TPMS Success Story - Clean Code Apps

Centralizing the TPMS IT Infrastructure  

Sacred Mission, Modern Solutions: Empowering Vatican's Mission with Azure

Project Details

The Pontifical Mission Societies is a religious non-profit organization operating as an arm of the Vatican. With a global presence, TPMS plays a crucial role in supporting missionary activities, spreading faith, and providing humanitarian aid, positioning itself as a pivotal entity in the Catholic Church’s mission to foster faith and support communities in need.

Project Objectives

DevOps

Centralize IT assets and infrastructure to Azure, streamlining operations and improving efficiency through integrated workflows.

Data Migration

Migrate the legacy AS400 system and SQL databases to the cloud, ensuring minimal downtime and seamless integration with existing systems.

Security and Compliance

Ensure data integrity and compliance by adhering to industry standards and regulations, while maintaining legal and ethical obligations.

Serverless Approach

Decrease overhead costs and minimize support leveraging serverless architectures allowing client teams to focus on innovation.

Solution

Enhancing efficiency, security, and operational performance.

Transition

Align on AWS and On-Premise assets to understand their associated infrastructure resources in Azure including potential downtime to minimize business impact.

Refinement

Implementation of the CCA Azure Migration accelerator to iterate through the data cleansing of the AS400 tables and SQL Server databases into Azure SQL.

Modernization

Upgraded .NET applications, WordPress, and File Shares from AWS and VMs to App Services and Azure File Storage. File shares were configured under VPN based on access groups.

Migration

Final migrations was done in phases based on business processes over a one-month period to mitigate risk and coordinate with various business groups and organizational goals.

Challenges and Achievements

Migrating The AS400 System

Unsupported versions of DB2 from Microsoft migration tools led to a complex Azure data migration process. The AS400 system had over 600 tables, requiring a custom cleansing process to ensure data integrity during migration.

Architecting the Accelerator

CCA enhanced our reusable Azure data migration and cleansing accelerator using C# to move data from DB2 to Azure SQL, allowing the project to progress without increasing client costs or impacting the timeline.

Migrating .NET Application

There were 13 .NET applications, with versions ranging from older than 4.0 to 4.5, which needed careful handling to ensure compatibility and performance in the new Azure environment.

AWS-Specific Stores

Migrating AWS S3 buckets and a WordPress site required meticulous planning to maintain data consistency and accessibility.

Reducing Overhead Costs

The project aimed to streamline operations to decrease overhead costs and minimize ongoing support needs, achieved through optimization and consolidation of resources in Azure.  

Results and Impact

“The transition to Azure has significantly streamlined our operations, allowing us to focus more on our mission.” – Client

Unified IT Infrastructure

The successful migration to Azure centralized IT assets, improving data accessibility and security.

Operational Efficiency

Enhanced operational efficiency and reduced IT overhead, allowing the organization to focus more on its mission.

Cost Savings

The project resulted in a 60% reduction in infrastructure costs opening up additional budget for additional modernization.

Implementation Process

2W

3.5MO

1MO

Envisioning

Execution

Testing & Optimization

Future Plans

Ongoing support and system optimization.
Exploring further Azure-based solutions to enhance their mission’s reach.
Coaching internal IT members are the Agile approach using Azure DevOps.