy servers, and document the cutover.

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A free 30-minute working session. We review your environment and send a prioritized action plan you keep, whether or not we work together.

Data pipelines and lakehouse architecture on a planning board
Mapping a legacy estate into a governed Fabric lakehouse.

Where we jump in

These are the sparks that usually bring us into the room.

  • Critical work still lives in Access databases and spreadsheets.
  • Legacy SQL servers that no one dares touch, let alone patch.
  • Data trapped in systems that cannot feed BI or automation.
  • No governance trail for regulators who ask where data lives.

Outcomes you can expect

Every engagement ships measurable impact, documentation, and enablement.

  • Migration plan with staged replicas, audits, and rollback checkpoints.
  • Data contracts, governance models, and semantic layers for BI and automation.
  • Legacy servers decommissioned with the cutover fully documented.
  • Change management and training for staff leaving legacy tools.

Delivery method

How we work with your team

Every week includes demos, telemetry, and regulator-ready documentation.

  1. 01

    Discovery & replication

    Inventory sources, stand up staged replicas, and validate against production.

  2. 02

    Fabric estate build

    Lakehouse, pipelines, and governance built in Microsoft Fabric/Synapse.

  3. 03

    Cutover & retirement

    Staged cutover with rollback checkpoints; legacy servers retired and documented.

  4. 04

    Training & handoff

    Staff trained out of legacy tools with runbooks they keep.

Where it shines

High-value use cases

Behavioral health & human services

Volunteers of America NCNN

Mixed Google/Microsoft stacks, Access databases, and manual HIPAA evidence collection were starving leadership of near-real-time analytics. We migrated workloads into Microsoft 365 and ingested data into a Fabric lakehouse.

Automated PHI tagging with Purview and governed data pipelines.

HIPAA audits close with zero manual spreadsheet pulls

Platforms & accelerators

Tech we bring to the table

Microsoft FabricSynapsePurviewAzure SQLPower BIPower Automate

FAQs

Questions we get a lot

What happens to the legacy system during migration?

It keeps running. We build staged replicas alongside it, validate against production, and only cut over with rollback checkpoints in place — then retire the old servers and document everything.

How long does legacy retirement take?

Most programs run 6-10 weeks depending on how many sources feed the estate. Discovery in the first two weeks produces the migration plan and firm timeline.

Ready for governed data without the legacy servers?

Tell us about your priorities and we will share a playbook within one business day.

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